Kharagpur Assembly constituency

Kharagpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Not to be confused with Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency.

Kharagpur
Constituency No. 228 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kharagpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
LS constituencyMedinipur
Established1952
Total electors166,811
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 228 Kharagpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kharagpur I community development block, and Banpura, Panchkhuri I, Panchkhuri II, Pathra and Shiromoni gram panchayats of Midnapore Sadar community development block.[1]

Kharagpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
  • 1962 : Mrityunjoy Jana of Congress
  • 1987 : Nazmul Haque (CPM)
  • 1991 : Nazmul Haque (CPM)
  • 1996 : Nazmul Haque (CPM)
  • 2001 : Nazmul Haque (CPM)
  • 2006 : Nazmul Haque (CPM)
  • 2011 : Nazmul Haque (CPM)
  • 2016 : Dinen Roy (AITC) [2]
  • 2021 : Dinen Roy (AITC) [3]

Election results

2021
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Dinen Roy 1,09,727 54.85
BJP Tapan Bhuya 73,497 36.74
CPI(M) Syed Saddam Ali 11,245 5.62
NOTA None of the above 2,314 1.16
HUMP Sekh Abdur Rahaman 1,690 0.84
Majority 36,230 18.31
Turnout 2,00,563 88.32
TMC hold Swing

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Dinen Roy 85,630 48.43
CPI(M) Sk Sajahan Ali 66,531 37.63
BJP Goutam Bhattacharjee 17,722 10.02
NOTA None of the above 2,461 1.39
SUCI(C) Manik Chandra Poria 2,402 1.36
Majority 19,099 10.80
Turnout 1,77,124 88.94
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Nazmul Haque 70,178 46.78 -7.18
TMC Bilkis Khanam 67,674 45.11 +3.38#
IND Shuba Raj 4,092 2.73
BJP Prabir Kumar Sahu 3,648 2.43
PDS Balaram Pal 2,074 1.38
Majority 2,504 1.67
Turnout 1,50,153 89.96
CPI(M) hold Swing -9.56#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

Sk. Nazmul Haque of CPI(M) won the Kharagpur Rural assembly seat five times in a row from 1987 to 2006. He defeated Ajit Maity of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and 2001, Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1996, Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1991 and Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1987. Sk. Siraj Ali of CPI(M) defeated Deben Das, Independent, in 1982 Deben Das of CPI in 1977. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.[6]

1951-1972

Between 1957 and 1972 the seat was known as Kharagpur Local. Ajit Kumar Basu of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Deben Das of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Mrityunjoy Jana of Congress won in 1962. Kharagpur Local was a dual seat in 1957. It was won by Krishna Prasad Mondal and Mrityunjoy Jana, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, Kharagpur had a single seat, which was won by Muhammad Momtaz Moulana of Congress.[7]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "Kharagpur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  3. "Dinen Roy is a TMC candidate from Kharagpur constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections". News18. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kharagpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kharagpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. "225 - Kharagpur Rural Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  7. "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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