Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Khanakul Town (India)
Coordinates: 22°43′55″N87°52′34″E / 22.73194°N 87.87611°E / 22.73194; 87.87611 Coordinates: 22°43′55″N87°52′34″E / 22.73194°N 87.87611°E / 22.73194; 87.87611
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Constituency No. 202
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency 29. Arambagh (SC)
Electorate (year)219,368 (2011)

Khanakul Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an open seat now, but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 202 Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Khanakul II community development block, and Ghoshpur, Khanakul I, Khanakul II, Kishorpur I, Kishorpur II, Pole II, Thakuranichak I, and Thakuranichak II gram panchayats of Khanakul I community development block. [1]

Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1957 KhanakulPanchanan Digpati Indian National Congress [2]
Prafulla Chandra Sen Indian National Congress [2]
1962 Krishna Pada PanditIndian National Congress [3]
1967 Madan Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1969Madan SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
1971Madan SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
1972Basudeb HajraIndian National Congress [7]
1977Panchanan Digpati Janata Party [8]
1982Sachindra Nath HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987Sachindra Nath HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991Sachindra Nath HazraCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996Banshi Badan MaitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2001 Banshi Badan MaitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2006 Banshi Badan MaitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2011 Iqbal Ahmed All India Trinamool Congress [15]
2016 Iqbal Ahmed All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Susanta Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Khanakul constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Susanta Ghosh 107,40349.27+40.33
AITC Munsi Nazbul Karim94,51943.36-10.68
ISF Faisal Khan8,7324.01
NOTA None of the above 3,2781.50-0.34
IndependentChandan Samanta2,0880.96
IndependentAditya Manik1,0450.48
IndependentAtanu Samanta9260.42
Turnout 217,991
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Khanakul constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Iqbal Ahmed 106,87854.04
CPI (M) Islam Ali Khan63,39132.05
BJP Bikash Chandra Dolui17,6868.94
NOTA None of the above 3,6381.84
IndependentChandan Mondal2,4518.94
IndependentSanjib Karmakar2,3051.17
IndependentSubhasis Dutta1,4310.72
Turnout 197,78078.89
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Iqbal Ahmed of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Subhra Parui of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khanakul constituency [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Iqbal Ahmed102,45055.56+12.57#
CPI (M) Subhra Parui74,57140.44-16.58
BJP Arobindo Maity7,3603.99
Turnout 184,38184.05
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 29.15#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Banshi Badan Maitra of CPI(M) won the Khanakul assembly seat (SC) defeating Kalyan Maji of Trinamool Congress in 2006, [14] Tarapada Dolui of Trinamool Congress in 2001, [13] and Basudeb Hajra of Congress in 1996. [12] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Banshari Mohan Sardar of Congress in 1991, [11] Basudeb Hajra of Congress in 1987 [10] and 1982. [9] Panchanan Digpati of Janata Party defeated Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) in 1977. [8] [17]

1957-1972

Basudeb Hajra of Congress won in 1972. [7] Madan Saha of CPI(M) won in 1971, [6] 1969 [5] and 1967. [4] Krishna Pada Pandit of Congress won in 1962. [3] Panchanan Digpati and Prafulla Chandra Sen, both of Congress, won the dual seat at Khanakul in 1957. [2]

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