Khanakul Assembly constituency

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Khanakul
Constituency No. 202 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Khanakul Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
LS constituency Arambagh
Established1957
Total electors219,368
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Elected year 2021

Khanakul Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Contents

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 202 Khanakul Assembly 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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionConstituencyMemberParty
1957 [a] KhanakulPanchanan Digpati Indian National Congress [2]
Prafulla Chandra Sen [2]
1962 Krishna Pada Pandit [3]
1967 Madan Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
1969 [5]
1971 [6]
1972 Basudeb Hajra Indian National Congress [7]
1977 Panchanan Digpati Janata Party [8]
1982 Sachindra Nath Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987 [10]
1991 [11]
1996 Banshi Badan Maitra [12]
2001 [13]
2006 [14]
2011 Iqbal Ahmed Trinamool Congress [15]
2016
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]

Notes

  1. ↑ Khanakul had dual seat in 1957.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Khanakul. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  17. ↑ "193 - Khanakul (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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