Khanakul Assembly constituency

Khanakul
Khanakul
Constituency No. 202 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Khanakul Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Lok Sabha constituency	Arambagh
Established	1957
Total electors	219,368
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Susanta Ghosh
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Last updated August 30, 2025

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

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

Election	Member
Khanakul
1957 ^[a]	Panchanan Digpati	Indian National Congress ^[2]
1957 ^[a]	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	Iqbal Ahmed	Trinamool Congress ^[15]
2021	Susanta Ghosh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khanakul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Susanta Ghosh	107,403	49.27	40.33
	AITC	Munshi Nazbul Karim	94,519	43.36	10.68
	ISF	Faisal Khan	8,732	4.01	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,278	1.50	0.34
	Independent	Chandan Samanta	2,088	0.96	New
	Independent	Aditya Manik	1,045	0.48	New
	Independent	Atanu Samanta	926	0.42	New
Majority			12,884	5.91	16.08
Turnout			2,17,991	78.62	0.27
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khanakul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Iqbal Ahmed	106,878	54.04	1.52
	CPI(M)	Islam Ali Khan	63,391	32.05	8.39
	BJP	Bikash Chandra Dolui	17,686	8.94	4.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,638	1.84
	Independent	Chandan Mondal	2,451	1.24	New
	Independent	Sanjib Karmakar	2,305	1.17	New
	Independent	Subhasis Dutta	1,431	0.72	New
Majority			43,487	21.99	6.87
Turnout			1,97,780	78.89	5.14
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khanakul^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Iqbal Ahmed	102,450	55.56
	CPI(M)	Subhra Parui	74,571	40.44
	BJP	Arabinda Maity	7,360	3.99
Majority			27,879	15.12
Turnout			1,84,381	84.03
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

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

↑ Khanakul had dual seat in 1957.

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Khanakul. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
↑ "193 - Khanakul (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

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[2] Khanakul had dual seat in 1957.

[delimitation-1] 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1957-3] 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.

[vidhansabha1962-4] 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.

[vidhansabha1967-5] 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.

[vidhansabha1969-6] 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.

[vidhansabha1971-7] 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.

[vidhansabha1972-8] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1977-9] 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

[vidhansabha1982-10] 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.

[vidhansabha1987-11] 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.

[vidhansabha1991-12] 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.

[vidhansabha1996-13] 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.

[vidhansabha2001-14] 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.

[vidhansabha2006-15] 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.

[vidhansabha2011-16] 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.

[17] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Khanakul. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

[18] "193 - Khanakul (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

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