Khandaghosh Assembly constituency

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Khandaghosh
Constituency No. 259 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Khandaghosh Assembly constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Khandaghosh Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Purba Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency Bishnupur
Established1951
Total electors194,747
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Khandaghosh is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

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Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission, No. 259 Khandaghosh (SC) assembly constituency covers Khandaghosh community development block and Adra, Bhuri, Gohogram, Khano, Maszidpur, Sanko and Satinadi gram panchayats of Galsi II CD Block. [1]

Khandaghosh assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1951 Janab Mohammad Hossain Indian National Congress
1957 No constituency
1962 Jahar Lal Banerjee Indian National Congress
1967 P. Dhibar
1969 Gobardhan Pakray Samyukta Socialist Party
1971 Purna Chandra Malik Communist Party of India
1972 Monoranjan Pramanick Indian National Congress
1977 Purna Chandra Malik Communist Party of India
1982
1987 Shibaprasad Dalui
1991
1996
2001 Jyotsna Singh
2006 Prasanta Majhi
2011 Nabin Chandra Bag
2016 All India Trinamool Congress
2021

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Khandaghosh [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Nabin Chandra Bag104,26447.85+15.65
BJP Bijan Mandal83,37838.26+496.71
CPI(M) Asima Roy22,92310.52−73.64
BSP Pratul Biswas3,4651.59
BMUPBasudeb Ruidas1,9230.88
NOTANone of the above1,9440.89
Turnout 217,897
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khandaghosh [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Nabin Chandra Bag90,15145.88
CPI(M) Asima Roy86,94944.25
BJP Ashoke Santra13,9737.11
BSP Protul Biswas2,7801.41
NOTANone of the above2,6241.34
Majority
Turnout
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Nabin Chandra Bag of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Alok Kumar Majhi of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khandaghosh [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Nabin Chandra Bag94,28452.11−16.53
AITC Alok Kumar Majhi81,13744.85+13.49#
BJP Krishna Das Singha5,5053.04
Turnout 180,92692.9
CPI(M) hold Swing -30.02#

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

1977-2006

Prasanta Majhi of the CPI (M) won the Khandaghosh (SC) assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Biswanath Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Jyotsna Singha of CPI (M) defeated Banshi Badan Roy of Trinamool. In 1996, 1991 and 1986 Shiba Prasad Dalui of CPI (M) defeated Basudev Mandal, Sankar Nath Maji and Pramatha Dhibar, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Purna Chandra Malik of CPI (M) defeated Manoranjan Pramanik of Congress. [8]

1951-1972

Monoranjan Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1972. In 1971, the seat was won by Purna Chandra Malik of CPI (M). Gobardhan Pakray of Samyukta Socialist Party won it in 1969. P. Dhibar of Congress won the seat in 1967. Jaharlal Banerjee of Congress won it in 1962. Khandaghosh constituency was not there in 1957 and in 1951 it was a general constituency. It was won by Jb Md Hossain of Congress. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Assembly segments of Laok Sabha constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  2. "Khandaghosh Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. "Khandaghosh". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. "Khandaghosh". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  5. "Khandaghosh". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Khandaghosh. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Khandaghosh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  8. "272 – Khandaghosh (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  9. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.