Khargram Assembly constituency

Khargram
Constituency No. 66 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Khargram Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Murshidabad
Lok Sabha constituency	Jangipur
Established	1951
Total electors	228,923
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashis Marjit
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Khargram is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 66 Khargram Assembly constituency (SC) covers Khargram community development block, and Kalyanpur I and Kalyanpur II gram panchayats Burwan community development block. ^[1]

Khargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1951	Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik (Burwan Khargram)		Indian National Congress
	Sudhir Mondal (Burwan Khargram)
1957	No seat
1962	Abhayapada Saha		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1967	S.K. Mondal		Indian National Congress
1969	Kumarish Chandra Moulik		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1971	Narendra Haldar		Indian National Congress
1972	Harendranath Halder
1977	Dinabandhu Majhi		Communist Party of India
1982
1987	Biswanath Mondal
1991	Biwanath Mondal
1996
2001
2006	Manabendranath Saha
2011	Ashis Marjit		Indian National Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khargram ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Asish Marjit	93,255	50.00
	BJP	Aditya Moulik	60,682	33.00
	INC	Bipattaran Bagdi	27,423	15.00
	NOTA	None of the above (NOTA)	1,685	1.00
	CPI(ML)L	Tulu Bala Das	1,511	1.00
	JD(U)	Manik Kumar Das	1,380	1.00
Majority			32,573
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Asish Marjit of Congress defeated his nearest rival Goutam Mondal of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khargram (SC) constituency ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Asish Marjit	74,093	49.96	+4.83
	CPI(M)	Goutam Mondal	65,123	43.91	−5.20
	BJP	Harekrishna Konai	4,049	2.73
	Independent	Smritikana Sarkar	2,369
	CPI(ML)L	Sadhan Kumar Marjit	1,616
	JD(U)	Dipak Mandal	1,049
Turnout			148,299	85.84
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+10.30

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[5] Manabendranath Saha of CPI(M) won the 66 Khargram (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Ashis Marjit of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Biswanath Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Madhab Chandra Marjit of Congress in 2001 ^[6] and 1996, ^[7] Harendranath Haldar of Congress in 1991, ^[8] and Ashok Saha of Congress in 1987. ^[9] Dinabandhu Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Nakari Chandra Majhi of Congress in 1982 ^[10] and Harendranath Haldar of Congress in 1977. ^{[11] [12]}

1951–1972

Harendranath Halder of Congress won in 1972. ^[13] Narendra Haldar of Congress won in 1971. ^[14] Kumarish Chandra Moulick of RSP won in 1969. ^[15] S.K.Mondal of Congress won in 1967. ^[16] Abhayapada Saha of RSP won in 1962. ^[17] The Khargram seat was not there in 1957. ^[18] In independent India's first election in 1951 ^[19] Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat.

References

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