Kharagpur Sadar
Constituency No. 224 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
LS constituencyMedinipur
Established1952
Total electors194,006
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 224 Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kharagpur municipality and Kharagpur Railway Settlement of Kharagpur I community development block.[1]

Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur Sadar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hiranmoy Chatterjee 79,607 46.45 +12.43
AITC Pradip Sarkar 75,836 44.25 -3.41
INC Reeta Sharma 10,705 6.3 -7.98
NOTA None of the above 2,392 1.54 +0.43
HUMP D. Madhusudan Rao 1,701 0.99
SUCI(C) Suranjan Mahapatra 807 0.47
Majority 3,771 2.23
Turnout 1,71,460 73.06
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2019 Bypoll

A bye- poll was necessitated due to the election of the incumbent MLA, Dilip Ghosh, to the Lok Sabha.

Bye-election, 2019: Kharagpur Sadar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Pradip Sarkar 72,893 47.66 +25.93
BJP Prem Chandra Jha 52,040 34.02 -5.27
INC Chittaranjan Mandal 22,631 14.28 -7.45
NOTA None of the above 1,705 1.11 -0.41
IND Mata Prasad Gupta 1,273 0.83 +0.22
Majority 20,853 13.64 +9.6
Turnout 1,52,959 68.00
AITC gain from BJP Swing

2016 Vidhan Sabha

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur Sadar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dilip Ghosh 61,446 39.29 +32.50
INC Gyan Singh Sohanpal 55,137 35.25 -19.81
AITC Rama Prasad Tewary 34,086 21.73 N/A
SUCI(C) Suranjan Mahapatra 1,308 0.83 -0.28
BSP Sk. Asgar Ali 1,058 0.67 +0.01
NOTA None of the above 2,392 1.52 N/A
Majority 5,309 4.03 -19.60
Turnout 1,56,487 71.71
BJP gain from INC Swing +26.16

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur Sadar[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Gyan Singh Sohanpal 75,425 55.54
CPI(M) Anil Kumar Das 43,056 31.43
BJP Prem Chandra Jha 9,303 6.79
IND Satya Deo Sharma 5,191 3.78
SUCI(C) Suranjan Mahapatra 1,525 1.11
Majority 32,369 23.63
Turnout 1,38,134 70.78
INC hold Swing #

.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006.

1977-2006

Gyan Singh Sohanpal of Congress won the Kharagpur Town assembly seat for six times in a row from 1982 to 2006 (for earlier victories see below), defeating Prem Chandra Jha of RJD in 2006, Lalji Pandey of CPI(M) in 2001, Kalidas Nayek of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991, and Jatindra Mitra of CPI(M) in 1987 and 1982. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhir Das Sharma of Janata Party defeated Jatindra Mitra of CPI(M) in 1977.[5]

1951-1972

Gyan Singh Sohanpal of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. Narayan Choubey of CPI won in 1967, 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Kharagpur had a single seat, which was won by Muhammad Momtaz Moulana of Congress.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Kharagpur Sadar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kharagpur Sadar. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kharagpur Sadar. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ^ "224 - Kharagpur Town Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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