Khardaha
Constituency No. 109 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyDum Dum
Established1957
Total electors168,586
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Khardaha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 109 Khardaha Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Khardaha municipality, Ward Nos.15, 18 to 21 and 35 of Panihati municipality, and Bandipur, Bilkanda I, Bilkanda II and Patulia gram panchayats of Barrackpore II community development block.[1]

Khardaha Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Name Party Affiliation
1957 Satkari Mitra Praja Socialist Party[2]
1962 Gopal Banerjee Communist Party of India[3]
1967 Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1969
1971
1972 Sisir Kumar Ghosh
1977 Kamal Sarkar
1982
1987 Dr. Asim Dasgupta
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011 Amit Mitra All India Trinamool Congress[5]
2016
2021 Kajal Sinha
2021^ Sovandeb Chattopadhyay

^By poll

Election results

2021 Bye election

Bye-election, 2021: Khardaha[6][7][8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sovandeb Chattopadhyay 114,086 73.59 +24.55
BJP Joy Saha 20,254 13.07 -20.6
CPI(M) Debajyoti Das(Subho) 16,110 10.39 -4.31
Majority 93,832 60.52
Turnout 1,55,069 66.73
AITC hold Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khardaha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kajal Sinha 89,807 49.04 -0.61
BJP Shilbhadra Dutta 61,667 33.67 +23.99
CPI(M) Debojyoti Das (Subho) 26,916 14.70
NOTA None of the above 2,415 1.32
BSP Samar Das 1,097 0.60
Majority 28,140 15.36
Turnout 1,83,221 78.76
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khardaha[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Amit Mitra 83,680 49.65 -6.84
CPI(M) Dr. Asim Dasgupta 62,488 37.07 -1.75
BJP Mahadeb Basak 16,321 9.68 +7.2
NOTA None of the above 3,169 1.88
BSP Samar Das 1,568 0.93 -0.29
PDS Paritosh Sengupta 1,322 0.78 -0.21
Majority 21,200 12.58
Turnout 1,68,666 82.33
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Amit Kumar Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Asim Dasgupta of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khardaha[5][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Amit Kumar Mitra 83,608 56.49
CPI(M) Dr. Asim Dasgupta 57,454 38.82
BJP Anadi Kumar Biswas 3,673 2.48
BSP Sampa Biswas 1,813 1.22
PDS Jay Prakash Pandey 1,470 0.99
Majority 26,154 17.67
Turnout 1,48,050 87.26
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006

1977–2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections, Asim Dasgupta of CPI(M), won the Khardaha seat defeating his nearest rivals Mahadeb Basak of BJP in 2006,[13] Ranjit Kumar Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[14] Chinmoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1996,[15] Sipta Bishnu of Congress in 1991[16] and Sudhir Banerjee of Congress in 1987.[17] Kamal Sarkar of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1982 and 1977 defeating Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1982[18] and Harshadhari Bhattacharya of Congress in 1977.[19][20]

1957–1972

Satkari Mitra of PSP won in 1957.[2] Gopal Banerjee of CPI won in 1962.[3] Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty of CPI(M) won in 1967,[4] 1969[21] and 1971.[22] Sisir Kumar Ghosh of CPI won in 1972.[23]

1952

The Khardaha constituency did not exist in 1952.

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "খড়দহে সাড়ে চার হাজার অশীতিপর, অক্ষম বুথে গিয়েই ভোট দিতে আগ্রহী | পোস্টাল ব্যালটের আবেদন মাত্র ৬৪৪". Bartaman (in Bengali). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  7. ^ "With more than 79% voter turnout, Gosaba records highest polling percentage". Millennium Post. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Form20 - 109 Khardaha AC" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  11. ^ "General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  12. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Khardah. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  13. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  18. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  19. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  20. ^ "134 - Khardah Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  21. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  22. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  23. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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