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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Keshpur 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|22|33|23|N|87|28|34|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 235
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)|32. Ghatal]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 194,412 (2011)

|area_code =
|website =
|footnotes =
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'''Keshpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 235 Keshpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: [[Keshpur (Community development block)|Keshpur]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 |access-date=2010-10-15 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2010 }}</ref>

Keshpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 32 [[Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It Was Earlier Part of [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)]] till 2009.

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Keshpur||Nagendra Doloi||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 186 |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||||Gangapada Kuor||[[Kisan Mazoor Praja Party]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 186 |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||No Seat||
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Bankim Roy||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 129|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Rajani Kanta Dolai||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 133|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Gangapada Kuar||[[Bangla Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 133|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 2 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Rajani Kanta Dolai||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 133|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Rajani Kanta Dolai||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 133|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Rajani Kanta Dolai||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Himanshu Kumar||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Himanshu Kumar||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Nanda Rani Dal||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Nanda Rani Dal||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Nanda Rani Dal||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Rameswar Doloi||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 145|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Rameswar Doloi||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Seuli Saha||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||||
|}

==Election results==
===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Keshpur(SC)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Seuli Saha
|votes = 116,992
|percentage = 51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pritish Ranjan Kuar
|votes = 96,272
|percentage = 42%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Prashanta Das
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box majority
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{{Election box gain with party link
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===2016===
In the 2016 election, Seuli Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rameswar Dolui of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Seuli Saha
|votes = 146,579
|percentage = 72.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Rameswar Doloi
|votes = 45,428
|percentage = 22.60%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dipak Patra
|votes = 9,073
|percentage = 4.50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 101,151
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,01,080
|percentage = 92.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -21.24
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
===2011===
In the 2011 election, Rameswar Dolui of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rajani Kanta Dolui of Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Rameswar Doloi
|votes = 103,903
|percentage = 57.58
|change = -12.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rajani Kanta Doloi
|votes = 70,059
|percentage = 38.82
|change = +9.27#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dipak Patra
|votes = 6,496
|percentage = 3.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 180,456
|percentage = 92.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 33.851
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -21.24
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
===2006===
In the 2006 election, Rameswar Dolui of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Asis Pramanik of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Rameswar Doloi
|votes = 101,908
|percentage = 70.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Asis Pramanik
|votes = 35,742
|percentage = 29.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sunil Dolai
|votes = 7,000
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,44,726
|percentage = (90.9%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 66,166
|percentage = (45.7%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
===2001===
In the 2001 election, Nanda Rani Dal of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rajani Kanta Doloi of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2001]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nanda Rani Dal
|votes = 120,566
|percentage = 90.60%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rajani Kanta Doloi
|votes = 12,454
|percentage = 9.40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,33,032
|percentage = (85.5%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 108,112
|percentage = (81.3%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
===1996===
In the 1996 election, Nanda Rani Dal of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Sannyasi Dolai of Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 1996]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nanda Rani Dal
|votes = 83,846
|percentage = 65.10%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sannyasi Dolai
|votes = 40,376
|percentage = 31.30%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Nanda Ram Bhuinya
|votes = 3,232
|percentage = 2.50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Laksmi Kanta Banti
|votes = 1,406
|percentage = 1.10%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,31,860
|percentage = (91.9%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 43,470
|percentage = (33.0%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
===1991===
In the 1991 election, Nanda Rani Dal of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Balai Chandra Paria of Jharkhand Party.

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 1991]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nanda Rani Dal
|votes = 69,499
|percentage = 66.80%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Party
|candidate = Balai Chandra Paria
|votes = 30,575
|percentage = 29.40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dhurjati Parmanik
|votes = 4,034
|percentage = 3.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,06,241
|percentage = (82.2%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 38,924
|percentage = (36.6%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
===1987===
In the 1987 election, Himangshu Kumar of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rajani Kanta Dolai of Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 1987]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Himangshu Kumar
|votes = 55,775
|percentage = 56.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rajani Kanta Dolai
|votes = 42,549
|percentage = 42.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Bhutunath Dolai
|votes = 576
|percentage = 0.60%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Khandu Ram Dhal
|votes = 314
|percentage = 0.30%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,00,429
|percentage = (87.2%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,226
|percentage = (13.2%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
===1982===
In the 1982 election, Himangshu Kumar of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rajani Kanta Dolai of Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 1982]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Himangshu Kumar
|votes = 48,868
|percentage = 55.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rajani Kanta Dolai
|votes = 37,473
|percentage = 42.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Prabhat Patra
|votes = 1,014
|percentage = 1.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 88,392
|percentage = (90.3%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 11,395
|percentage = (12.9%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
===1977===
In the 1982 election, Rajanai Kanta Dolui of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ajoy Kumar Dolui of CPIM.

{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 1977]]: Keshpur(SC) <ref name="Keshpur">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25235.htm|title = Keshpur |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=235|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Keshpur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Keshpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rajani Kanta Dolai
|votes = 20,210
|percentage = 40.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Ajoy Kumar Dolui
|votes = 12,737
|percentage = 25.30%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Party
|candidate = Gangapada Kuar
|votes = 11,596
|percentage = 23.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Subal Dolui
|votes = 7,591
|percentage = 11.50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,090
|percentage = (64.9%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,473
|percentage = (14.6%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]], Rameswar Doloi of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Keshpur (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Asish Pramanik of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Nanda Rani Dal of CPI(M) defeated Rajani Kanta Doloi of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Sannyasi Dolai of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996, and Balai Chandra Parija of [[Jharkhand Party]] in 1991. Himansu Kumar of CPI(M) defeated Rajani Kanta Doloi of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Rajani Kanta Doloi of Congress defeated Ajoy Kumar Dolui of CPI(M) in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp219.htm |title = 219 - Keshpur (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-20 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Rajani Kanta Doloi of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Gangapada Kuar of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969. Rajani Kanta Doloi of Congress won in 1967. Bankim Roy of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. The Keshpur seat did not exist in 1957. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Nagendra Doloi of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the Keshpur seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Elections |access-date=2010-12-20 |work=General Election Results and Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}</ref>

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