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'''Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is an open seat now, but was earlier reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].
'''Khanakul Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is an open seat now, but was earlier reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
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|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Khanakul||Panchanan Digpati||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Khanakul||Panchanan Digpati||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|||||[[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|||||[[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url   =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Krishna Pada Pandit||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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Krishna Pada Pandit||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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Madan Saha||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Madan Saha||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1969||||Madan Saha||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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  |publisher= Election Commission  |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|1969||||Madan Saha||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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  |publisher= Election Commission  |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1971||||Madan Saha||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 ?|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|1971||||Madan Saha||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 ?|publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1972||||Basudeb Hajra||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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|1972||||Basudeb Hajra||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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1977||||Panchanan Digpati||[[Janata Party]]<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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|1977||||Panchanan Digpati||[[Janata Party]]<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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1982||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|1982||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1987||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|1987||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||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 |publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|1991||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||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 | publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|1991||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||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 | publisher= Election Commission  | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Iqbal Ahmed||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<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 = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Iqbal Ahmed||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<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 = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
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|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Iqbal Ahmed||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
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|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Susanta Ghosh (BJP politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}
|}


==Election results==
==Election results==
===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Khanakul constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = [[Susanta Ghosh (BJP politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]
  |votes      = 107,403
  |percentage = 49.27
  |change    = +40.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = Munsi Nazbul Karim
  |votes      = 94,519
  |percentage = 43.36
  |change    = -10.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Indian Secular Front
  |candidate  = Faisal Khan
  |votes      = 8,732
  |percentage = 4.01
  |change    =
}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
  |votes      = 3,278
  |percentage = 1.50
  |change    = -0.34
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Chandan Samanta
  |votes      = 2,088
  |percentage = 0.96
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Aditya Manik
  |votes      = 1,045
  |percentage = 0.48
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Atanu Samanta
  |votes      = 926
  |percentage = 0.42
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 217,991
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |loser  = All India Trinamool Congress
  |swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2016===
===2016===


{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Khanakul constituency <ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=202|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Khanakul| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Khanakul constituency}}


{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
   |candidate  = [[Iqbal Ahmed (politician)|Iqbal Ahmed]]
   |candidate  = [[Iqbal Ahmed (politician)|Iqbal Ahmed]]
   |votes      = 106,878
   |votes      = 106,878
   |percentage = 55.56
   |percentage = 54.04
   |change    = +12.57#
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
   |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
   |candidate  = Islam Ali Khan  
   |candidate  = Islam Ali Khan
   |votes      = 63,391
   |votes      = 63,391
   |percentage = 40.44
   |percentage = 32.05
   |change    = -16.58
   |change    =  
}}   
}}   
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |candidate  = Arobindo Maity    
   |candidate  = Bikash Chandra Dolui
   |votes      = 7,360
   |votes      = 17,686
   |percentage = 3.99
  |percentage = 8.94
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above]]
   |votes      = 3,638
   |percentage = 1.84
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Chandan Mondal
  |votes      = 2,451
  |percentage = 8.94
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Sanjib Karmakar
  |votes      = 2,305
  |percentage = 1.17
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Subhasis Dutta
  |votes      = 1,431
  |percentage = 0.72
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 184,381
  |votes      = 197,780
  |percentage = 84.05
  |percentage = 78.89
  |change    =  
  |change    =  
  }}
  }}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = All India Trinamool Congress
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
  |loser     = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |loser =  
  |swing     = 29.15#
  |swing =  
  }}
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Khanakul constituency <ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=202|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Khanakul| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Khanakul constituency <ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=202|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Khanakul| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}


{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
   |candidate  = Iqbal Ahmed
   |candidate  = Iqbal Ahmed
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   |change    = +12.57#
   |change    = +12.57#
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
   |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
   |candidate  = Subhra Parui  
   |candidate  = Subhra Parui
   |votes      = 74,571
   |votes      = 74,571
   |percentage = 40.44
   |percentage = 40.44
   |change    = -16.58
   |change    = -16.58
}}   
}}   
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
   |candidate  = Arobindo Maity  
   |candidate  = Arobindo Maity
   |votes      = 7,360
   |votes      = 7,360
   |percentage = 3.99
   |percentage = 3.99
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 184,381
  |votes      = 184,381
  |percentage = 84.05
  |percentage = 84.05
  |change    =  
  |change    =  
  }}
  }}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner     = All India Trinamool Congress
  |winner = All India Trinamool Congress
  |loser     = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |swing     = 29.15#
  |swing = 29.15#
  }}
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>
{{Hooghly 2011 election summary}}


===1977-2006===
===1977-2006===

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Coordinates: 22°43′55″N 87°52′34″E / 22.73194°N 87.87611°E / 22.73194; 87.87611
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Constituency No.202
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency29. Arambagh (SC)
Electorate (year)219,368 (2011)

Khanakul Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an open seat now, but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview[edit | edit source]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 202 Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Khanakul II community development block, and Ghoshpur, Khanakul I, Khanakul II, Kishorpur I, Kishorpur II, Pole II, Thakuranichak I, and Thakuranichak II gram panchayats of Khanakul I community development block.[1]

Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1957 Khanakul Panchanan Digpati Indian National Congress[2]
Prafulla Chandra Sen Indian National Congress[2]
1962 Krishna Pada Pandit Indian National Congress[3]
1967 Madan Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1969 Madan Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1971 Madan Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972 Basudeb Hajra Indian National Congress[7]
1977 Panchanan Digpati Janata Party[8]
1982 Sachindra Nath Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987 Sachindra Nath Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991 Sachindra Nath Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996 Banshi Badan Maitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001 Banshi Badan Maitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2006 Banshi Badan Maitra Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2011 Iqbal Ahmed All India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016 Iqbal Ahmed All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Susanta Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

2021[edit | edit source]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Khanakul constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Susanta Ghosh 107,403 49.27 +40.33
AITC Munsi Nazbul Karim 94,519 43.36 −10.68
ISF Faisal Khan 8,732 4.01
NOTA None of the above 3,278 1.50 −0.34
Independent Chandan Samanta 2,088 0.96
Independent Aditya Manik 1,045 0.48
Independent Atanu Samanta 926 0.42
Turnout 217,991
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Khanakul constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Iqbal Ahmed 106,878 54.04
CPI(M) Islam Ali Khan 63,391 32.05
BJP Bikash Chandra Dolui 17,686 8.94
NOTA None of the above 3,638 1.84
Independent Chandan Mondal 2,451 8.94
Independent Sanjib Karmakar 2,305 1.17
Independent Subhasis Dutta 1,431 0.72
Turnout 197,780 78.89
AITC hold Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

In the 2011 elections, Iqbal Ahmed of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Subhra Parui of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khanakul constituency [15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Iqbal Ahmed 102,450 55.56 +12.57#
CPI(M) Subhra Parui 74,571 40.44 −16.58
BJP Arobindo Maity 7,360 3.99
Turnout 184,381 84.05
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing 29.15#

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

1977-2006[edit | edit source]

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Banshi Badan Maitra of CPI(M) won the Khanakul assembly seat (SC) defeating Kalyan Maji of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[14] Tarapada Dolui of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[13] and Basudeb Hajra of Congress in 1996.[12] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Banshari Mohan Sardar of Congress in 1991,[11] Basudeb Hajra of Congress in 1987[10] and 1982.[9] Panchanan Digpati of Janata Party defeated Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) in 1977.[8][17]

1957-1972[edit | edit source]

Basudeb Hajra of Congress won in 1972.[7] Madan Saha of CPI(M) won in 1971,[6] 1969[5] and 1967.[4] Krishna Pada Pandit of Congress won in 1962.[3] Panchanan Digpati and Prafulla Chandra Sen, both of Congress, won the dual seat at Khanakul in 1957.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Khanakul. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  17. ↑ "193 - Khanakul (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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