Khanakul Assembly constituency

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Khanakul
Constituency No. 202 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHooghly
Lok Sabha constituencyArambagh
Established1957
Total electors219,368
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2021

Khanakul Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit | edit source]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 202 Khanakul Assembly 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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
Khanakul
1957[lower-alpha 1] Panchanan Digpati Indian National Congress[2]
Prafulla Chandra Sen[2]
1962 Krishna Pada Pandit[3]
1967 Madan Saha Communist Party of India[4]
1969[5]
1971[6]
1972 Basudeb Hajra Indian National Congress[7]
1977 Panchanan Digpati Janata Party[8]
1982 Sachindra Nath Hazra Communist Party of India[9]
1987[10]
1991[11]
1996 Banshi Badan Maitra[12]
2001[13]
2006[14]
2011 Iqbal Ahmed Trinamool Congress[15]
2016
2021 Susanta Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khanakul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Susanta Ghosh
AITC Palash Roy
ISF Sheikh Saddam Hossain
INC Pradip Kumar Kar
None of the above (India) None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khanakul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Susanta Ghosh 107,403 49.27 Increase40.33
AITC Munshi Nazbul Karim 94,519 43.36 Decrease10.68
ISF Faisal Khan 8,732 4.01 Template:New
None of the above (India) None of the Above 3,278 1.50 Decrease0.34
Independent Chandan Samanta 2,088 0.96 Template:New
Independent Aditya Manik 1,045 0.48 Template:New
Independent Atanu Samanta 926 0.42 Template:New
Majority 12,884 5.91 Decrease16.08
Turnout 2,17,991 78.62 Decrease0.27
BJP gain from Trinamool Congress Swing

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khanakul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Iqbal Ahmed 106,878 54.04 Decrease1.52
CPI(M) Islam Ali Khan 63,391 32.05 Decrease8.39
BJP Bikash Chandra Dolui 17,686 8.94 Increase4.95
None of the above (India) None of the Above 3,638 1.84 Template:New
Independent Chandan Mondal 2,451 1.24 Template:New
Independent Sanjib Karmakar 2,305 1.17 Template:New
Independent Subhasis Dutta 1,431 0.72 Template:New
Majority 43,487 21.99 Increase6.87
Turnout 1,97,780 78.89 Decrease5.14
AITC hold Swing

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khanakul[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Iqbal Ahmed 102,450 55.56
CPI(M) Subhra Parui 74,571 40.44
BJP Arabinda Maity 7,360 3.99
Majority 27,879 15.12
Turnout 1,84,381 84.03
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI (M) Swing

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]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Khanakul had dual seat in 1957.

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. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. 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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