| Kharagpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 228 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 166,811 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Kharagpur Assembly constituency (formerly Kharagpur Rural) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 228 Kharagpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kharagpur I community development block, and Banpura, Panchkhuri I, Panchkhuri II, Pathra and Shiromoni gram panchayats of Midnapore Sadar community development block.[1]
Kharagpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Mrityunjoy Jana | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Sheikh Najmul Haque | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Dinen Roy | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dinen Roy | 98,320 | 47.14 |  7.71
| |
| BJP | Tapan Bhuya | 95,448 | 45.77 |  9.03
| |
| LF | Sk Sajahan Ali | ||||
| INC | Ujjal Mukherjee | ||||
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 1,535 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 2,872 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/candidateswise-S25228.htm
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dinen Roy | 109,727 | 54.85 | ||
| BJP | Tapan Bhuya | 73,497 | 36.74 | ||
| CPI(M) | Syed Saddam Ali | 11,245 | 5.62 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,314 | 1.16 | ||
| HUMP | Sekh Abdur Rahaman | 1,690 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | 36,230 | 18.31 | |||
| Turnout | 2,00,563 | 88.32 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dinen Roy | 85,630 | 48.43 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sk Sajahan Ali | 66,531 | 37.63 | ||
| BJP | Goutam Bhattacharjee | 17,722 | 10.02 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,461 | 1.39 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Manik Chandra Poria | 2,402 | 1.36 | ||
| Majority | 19,099 | 10.80 | |||
| Turnout | 1,77,124 | 88.94 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI (M) | Swing | ||||
2011[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Sheikh Najmul Haque | 70,178 | 46.78 | −7.18 | |
| AITC | Bilkis Khanam | 67,674 | 45.11 | +3.38# | |
| IND | Shuba Raj | 4,092 | 2.73 | ||
| BJP | Prabir Kumar Sahu | 3,648 | 2.43 | ||
| PDS | Balaram Pal | 2,074 | 1.38 | ||
| Majority | 2,504 | 1.67 | |||
| Turnout | 1,50,153 | 89.96 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | -9.56# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006[edit | edit source]
Sheikh Najmul Haque of CPI(M) won the Kharagpur Rural assembly seat five times in a row from 1987 to 2006. He defeated Ajit Maity of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and 2001, Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1996, Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1991 and Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1987. Sheikh Siraj Ali of CPI(M) defeated Deben Das, Independent, in 1982 Deben Das of CPI in 1977. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.[4]
1951-1972[edit | edit source]
Between 1957 and 1972 the seat was known as Kharagpur Local. Ajit Kumar Basu of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Deben Das of CPI won in 1969 and 1967. Mrityunjoy Jana of Congress won in 1962. Kharagpur Local was a dual seat in 1957. It was won by Krishna Prasad Mondal and Mrityunjoy Jana, both of Congress. In independent India's first election in 1951, Kharagpur had a single seat, which was won by Moulana Muhammad Momtaz of Congress.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kharagpur. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kharagpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ↑ "225 - Kharagpur Rural Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ↑ "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.