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(Top) 1 Overview 2 Members of the Legislative Assembly 3 Election results 3.1 2021 3.2 2016 3.3 2011 3.4 1977-2006 3.5 1951-1972 4 References

Kharagpur Assembly constituency

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Kharagpur
Constituency No. 228 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kharagpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
LS constituency	Medinipur
Established	1951
Total electors	166,811
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dinen Roy
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Kharagpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian stateofWest Bengal.

Overview[edit]

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 panchayatsofMidnapore Sadar community development block.^[1]

Kharagpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

1962: Mrityunjoy Jana of Congress
1987: Nazmul Haque (CPM)
1991: Nazmul Haque (CPM)
1996: Nazmul Haque (CPM)
2001: Nazmul Haque (CPM)
2006: Nazmul Haque (CPM)
2011: Nazmul Haque (CPM)
2016: Dinen Roy (AITC)^[2]
2021: Dinen Roy (AITC)^[3]

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur
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]

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur
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]

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Nazmul 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]

Sk. Nazmul 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 Congressin2006 and 2001, Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1996, Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1991 and Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1987. Sk. 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.^[6]

1951-1972[edit]

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 Muhammad Momtaz Moulana of Congress.^[7]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "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.

^ "Kharagpur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".

^ "Dinen Roy is a TMC candidate from Kharagpur constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections". News18. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kharagpur. Empowering India. 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.