Khandaghosh Assembly constituency

Khandaghosh
Constituency No. 259 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Khandaghosh Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
LS constituencyBishnupur
Established1951
Total electors194,747
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Khandaghosh is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission, No. 259 Khandaghosh (SC) assembly constituency covers Khandaghosh community development block and Adra, Bhuri, Gohogram, Khano, Maszidpur, Sanko and Satinadi gram panchayats of Galsi II CD Block.[1]

Khandaghosh assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Khandaghosh Janab Mohammad Hossain Indian National Congress[2]
1957 No constituency [3]
1962 Jahar Lal Banerjee Indian National Congress[4]
1967 P.Dhibar Indian National Congress[5]
1969 Gobardhan Pakray Samyukta Socialist Party[6]
1971 Purna Chandra Malik Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972 Monoranjan Pramanick Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Purna Chandra Malik Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982 Purna Chandra Malik Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987 Shibaprasad Dalui Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991 Shibaparasad Dalui Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996 Shibaprasad Dalui Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001 Jyotsna Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006 Prasanta Majhi Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15][16]
2011 Nabin Chandra Bag Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
2016 Nabin Chandra Bag All India Trinamool Congress[18][19]
2021 Nabin Chandra Bag All India Trinamool Congress[20]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Khandaghosh[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nabin Chandra Bag 104,264 47.85 +15.65
BJP Bijan Mandal 83,378 38.26 +496.71
CPI(M) Asima Roy 22,923 10.52 −73.64
BSP Pratul Biswas 3,465 1.59
BMUP Basudeb Ruidas 1,923 0.88
NOTA None of the above 1,944 0.89
Turnout 217,897
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khandaghosh[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nabin Chandra Bag 90,151 45.88
CPI(M) Asima Roy 86,949 44.25
BJP Ashoke Santra 13,973 7.11
BSP Protul Biswas 2,780 1.41
NOTA None of the above 2,624 1.34
Majority
Turnout
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Nabin Chandra Bag of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Alok Kumar Majhi of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khandaghosh[21][22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Nabin Chandra Bag 94,284 52.11 −16.53
AITC Alok Kumar Majhi 81,137 44.85 +13.49#
BJP Krishna Das Singha 5,505 3.04
Turnout 180,926 92.9
CPI(M) hold Swing -30.02#

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

1977-2006

Prasanta Majhi of the CPI (M) won the Khandaghosh (SC) assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Biswanath Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Jyotsna Singha of CPI (M) defeated Banshi Badan Roy of Trinamool. In 1996, 1991 and 1986 Shiba Prasad Dalui of CPI (M) defeated Basudev Mandal, Sankar Nath Maji and Pramatha Dhibar, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Purna Chandra Malik of CPI (M) defeated Manoranjan Pramanik of Congress.[24]

1951-1972

Monoranjan Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1972. In 1971, the seat was won by Purna Chandra Malik of CPI (M). Gobardhan Pakray of Samyukta Socialist Party won it in 1969. P. Dhibar of Congress won the seat in 1967. Jaharlal Banerjee of Congress won it in 1962. Khandaghosh constituency was not there in 1957 and in 1951 it was a general constituency. It was won by Jb Md Hossain of Congress.[25]

References

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