Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency (formerly Kharagpur Town) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Kharagpur Sadar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 224 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kharagpur Sadar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 194,006 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Hiran Chatterjee |
- Indian National Congress (10 times) (55.6%)
- Communist Party of India (3 times) (16.7%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (3 times) (16.7%)
- All India Trinamool Congress (1 time) (5.55%)
- Janata Party (1 times) (5.55%)
Overview
editAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 224 Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kharagpur municipality and Kharagpur Railway Settlement of Kharagpur I community development block.[1]
Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Sudhir Das Sharma | Janata Party | |
| 1982 | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Dilip Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019^ | Pradip Sarkar | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Hiran Chatterjee | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2026 | Dilip Ghosh | ||
Election results
edit2026
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Ghosh | 89,885 | 55.6 |  9.15 | |
| AITC | Pradip Sarkar | 59,379 | 36.73 |  7.52 | |
| CPI(M) | Madhusudan Roy | 5,451 | 3.37 | ||
| INC | Dr. Papiya Chakraborty | 2,879 | 1.78 | 4.52 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,290 | 0.8 | 0.74 | |
| Majority | 30,506 | 18.87 | 16.67 | ||
| Turnout | 161,661 | 89.43 | 16.4 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Hiran Chatterjee | 79,607 | 46.45 | ||
| AITC | Pradip Sarkar | 75,836 | 44.25 | ||
| INC | Reeta Sharma | 10,791 | 6.3 | ||
| Humanity Universal Motion Party | D. Madhusudan Rao | 1,701 | 0.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,643 | 1.54 | ||
| Majority | 3,771 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 171,385 | 73.03 | |||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2019
editA bye- poll was necessitated due to the election of the incumbent MLA, Dilip Ghosh, to the Lok Sabha.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pradip Sarkar | 72,893 | 47.66 | +25.93 | |
| BJP | Prem Chandra Jha | 52,040 | 34.02 | −5.27 | |
| INC | Chittaranjan Mandal | 22,631 | 14.28 | −7.45 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,705 | 1.11 | −0.41 | |
| IND | Mata Prasad Gupta | 1,273 | 0.83 | +0.22 | |
| Majority | 20,853 | 13.64 | +9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,52,959 | 68.00 | |||
| AITC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Ghosh | 61,446 | 39.29 | 32.50 | |
| INC | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | 55,137 | 35.25 | 19.81 | |
| AITC | Rama Prasad Tewary | 34,086 | 21.73 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Suranjan Mahapatra | 1,308 | 0.83 | 0.28 | |
| BSP | Sk. Asgar Ali | 1,058 | 0.67 | 0.01 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,392 | 1.52 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,309 | 4.04 | 19.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,487 | 71.71 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 26.16 |
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2011
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | 75,425 | 55.54 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anil Kumar Das | 43,056 | 31.43 | ||
| BJP | Prem Chandra Jha | 9,303 | 6.79 | ||
| IND | Satya Deo Sharma | 5,191 | 3.78 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Suranjan Mahapatra | 1,525 | 1.11 | ||
| Majority | 32,369 | 23.63 | |||
| Turnout | 1,38,134 | 70.78 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | # | |||
.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006.
2006
editGyan Singh Sohanpal of Congress won the Kharagpur Town assembly seat for six times in a row from 1982 to 2006 (for earlier victories see below), defeating Prem Chandra Jha of RJD in 2006, Lalji Pandey of CPI(M) in 2001, Kalidas Nayek of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991, and Jatindra Mitra of CPI(M) in 1987 and 1982. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhir Das Sharma of Janata Party defeated Jatindra Mitra of CPI(M) in 1977.[5]
1972
editGyan Singh Sohanpal of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. Narayan Choubey of CPI won in 1967, 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Kharagpur had a single seat, which was won by Moulana Muhammad Momtaz of Congress.[6]
References
edit- 1 2 "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 General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kharagpur Sadar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ↑ "224 - Kharagpur Town 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.