Khandaghosh Assembly constituency

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

Khandaghosh
Constituency No. 259 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Khandaghosh Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency	Bishnupur
Established	1951
Total electors	194,747
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nabin Chandra Bag
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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]