Kharagpur Assembly constituency

Not to be confused with Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency.

Kharagpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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
Lok Sabha 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

Overview

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

Year	Name	Party
1962	Mrityunjoy Jana		Indian National Congress
1987	Sheikh Najmul Haque		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016	Dinen Roy		All India Trinamool Congress
2021

Election results

2021

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

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

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur^[2][3]

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

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

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]