Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kharagpur Sadar
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Kharagpur Sadar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kharagpur Sadar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Hiran Chatterjee
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = 2021
| state = West Bengal
| district = Paschim Medinipur
| loksabha_cons = Medinipur
| constituency_no = 224
| established = 1951
| electors = 194,006
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}
Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As 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.{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 |access-date=2010-10-15 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2010 }}
Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
- 1957: Narayan Choubey (CPI)
- 1967: Narayan Choubey (CPI)
- 1969: Gyan Singh Sohanpal (INC)
- 1972: Gyan Singh Sohanpal (INC)
- 1977: Sudhir Das Sharma (Janata Party)
- 1982: Gyan Singh Sohanpal (INC)
- 2001: Gyan Singh Sohanpal (INC)
- 2006: Gyan Singh Sohanpal (INC)
- 2011: Gyan Singh Sohanpal (INC){{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/kharagpursadar-west-bengal-assembly-constituency|title=Kharagpur Sadar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency|website=resultuniversity.com}}
- 2016: Dilip Ghosh (BJP)
- Dilip Ghosh was elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 and vacated this Vidhan Sabha seat.
- ^2019^ by-poll: Pradip Sarkar (TMC)
- 2021: Hiran Chatterjee (BJP)
Election results
=2021=
{{Election box begin
|title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur Sadar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Hiran Chatterjee|votes= 79,607|percentage=46.45|change=+12.43}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Pradip Sarkar|votes= 75,836|percentage=44.25|change=-3.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Reeta Sharma|votes= 10,705|percentage=6.3|change=-7.98}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,392|percentage=1.54|change=+0.43}}
{{Election box candidate||party=HUMP|candidate=D. Madhusudan Rao|votes=1,701|percentage=0.99|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Suranjan Mahapatra|votes=807|percentage=0.47|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,771|percentage=2.23|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,71,460|percentage=73.06|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2019 Bypoll=
A bye- poll was necessitated due to the election of the incumbent MLA, Dilip Ghosh, to the Lok Sabha.
{{Election box begin
|title= Bye-election, 2019: Kharagpur Sadar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Pradip Sarkar|votes=72,893|percentage=47.66|change=+25.93}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Prem Chandra Jha|votes=52,040|percentage=34.02|change=-5.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Chittaranjan Mandal|votes=22,631|percentage=14.28|change=-7.45}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,705|percentage=1.11|change=-0.41}}
{{Election box candidate ||party=IND |candidate=Mata Prasad Gupta|votes=1,273|percentage=0.83|change=+0.22}}
{{Election box majority||votes=20,853|percentage=13.64|change=+9.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,52,959|percentage=68.00|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016 Vidhan Sabha=
{{Election box begin
|title=2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur Sadar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dilip Ghosh
|votes = 61,446
|percentage = 39.29
|change = {{increase}}32.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Gyan Singh Sohanpal
|votes = 55,137
|percentage = 35.25
|change = {{decrease}}19.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rama Prasad Tewary
|votes = 34,086
|percentage = 21.73
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Suranjan Mahapatra
|votes = 1,308
|percentage = 0.83
|change = {{decrease}}0.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sk. Asgar Ali
|votes = 1,058
|percentage = 0.67
|change = {{increase}}0.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,392
|percentage = 1.52
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 6,309
|percentage = 4.04
|change = {{decrease}}19.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,56,487
|percentage = 71.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{increase}}26.16
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2011=
{{Election box begin | title=2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur Sadar{{cite web |url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=224 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kharagpur Sadar |publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 |archive-date = 26 May 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526064102/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=224 |url-status = usurped }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Kharagpur Sadar |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Gyan Singh Sohanpal
|votes = 75,425
|percentage = 55.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Anil Kumar Das
|votes = 43,056
|percentage = 31.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prem Chandra Jha
|votes = 9,303
|percentage = 6.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = IND
|candidate = Satya Deo Sharma
|votes = 5,191
|percentage = 3.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Suranjan Mahapatra
|votes = 1,525
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 32,369
|percentage = 23.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,38,134
|percentage = 70.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006.
=1977-2006=
Gyan 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.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp224.htm |title = 224 - Kharagpur Town Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-20 }}
=1951-1972=
Gyan 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.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Elections |access-date=2010-12-20 |work=General Election Results and Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}
References
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