Khandaghosh Assembly constituency
| 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 | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | AITC+ |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Khandaghosh Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
[edit]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
[edit]| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Janab Mohammad Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | No constituency | ||
| 1962 | Jahar Lal Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | P. Dhibar | ||
| 1969 | Gobardhan Pakray | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1971 | Purna Chandra Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Monoranjan Pramanick | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Purna Chandra Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Shibaprasad Dalui | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Jyotsna Singh | ||
| 2006 | Prasanta Majhi | ||
| 2011 | Nabin Chandra Bag | ||
| 2016 | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | |||
Election results
[edit]2026
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nabin Chandra Bag | 104,183 | 46.67 |  1.18
| |
| BJP | Goutam Dhara | 95,899 | 42.96 |  4.7
| |
| CPI(M) | Ramjiban Ray | 17,535 | 7.85 | 2.67
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,271 | 0.57 | 0.32
| |
| Majority | 8,284 | 3.71 | 5.88
| ||
| Turnout | 223,246 | 95.49 | 5.72
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nabin Chandra Bag | 104,264 | 47.85 | 1.97
| |
| BJP | Bijan Mandal | 83,378 | 38.26 | 31.15
| |
| CPI(M) | Asima Roy | 22,923 | 10.52 | 33.73
| |
| BSP | Protul Biswas | 3,465 | 1.59 | 0.18
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,944 | 0.89 | ||
| Majority | 20,886 | 9.59 | |||
| Turnout | 217,897 | 89.77 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nabin Chandra Bag | 90,151 | 45.88 | 1.03
| |
| CPI(M) | Asima Roy | 86,949 | 44.25 | 7.86
| |
| BJP | Ashoke Santra | 13,973 | 7.11 | 4.07
| |
| BSP | Protul Biswas | 2,780 | 1.41 | 
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,624 | 1.34 |
| |
| Majority | 3,202 | 1.63 | 5.66
| ||
| Turnout | 1,96,477 | 89.12 | 3.70
| ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Nabin Chandra Bag | 94,284 | 52.11 | ||
| AITC | Alok Kumar Majhi | 81,137 | 44.85 | ||
| BJP | Krishna Das Singha | 5,505 | 3.04 | ||
| Majority | 13,147 | 7.29 | |||
| Turnout | 1,80,926 | 92.82 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2006
[edit]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.[4]
1972
[edit]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.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Assembly segments of Laok Sabha constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "272 – Khandaghosh (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
