Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kharagpur Sadar Vidhan Sabha constituency (earlier known as Kharagpur Town seat) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Not to be confused with Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Kharagpur Sadar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kharagpur Sadar
Location in West Bengal
Kharagpur Sadar
Kharagpur Sadar (India)
Coordinates: 22°19′49″N 87°19′25″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Medinipur
Constituency No.224
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency34. Medinipur
Electorate (year)194,006 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 224 Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kharagpur municipality and Kharagpur Railway Settlement of Kharagpur I community development block.[1]

Kharagpur Sadar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Vidhan Sabha
  • 1957 : Narayan Choubey of CPI
  • 1967 : Narayan Choubey (CPI)
  • 1969 : Gyan Singh Sohanpal of Congress
  • 1972 : Gyan Singh Sohanpal (Congress)
  • 1977 : Sudhir Das Sharma, defeated Gyan Singh Sohanpal (Congress)
  • 1982 : Gyan Singh Sohanpal (Congress)
  • 2001 : Gyan Singh Sohanpal (Congress)
  • 2006 : Gyan Singh Sohanpal (Congress)
  • 2011 : Gyan Singh Sohanpal (Congress) [2]
  • 2016 : Dilip Ghosh (BJP), defeated Gyan Singh Sohanpal (Congress)
    • Dilip Ghosh was elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 and vacated this Vidhan Sabha seat.
  • ^2019^ : Pradip Sarkar (AITC), in a bye-poll

Election results


2016 Vidhan Sabha
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kharagpur Sadar
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
Independent Mata Prasad Gupta 959 0.61 N/A
NOTA None of the above 2,392 1.52 N/A
Majority 5,309 4.04 -19.59
Turnout 156,386 70.78 +0.16
BJP gain from INC Swing +26.16

2019 bye-poll
Bye-election, 2019: Kharagpur Sadar
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
Majority 20853 13.64 +9.6
Turnout 1,52,974 68.00
AITC gain from BJP Swing


2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kharagpur Sadar [3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Gyan Singh Sohanpal 75,425 55.06 +16.38
CPI (M) Anil Kumar Das 43,056 31.43 #
BJP Prem Chandra Jha 9,303 6.79
Independent Satya Deo Sharma 5,191 3.78
SUCI(C) Suranjan Mahapatra 1,525 1.11
JMM Sanjay Shankar 1,020 0.74
BSP Subodh Meshram 915 0.66
JD(U) Nagrajan 563 0.41
Majority 32,369 23.63
Turnout 136,998 70.62
INC hold Swing #

.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Paschim Medinipur district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 8 8
Indian National Congress 2 0
Jharkhand Party (Naren) 0 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7 7
Communist Party of India 1 1
DSP(PC) 1 0

Note: Constituency abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

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.[6]

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 Muhammad Momtaz Moulana of Congress.[7]

References
  1. "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.
  2. https://resultuniversity.com/election/kharagpursadar-west-bengal-assembly-constituency
  3. "Kharagpur Sadar". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kharagpur Sadar. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kharagpur Sadar. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. "224 - Kharagpur Town Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  7. "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.
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