Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kharagpur
Kharagpur
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Kharagpur Location in West Bengal Kharagpur Kharagpur (India)
	Coordinates: 22°19′49″N 87°19′25″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Constituency No.	228
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	34. Medinipur
Electorate (year)	166,811 (2011)

Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Kharagpur Rural/ Kharagpur Local) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 228 Kharagpur (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kharagpur[2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	Nazmul Haque	70,178	46.78	-7.18
	AITC	Bilkis Khanam	67,674	45.11	+3.38#
	Independent	Shuba Raj	4,092	2.73
	BJP	Prabir Kumar Sahu	3,648	2.43
	PDS	Balaram Pal	2,074
	People’s Democratic Conference of India	Sk. Samsul Haque	1,394
	JD(U)	Sunil Mahato	967
Turnout			150,027	166,811
	CPI (M) hold		Swing	-9.56#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together 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

Sk. Nazmul 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. Sk. 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.[5]

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 Muhammad Momtaz Moulana of Congress.[6]

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References

"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.
"Kharagpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kharagpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kharagpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
"225 - Kharagpur Rural Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
"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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[delimitation-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] "Kharagpur". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kharagpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kharagpur. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[5] "225 - Kharagpur Rural Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.

[6] "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.