Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier spelled Khajuri) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1. its namesake village, see Khejuri. For 2. its namesake community development block, see Khejuri I. For 3, its another namesake community development block, see Khejuri II.

Khejuri
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Coordinates: 21°58′41″N 87°48′07″E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Constituency No.	215
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanthi
Electorate (year)	177,487 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 215 Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Khejuri I and Khejuri II community development blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur II community development block.[1]

Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Results

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khejuri [2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Ranajit Mondal	87,833	53.11	+13.73
	SP	Asim Mondal	71,673	43.34	-14.48
	BJP	Kalipada Mandal	3,924	2.37
	Independent	Sachchidananda Das	1,939
Turnout			165,369	93.17
	AITC gain from SP		Swing	28.21

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Purba Medinipur district summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	16	12
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	6
Communist Party of India	0	3
WBSP/SP	0	3

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Swadesh Patra of WBSP won the Khejuri assembly seat (SC) defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Das of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi-cornered, but only winners and runners are mentioned here. Sunirmal Paik of WBSP defeated Ram Chandra Mandal of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ram Chandra Mandal representing CPI(M) defeated Sunirmal Paik representing Congress in 1996. Sunirmal Paik representing CPI(M) defeated Santiram Das of Congress in 1991. Sunirmal Paik, Independent, defeated Susanta Mandal of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Sunirmal Paik of Janata Party defeated Sunil Sit of CPI(M) in 1977.[5]

1951-1972

Bimal Paik of Congress won in 1972. Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) won in 1971. Paresh Das of Bangla Congress won in 1969. B.Paik of Congress won in 1967. Abanti Kumar Das of Congress won in 1962. The Khejuri seat was not there in 1957. Khejuri had a dual seat in independent India’s first election in 1951. It was won by Koustav Kanti Karan and Abha Maiti, both of Congress.[6]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
2. "Khejuri". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Khejuri. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Khejuri. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
5. "209 - Khajuri (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
6. "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-01.