Khargram Assembly constituency

Khargram is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Khargram
Constituency No. 66 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Khargram Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
LS constituencyJangipur
Established1951
Total electors228,923
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 66 Khargram Assembly constituency (SC) covers Khargram community development block, and Kalyanpur I and Kalyanpur II gram panchayats Burwan community development block.[1]

Khargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Burwan KhargramSatyendra Chandra Ghosh MoulikIndian National Congress[2]
Burwan KhargramSudhir MondalIndian National Congress[2]
1957No seat[3]
1962KhargramAbhayapada SahaRevolutionary Socialist Party[4]
1967S.K.MondalIndian National Congress[5]
1969Kumarish Chandra MoulikRevolutionary Socialist Party[6]
1971Narendra HaldarIndian National Congress[7]
1972Harendranath HalderIndian National Congress[8]
1977Dinabandhu MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Dinabandhu MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Biswanath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Biwanath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Biwanath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Biswanath MondalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006Manabendranath SahaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Ashis MarjitIndian National Congress[16]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khargram[16][17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCAsish Marjit 93,255 50.00
BJPAditya Moulik60,68233.00
INCBipattaran Bagdi27,42315.00
NOTANone of the above (NOTA)1,6851.00
CPI(ML)LTulu Bala Das1,5111.00
JD(U)Manik Kumar Das1,3801.00
Majority32,573
AITC holdSwing

2011

In the 2011 election, Asish Marjit of Congress defeated his nearest rival Goutam Mondal of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khargram (SC) constituency[16][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAsish Marjit74,09349.96+4.83
CPI(M)Goutam Mondal65,12343.91-5.20
BJPHarekrishna Konai4,0492.73
IndependentSmritikana Sarkar2,369
CPI(ML)LSadhan Kumar Marjit1,616
JD(U)Dipak Mandal1,049
Turnout148,29985.84
INC gain from CPI(M)Swing+10.30

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Manabendranath Saha of CPI(M) won the 66 Khargram (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Ashis Marjit of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Biswanath Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Madhab Chandra Marjit of Congress in 2001[14] and 1996,[13] Harendranath Haldar of Congress in 1991,[12] and Ashok Saha of Congress in 1987.[11] Dinabandhu Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Nakari Chandra Majhi of Congress in 1982[10] and Harendranath Haldar of Congress in 1977.[9][19]

1951–1972

Harendranath Halder of Congress won in 1972.[8] Narendra Haldar of Congress won in 1971.[7] Kumarish Chandra Moulick of RSP won in 1969.[6] S.K.Mondal of Congress won in 1967.[5] Abhayapada Saha of RSP won in 1962.[4] The Khargram seat was not there in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951[2] Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat.

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