| Khanakul | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 202 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Khanakul Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arambagh |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 219,368 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Khanakul Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHooghly district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 202 Khanakul Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Khanakul IIcommunity development block, and Ghoshpur, Khanakul I, Khanakul II, Kishorpur I, Kishorpur II, Pole II, Thakuranichak I, and Thakuranichak IIgram panchayats ofKhanakul I community development block.[1]
Khanakul Assembly constituency is part of No. 29Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency (SC).[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khanakul | |||
| 1957[a] | Panchanan Digpati | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| Prafulla Chandra Sen[2] | |||
| 1962 | Krishna Pada Pandit[3] | ||
| 1967 | Madan Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4] | |
| 1969[5] | |||
| 1971[6] | |||
| 1972 | Basudeb Hajra | Indian National Congress[7] | |
| 1977 | Panchanan Digpati | Janata Party[8] | |
| 1982 | Sachindra Nath Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| 1987[10] | |||
| 1991[11] | |||
| 1996 | Banshi Badan Maitra[12] | ||
| 2001[13] | |||
| 2006[14] | |||
| 2011 | Iqbal Ahmed | Trinamool Congress[15] | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Susanta Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Susanta Ghosh | 107,403 | 49.27 |  40.33 | |
| AITC | Munshi Nazbul Karim | 94,519 | 43.36 |  10.68 | |
| ISF | Faisal Khan | 8,732 | 4.01 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,278 | 1.50 | 0.34 | |
| Independent | Chandan Samanta | 2,088 | 0.96 | New | |
| Independent | Aditya Manik | 1,045 | 0.48 | New | |
| Independent | Atanu Samanta | 926 | 0.42 | New | |
| Majority | 12,884 | 5.91 | 16.08 | ||
| Turnout | 2,17,991 | 78.62 | 0.27 | ||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Iqbal Ahmed | 106,878 | 54.04 | 1.52 | |
| CPI(M) | Islam Ali Khan | 63,391 | 32.05 | 8.39 | |
| BJP | Bikash Chandra Dolui | 17,686 | 8.94 | 4.95 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,638 | 1.84 | ||
| Independent | Chandan Mondal | 2,451 | 1.24 | New | |
| Independent | Sanjib Karmakar | 2,305 | 1.17 | New | |
| Independent | Subhasis Dutta | 1,431 | 0.72 | New | |
| Majority | 43,487 | 21.99 | 6.87 | ||
| Turnout | 1,97,780 | 78.89 | 5.14 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Iqbal Ahmed | 102,450 | 55.56 | ||
| CPI(M) | Subhra Parui | 74,571 | 40.44 | ||
| BJP | Arabinda Maity | 7,360 | 3.99 | ||
| Majority | 27,879 | 15.12 | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,381 | 84.03 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Banshi Badan Maitra ofCPI(M) won the Khanakul assembly seat (SC) defeating Kalyan Maji ofTrinamool Congress in 2006,[14] Tarapada Dolui of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[13] and Basudeb Hajra ofCongress in 1996.[12] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Banshari Mohan Sardar of Congress in 1991,[11] Basudeb Hajra of Congress in 1987[10] and 1982.[9] Panchanan Digpati ofJanata Party defeated Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) in 1977.[8][17]
Basudeb Hajra of Congress won in 1972.[7] Madan Saha of CPI(M) won in 1971,[6] 1969[5] and 1967.[4] Krishna Pada Pandit of Congress won in 1962.[3] Panchanan Digpati andPrafulla Chandra Sen, both of Congress, won the dual seat at Khanakul in 1957.[2]
