| Kharagpur Sadar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 224 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kharagpur Sadar Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Medinipur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 194,006 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPaschim Medinipur district in the Indianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 224 Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Kharagpur municipality andKharagpur Railway Settlement ofKharagpur Icommunity development block.[1]
Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is part of No. 34Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Hiran Chatterjee | 79,607 | 46.45 | +12.43 | |
| AITC | Pradip Sarkar | 75,836 | 44.25 | −3.41 | |
| INC | Reeta Sharma | 10,705 | 6.3 | −7.98 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,392 | 1.54 | +0.43 | |
| HUMP | D. Madhusudan Rao | 1,701 | 0.99 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Suranjan Mahapatra | 807 | 0.47 | ||
| Majority | 3,771 | 2.23 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,460 | 73.06 | |||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
A bye- poll was necessitated due to the election of the incumbent MLA,Dilip Ghosh, to the Lok Sabha.
| 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 | |
| IND | Mata Prasad Gupta | 1,273 | 0.83 | +0.22 | |
| Majority | 20,853 | 13.64 | +9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,52,959 | 68.00 | |||
| AITCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,392 | 1.52 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,309 | 4.04 | 19.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,56,487 | 71.71 | |||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | 26.16 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | 75,425 | 55.54 | ||
| CPI(M) | Anil Kumar Das | 43,056 | 31.43 | ||
| BJP | Prem Chandra Jha | 9,303 | 6.79 | ||
| IND | Satya Deo Sharma | 5,191 | 3.78 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Suranjan Mahapatra | 1,525 | 1.11 | ||
| Majority | 32,369 | 23.63 | |||
| Turnout | 1,38,134 | 70.78 | |||
| INChold | Swing | # | |||
.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006.
Gyan Singh Sohanpal ofCongress 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 ofRJD in 2006, Lalji Pandey ofCPI(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 ofJanata Party defeated Jatindra Mitra of CPI(M) in 1977.[4]
Gyan Singh Sohanpal of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. Narayan Choubey ofCPI won in 1967, 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Kharagpur had a single seat, which was won byMoulana Muhammad Momtaz of Congress.[5]
