| Khardaha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 109 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Khardaha Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dum Dum |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 168,586 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Khardaha Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofNorth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 109 Khardaha Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Khardaha municipality, Ward Nos.15, 18 to 21 and 35 ofPanihati municipality, and Bandipur, Bilkanda I, Bilkanda II and Patuliagram panchayats ofBarrackpore IIcommunity development block.[1]
Khardaha Assembly constituency is part of No. 16Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Satkari Mitra | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | Gopal Banerjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Sisir Kumar Ghosh | ||
| 1977 | Kamal Sarkar | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Dr.Asim Dasgupta | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Amit Mitra | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Kajal Sinha | ||
| 2021^ | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | 114,086 | 73.59 | +24.55 | |
| BJP | Joy Saha | 20,254 | 13.07 | −20.6 | |
| CPI(M) | Debajyoti Das(Subho) | 16,110 | 10.39 | −4.31 | |
| Majority | 93,832 | 60.52 | |||
| Turnout | 1,55,069 | 66.73 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kajal Sinha | 89,807 | 49.04 | −0.61 | |
| BJP | Shilbhadra Dutta | 61,667 | 33.67 | +23.99 | |
| CPI(M) | Debojyoti Das (Subho) | 26,916 | 14.70 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,415 | 1.32 | ||
| BSP | Samar Das | 1,097 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 28,140 | 15.36 | |||
| Turnout | 1,83,221 | 78.76 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr.Amit Mitra | 83,680 | 49.65 | −6.84 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr.Asim Dasgupta | 62,488 | 37.07 | −1.75 | |
| BJP | Mahadeb Basak | 16,321 | 9.68 | +7.2 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,169 | 1.88 | ||
| BSP | Samar Das | 1,568 | 0.93 | −0.29 | |
| PDS | Paritosh Sengupta | 1,322 | 0.78 | −0.21 | |
| Majority | 21,200 | 12.58 | |||
| Turnout | 1,68,666 | 82.33 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections, Amit Kumar Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Asim Dasgupta of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr.Amit Kumar Mitra | 83,608 | 56.49 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dr.Asim Dasgupta | 57,454 | 38.82 | ||
| BJP | Anadi Kumar Biswas | 3,673 | 2.48 | ||
| BSP | Sampa Biswas | 1,813 | 1.22 | ||
| PDS | Jay Prakash Pandey | 1,470 | 0.99 | ||
| Majority | 26,154 | 17.67 | |||
| Turnout | 1,48,050 | 87.26 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006
In the2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections,Asim Dasgupta ofCPI(M), won the Khardaha seat defeating his nearest rivals Mahadeb Basak ofBJP in 2006,[10] Ranjit Kumar Mukherjee ofTrinamool Congress in 2001,[11] Chinmoy Chatterjee ofCongress in 1996,[12] Sipta Bishnu of Congress in 1991[13] and Sudhir Banerjee of Congress in 1987.[14] Kamal Sarkar of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1982 and 1977 defeating Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1982[15] and Harshadhari Bhattacharya of Congress in 1977.[16][17]
Satkari Mitra ofPSP won in1957.[18] Gopal Banerjee of CPI won in1962.[19] Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty of CPI(M) won in 1967,[20] 1969[21] and 1971.[22] Sisir Kumar Ghosh ofCPI won in 1972.[23]
The Khardaha constituency did not exist in1952.