| Khargram | |
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| Constituency No. 66 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Khargram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jangipur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 228,923 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Khargram is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 66 Khargram Assembly constituency (SC) coversKhargramcommunity development block, and Kalyanpur I and Kalyanpur IIgram panchayatsBurwan community development block.[1]
Khargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 9Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik (Burwan Khargram) | Indian National Congress | |
| Sudhir Mondal (Burwan Khargram) | |||
| 1957 | No seat | ||
| 1962 | Abhayapada Saha | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | S.K. Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Kumarish Chandra Moulik | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1971 | Narendra Haldar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Harendranath Halder | ||
| 1977 | Dinabandhu Majhi | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Biswanath Mondal | ||
| 1991 | Biwanath Mondal | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Manabendranath Saha | ||
| 2011 | Ashis Marjit | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Asish Marjit | 93,255 | 50.00 | ||
| BJP | Aditya Moulik | 60,682 | 33.00 | ||
| INC | Bipattaran Bagdi | 27,423 | 15.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above (NOTA) | 1,685 | 1.00 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Tulu Bala Das | 1,511 | 1.00 | ||
| JD(U) | Manik Kumar Das | 1,380 | 1.00 | ||
| Majority | 32,573 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Asish Marjit of Congress defeated his nearest rival Goutam Mondal of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Asish Marjit | 74,093 | 49.96 | +4.83 | |
| CPI(M) | Goutam Mondal | 65,123 | 43.91 | −5.20 | |
| BJP | Harekrishna Konai | 4,049 | 2.73 | ||
| Independent | Smritikana Sarkar | 2,369 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Sadhan Kumar Marjit | 1,616 | |||
| JD(U) | Dipak Mandal | 1,049 | |||
| Turnout | 148,299 | 85.84 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +10.30 | |||
In the2006 state assembly elections,[5]Manabendranath Saha ofCPI(M) won the 66 Khargram (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Ashis Marjit ofCongress. 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[6] and 1996,[7] Harendranath Haldar of Congress in 1991,[8] and Ashok Saha of Congress in 1987.[9] Dinabandhu Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Nakari Chandra Majhi of Congress in 1982[10] and Harendranath Haldar of Congress in 1977.[11][12]
Harendranath Halder of Congress won in 1972.[13] Narendra Haldar of Congress won in 1971.[14] Kumarish Chandra Moulick ofRSP won in 1969.[15] S.K.Mondal of Congress won in 1967.[16] Abhayapada Saha of RSP won in1962.[17] The Khargram seat was not there in1957.[18] Inindependent India's first election in 1951[19] 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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