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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Khanakul
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Khanakul.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Khanakul Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Susanta Ghosh (Khanakul politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency|Arambagh]]
| constituency_no = 202
| established = 1957
| electors = 219,368
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Khanakul Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 202 Khanakul Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Khanakul II (community development block)|Khanakul II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Ghoshpur, Khanakul I, Khanakul II, Kishorpur I, Kishorpur II, Pole II, Thakuranichak I, and Thakuranichak II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Khanakul I (community development block)|Khanakul I]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 26 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India }}</ref>

Khanakul Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 [[Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Election!!Member!!colspan=2|Party
|-
| colspan="4" align=center|'''Khanakul'''
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]{{efn|Khanakul had dual seat in 1957.}}||Panchanan Digpati||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[Prafulla Chandra Sen]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Krishna Pada Pandit<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||rowspan=3|Madan Saha||{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3|dab=yes}}<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]||Basudeb Hajra||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]||Panchanan Digpati||{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]||rowspan=3|Sachindra Nath Hazra||{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=6|dab=yes}}<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]||rowspan=3|Banshi Badan Maitra<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||rowspan=2|[[Iqbal Ahmed (politician)|Iqbal Ahmed]]||{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||[[Susanta Ghosh (Khanakul politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]||{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khanakul}}
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|candidate = Palash Roy
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sheikh Saddam Hossain
|party = Indian Secular Front
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Pradip Kumar Kar
|party = Indian National Congress
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|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
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===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khanakul}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Susanta Ghosh (Khanakul politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]
|votes = 1,07,403
|percentage = 49.27
|change = {{up}}40.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Munshi Nazbul Karim
|votes = 94,519
|percentage = 43.36
|change = {{down}}10.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Secular Front
|candidate = Faisal Khan
|votes = 8,732
|percentage = 4.01
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the Above]]
|votes = 3,278
|percentage = 1.50
|change = {{down}}0.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Chandan Samanta
|votes = 2,088
|percentage = 0.96
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Aditya Manik
|votes = 1,045
|percentage = 0.48
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Atanu Samanta
|votes = 926
|percentage = 0.42
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 12,884
|percentage = 5.91
|change = {{decrease}}16.08
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,17,991
|percentage = 78.62
|change = {{decrease}}0.27
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khanakul}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Iqbal Ahmed (politician)|Iqbal Ahmed]]
|votes = 1,06,878
|percentage = 54.04
|change = {{decrease}}1.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Islam Ali Khan
|votes = 63,391
|percentage = 32.05
|change = {{decrease}}8.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bikash Chandra Dolui
|votes = 17,686
|percentage = 8.94
|change = {{increase}}4.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the Above]]
|votes = 3,638
|percentage = 1.84
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Chandan Mondal
|votes = 2,451
|percentage = 1.24
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sanjib Karmakar
|votes = 2,305
|percentage = 1.17
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Subhasis Dutta
|votes = 1,431
|percentage = 0.72
|change = {{new}}
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 43,487
|percentage = 21.99
|change = {{increase}}6.87
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,97,780
|percentage = 78.89
|change = {{decrease}}5.14
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khanakul<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=202| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120519164614/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=202| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Khanakul| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Iqbal Ahmed (politician)|Iqbal Ahmed]]
|votes = 1,02,450
|percentage = 55.56
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Subhra Parui
|votes = 74,571
|percentage = 40.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arabinda Maity
|votes = 7,360
|percentage = 3.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 27,879
|percentage = 15.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,84,381
|percentage = 84.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2006===
In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Banshi Badan Maitra of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Khanakul assembly seat (SC) defeating Kalyan Maji of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Tarapada Dolui of Trinamool Congress in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and Basudeb Hajra of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> 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,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Basudeb Hajra of Congress in 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> and 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> Panchanan Digpati of [[Janata Party]] defeated Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp193.htm |title = 193 - Khanakul (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 1 December 2010}}</ref>

===1957-1972===
Basudeb Hajra of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Madan Saha of CPI(M) won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Krishna Pada Pandit of Congress won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Panchanan Digpati and [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]], both of Congress, won the dual seat at Khanakul in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Hooghly district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

Khanakul Assembly constituency - Revision history

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