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|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 202
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|29. Arambagh (SC)]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 219,368 (2011)

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'''Khanakul Town (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is an open seat now, but was earlier reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 202 Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 29 [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
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|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Khanakul||Panchanan Digpati||[[Indian National Congress]]<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]]||Indian National Congress<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||Indian National Congress<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]]||||Madan Saha||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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||||Madan Saha||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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||||Madan Saha||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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||||Basudeb Hajra||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||||Panchanan Digpati||[[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||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <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||||Sachindra Nath Hazra||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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||||Banshi Badan Maitra||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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]]||||Banshi Badan Maitra||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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]]||||Banshi Badan Maitra||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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]]||||Iqbal Ahmed||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<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]]||||Iqbal Ahmed||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Susanta Ghosh (BJP politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==

===2021===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Khanakul constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Susanta Ghosh (BJP politician)|Susanta Ghosh]]
|votes = 107,403
|percentage = 49.27
|change = +40.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Munsi Nazbul Karim
|votes = 94,519
|percentage = 43.36
|change = -10.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Secular Front
|candidate = Faisal Khan
|votes = 8,732
|percentage = 4.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 3,278
|percentage = 1.50
|change = -0.34
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Chandan Samanta
|votes = 2,088
|percentage = 0.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Aditya Manik
|votes = 1,045
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Atanu Samanta
|votes = 926
|percentage = 0.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 217,991
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Khanakul constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Iqbal Ahmed (politician)|Iqbal Ahmed]]
|votes = 106,878
|percentage = 54.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Islam Ali Khan
|votes = 63,391
|percentage = 32.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bikash Chandra Dolui
|votes = 17,686
|percentage = 8.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 3,638
|percentage = 1.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Chandan Mondal
|votes = 2,451
|percentage = 8.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sanjib Karmakar
|votes = 2,305
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Subhasis Dutta
|votes = 1,431
|percentage = 0.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 197,780
|percentage = 78.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Iqbal Ahmed of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Subhra Parui of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Khanakul constituency <ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=202|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Khanakul| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Iqbal Ahmed
|votes = 102,450
|percentage = 55.56
|change = +12.57#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Subhra Parui
|votes = 74,571
|percentage = 40.44
|change = -16.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arobindo Maity
|votes = 7,360
|percentage = 3.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 184,381
|percentage = 84.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 29.15#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===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/>

==References==
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