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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Khandaghosh
| 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/Khandaghosh.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Khandaghosh Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Nabin Chandra Bag]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency|Bishnupur]]
| constituency_no = 259
| established = 1951
| electors = 194,747
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
}}
'''Khandaghosh''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per order of the Delimitation Commission, No. 259 Khandaghosh (SC) assembly constituency covers [[Khandaghosh (community development block)|Khandaghosh]] community development block and Adra, Bhuri, Gohogram, Khano, Maszidpur, Sanko and Satinadi gram panchayats of [[Galsi II (community development block)|Galsi II]] CD Block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2009-05-27 |work=Table B – Assembly segments of Laok Sabha constituencies |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Khandaghosh assembly constituency is part of No. 37 [[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|[[Mohammad Hossain|Janab Mohammad Hossain]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
!colspan="3"|''No constituency''
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Jahar Lal Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|P. Dhibar
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Gobardhan Pakray
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Purna Chandra Malik
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Monoranjan Pramanick
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|Purna Chandra Malik
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=8}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|rowspan="3"|Shibaprasad Dalui
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Jyotsna Singh
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Prasanta Majhi
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Nabin Chandra Bag]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khandaghosh}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Nabin Chandra Bag|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:104183}}|percentage=46.67|change={{decrease}}1.18}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Goutam Dhara|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:95899}}|percentage=42.96|change={{increase}}4.70}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ramjiban Roy|party=Left Front (West Bengal)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:1271}}|percentage=0.57|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:8284}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

Detailed Results at:
https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/candidateswise-S25259.htm

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Khandaghosh<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/khandaghosh-west-bengal-election-result-2021 | title = Khandaghosh Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =13 May 2021 }}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Nabin Chandra Bag|votes=104,264|percentage=47.85|change=+15.65}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Bijan Mandal|votes=83,378|percentage=38.26|change=+496.71}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Asima Roy|votes=22,923|percentage= 10.52|change=-73.64}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Bahujan Samaj Party||candidate=Pratul Biswas|votes=3,465|percentage=1.59|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party= BMUP||candidate=Basudeb Ruidas|votes=1,923|percentage=0.88|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,944|percentage=0.89|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 217,897|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khandaghosh<ref name=1vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = https://resultuniversity.com/election/khandaghosh-west-bengal-assembly-constituency | title= Khandaghosh| work= 2016 Legislative Assembly Election| publisher = Result University |access-date =13 May 2021}}</ref><ref name=2vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = http://infoelections.com/infoelection/electionresult/index.php/home/state-assembly-constituency/west-bengal-election-result/881-Khandaghosh_(SC)assembly_election_result_2016.html | title= Khandaghosh| work= Assembly Election Result 2016 Live| publisher = InfoElections |access-date =13 May 2021}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nabin Chandra Bag
|votes = 90,151
|percentage = 45.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Asima Roy
|votes = 86,949
|percentage = 44.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ashoke Santra
|votes = 13,973
|percentage = 7.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Protul Biswas
|votes = 2,780
|percentage = 1.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,624
|percentage = 1.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Nabin Chandra Bag of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Alok Kumar Majhi of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Khandaghosh<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25259.htm |title = Khandaghosh |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 22 May 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160522171959/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25259.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=259| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529223118/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=259| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Khandaghosh| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Khandaghosh |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nabin Chandra Bag
|votes = 94,284
|percentage = 52.11
|change = -16.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Alok Kumar Majhi
|votes = 81,137
|percentage = 44.85
|change = +13.49#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Krishna Das Singha
|votes = 5,505
|percentage = 3.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 180,926
|percentage = 92.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -30.02#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
Prasanta Majhi of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Khandaghosh (SC) assembly seat in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] defeating his nearest rival Biswanath Roy of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Jyotsna Singha of CPI (M) defeated Banshi Badan Roy of Trinamool. In 1996, 1991 and 1986 Shiba Prasad Dalui of CPI (M) defeated Basudev Mandal, Sankar Nath Maji and Pramatha Dhibar, all of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Purna Chandra Malik of CPI (M) defeated Manoranjan Pramanik of Congress.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp272.htm | title = 272 – Khandaghosh (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Monoranjan Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1972. In 1971, the seat was won by Purna Chandra Malik of CPI (M). Gobardhan Pakray of [[Samyukta Socialist Party]] won it in 1969. P. Dhibar of Congress won the seat in 1967. Jaharlal Banerjee of Congress won it in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Khandaghosh constituency was not there in 1957 and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]] it was a general constituency. It was won by Jb Md Hossain of Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections |access-date=2010-08-29 |work=General Election Results and Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Khandaghosh Assembly constituency - Revision history

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