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{{distinguish||text=[[Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency]], which serves as a urban seat for [[Kharagpur]] municipality}}{{Short description|Vidhan Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kharagpur
| 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/Kharagpur.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kharagpur Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Dinen Roy]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur]]
| constituency_no = 228
| established = 1951
| electors = 166,811
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Kharagpur Assembly constituency''' (formerly '''Kharagpur Rural''') is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 228 Kharagpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Kharagpur I (community development block)|Kharagpur I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Banpura, Panchkhuri I, Panchkhuri II, Pathra and Shiromoni [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Midnapore Sadar (Community development block)|Midnapore Sadar]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 |access-date=15 October 2010 |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=18 September 2010 }}</ref>

Kharagpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Mrityunjoy Jana
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|rowspan="6"|[[Sheikh Najmul Haque]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Dinen Roy]]
|{{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]]: Kharagpur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Dinen Roy
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:98320}}
|percentage = 47.14
|change = {{decrease}}7.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Tapan Bhuya
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:95448}}
|percentage = 45.77
|change = {{increase}}9.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sk Sajahan Ali
|party = Left Front (West Bengal)
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ujjal Mukherjee
|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:1535}}
|percentage = 0.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:2872}}
|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-S25228.htm

===2021===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kharagpur]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dinen Roy
|votes = 1,09,727
|percentage = 54.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Tapan Bhuya
|votes = 73,497
|percentage = 36.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Syed Saddam Ali
|votes = 11,245
|percentage = 5.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,314
|percentage = 1.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = HUMP
|candidate = Sekh Abdur Rahaman
|votes = 1,690
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 36,230
|percentage = 18.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,00,563
|percentage = 88.32
|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]]: [[Kharagpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dinen Roy
|votes = 85,630
|percentage = 48.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sk Sajahan Ali
|votes = 66,531
|percentage = 37.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Goutam Bhattacharjee
|votes = 17,722
|percentage = 10.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,461
|percentage = 1.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Manik Chandra Poria
|votes = 2,402
|percentage = 1.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 19,099
|percentage = 10.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,77,124
|percentage = 88.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner=All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kharagpur<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=228 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kharagpur |publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 6 May 2011 |archive-date = 26 May 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526064250/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=228 |url-status = usurped }}</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=Kharagpur |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=6 May 2011 |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=12 September 2011 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Sheikh Najmul Haque]]
|votes = 70,178
|percentage = 46.78
|change = -7.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Bilkis Khanam
|votes = 67,674
|percentage = 45.11
|change = +3.38#
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Shuba Raj
|votes = 4,092
|percentage = 2.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prabir Kumar Sahu
|votes = 3,648
|percentage = 2.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Balaram Pal
|votes = 2,074
|percentage = 1.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,504
|percentage = 1.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,50,153
|percentage = 89.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -9.56#
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
[[Sheikh Najmul Haque]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Kharagpur Rural assembly seat five times in a row from 1987 to 2006. He defeated Ajit Maity of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] and 2001, Ranjit Basu of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996, Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1991 and Ranjit Basu of Congress in 1987. [[Sheikh Siraj Ali]] of CPI(M) defeated Deben Das, Independent, in 1982 Deben Das of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] in 1977. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp225.htm |title = 225 - Kharagpur Rural Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 20 December 2010 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Between 1957 and 1972 the seat was known as Kharagpur Local. Ajit Kumar Basu of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Deben Das of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1969 and 1967. Mrityunjoy Jana of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Kharagpur Local was a dual seat in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. It was won by Krishna Prasad Mondal and Mrityunjoy Jana, both of Congress. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Kharagpur had a single seat, which was won by [[Muhammad Momtaz|Moulana Muhammad Momtaz]] of Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Elections |access-date=20 December 2010 |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=5 October 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Paschim Medinipur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

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

Kharagpur Assembly constituency - Revision history

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