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'''Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency''' (formerly '''Kharagpur Town''') is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
{{distinguish||text=[[Kharagpur Assembly constituency]], which serves as a rural seat for [[Kharagpur I (community development block)]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kharagpur Sadar
| 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 Sadar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kharagpur Sadar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| preceded_by = [[Hiran Chatterjee]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency|Medinipur]]
| constituency_no = 224
| established = 1951
| electors = 194,006
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = File:Dilip Ghosh.jpg
| abolished =
}}

{{Pie chart
| value1 = 55.6
| value2 = 16.7
| value3 = 16.7
| value4 = 5.55
| value5 = 5.55
| label1 = [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress]] (10 times)
| label2 = [[Communist Party of India]] (3 times)
| label3= [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (3 times)
| label4 = [[All India Trinamool Congress |All India Trinamool Congress]] (1 time)
| label5 =[[Janata Party]] (1 times)
| color1 = {{party color| Indian National Congress}}
| color2 = {{party color| Communist Party of India}}
|color3 = {{party color| Bhartiya Janata Party}}
| color4 = {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
| color 5 = {{party color|Janata Party}}
| caption = Most Successful parties from Kharagpur Sadar assembly
}}

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 224 Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Kharagpur]] municipality and [[Kharagpur Railway Settlement]] of [[Kharagpur I (community development block)|Kharagpur I]] [[Community Development Block in India|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=2010-10-15 |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 Sadar Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="3"|Narayan Choubey
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Gyan Singh Sohanpal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Sudhir Das Sharma
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| rowspan="7"|[[Gyan Singh Sohanpal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=7}}
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
| [[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]]
| [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| 2019^
| [[Pradip Sarkar (West Bengal politician)|Pradip Sarkar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Hiran Chatterjee]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kharagpur Sadar}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:89885}}|percentage=55.60|change={{increase}}9.15}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Pradip Sarkar (West Bengal politician)|Pradip Sarkar]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:59379}}|percentage=36.73|change={{decrease}}7.52}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Madhusudan Roy|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes={{formatnum:5451}}|percentage=3.37|change={{New}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Papiya Chakraborty|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:2879}}|percentage=1.78|change={{decrease}}4.52}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:1290}}|percentage=0.80|change={{decrease}} 0.74}}

{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:30506}}|percentage=18.87|change={{increase}}16.64}}

{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:161661}}|percentage=92.19|change={{increase}}19.13}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = AITC
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kharagpur Sadar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Hiran Chatterjee]]|votes= 79,607|percentage=46.45|change=+12.43}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Pradip Sarkar (West Bengal politician)|Pradip Sarkar]]|votes= 75,836|percentage=44.25|change=-3.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Reeta Sharma|votes= 10,705|percentage=6.30|change=-7.98}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=2,392|percentage=1.54|change=+0.43}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,771|percentage=2.23|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,71,460|percentage=73.06|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019 Bypoll===
A bye- poll was necessitated due to the election of the incumbent MLA, [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]], to the Lok Sabha.

{{Election box begin
|title= Bye-election, 2019: Kharagpur Sadar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Pradip Sarkar (West Bengal politician)|Pradip Sarkar]]|votes=72,893|percentage=47.66|change=+25.93}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Prem Chandra Jha|votes=52,040|percentage=34.02|change=-5.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Chittaranjan Mandal|votes=22,631|percentage=14.28|change=-7.45}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=1,705|percentage=1.11|change=-0.41}}
{{Election box candidate ||party=[[Independent (politician)|IND]] |candidate=Mata Prasad Gupta|votes=1,273|percentage=0.83|change=+0.22}}

{{Election box majority||votes=20,853|percentage=13.64|change=+9.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,52,959|percentage=68.00|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 Vidhan Sabha===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kharagpur Sadar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]]
|votes = 61,446
|percentage = 39.29
|change = {{increase}}32.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Gyan Singh Sohanpal]]
|votes = 55,137
|percentage = 35.25
|change = {{decrease}}19.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rama Prasad Tewary
|votes = 34,086
|percentage = 21.73
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Suranjan Mahapatra
|votes = 1,308
|percentage = 0.83
|change = {{decrease}}0.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sk. Asgar Ali
|votes = 1,058
|percentage = 0.67
|change = {{increase}}0.01
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,392
|percentage = 1.52
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 6,309
|percentage = 4.04
|change = {{decrease}}19.5
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,56,487
|percentage = 71.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{increase}}26.16
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kharagpur Sadar<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=224 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kharagpur Sadar |publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-06 |archive-date = 26 May 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526064102/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=224 |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 Sadar |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-06 |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 = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Gyan Singh Sohanpal]]
|votes = 75,425
|percentage = 55.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Anil Kumar Das
|votes = 43,056
|percentage = 31.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prem Chandra Jha
|votes = 9,303
|percentage = 6.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Satya Deo Sharma
|votes = 5,191
|percentage = 3.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Suranjan Mahapatra
|votes = 1,525
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 32,369
|percentage = 23.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,38,134
|percentage = 70.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
Gyan Singh Sohanpal of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won the Kharagpur Town assembly seat for six times in a row from 1982 to 2006 (for earlier victories see below), defeating Prem Chandra Jha of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in 2006, Lalji Pandey of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 2001, Kalidas Nayek of CPI(M) in 1996 and 1991, and Jatindra Mitra of CPI(M) in 1987 and 1982. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhir Das Sharma of [[Janata Party]] defeated Jatindra Mitra of CPI(M) in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp224.htm |title = 224 - Kharagpur Town Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-20 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Gyan Singh Sohanpal of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. Narayan Choubey of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1967, 1962 and 1957. In 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=2010-12-20 |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==
{{reflist}}

{{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 Sadar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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