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{{Short description|Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Khardaha
| 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/Khardaha.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Khardaha Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Kalyan Chakraborti]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
| constituency_no = 109
| established = 1957
| electors = 168,586
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Khardaha Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
{{Pie chart|value1=64.70|value2=23.53|value3=5.88||value4=5.88|label1=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist) |Communist Party of India (Marxist) (11 times)]]|label2=[[Trinamool Congress |'''Trinamool Congress''' (4 time)]]|label3=[[Communist Party of India]] (1 time)|label4=[[Praja Socialist Party|Praja Socialist Party (1 time)]]|color1={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|color2={{party color|Trinamool Congress}}|color3={{party color| Communist Party of India}}|color4={{party color| Praja Socialist Party}}|caption=Most Successful parties from Khardaha assembly}}

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 109 Khardaha Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Khardaha]] municipality, Ward Nos.15, 18 to 21 and 35 of [[Panihati]] municipality, and Bandipur, Bilkanda I, Bilkanda II and Patulia [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Barrackpore II (Community development block)|Barrackpore II]] [[Community Development Block in India|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=15 October 2010 |work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Khardaha Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Satkari Mitra
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Gopal Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="3"|Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=11}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Sisir Kumar Ghosh
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|Kamal Sarkar
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|rowspan="5"|Dr. [[Asim Dasgupta]]
|-
|[[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]]
|rowspan="2"|Amit Mitra
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Kajal Sinha]]
|-
|2021^
|[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Prof.(Dr) Kalyan Chakraborti
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

* ^ by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khardaha}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Kalyan Chakraborti]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 97752
|percentage = 49.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = DEVADEEP PUROHIT

|party =Trinamool Congress
|votes = 73266

|percentage = 37.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Debojyoti Das (Subho)
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 19818
|percentage = 10.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jaydeb Ghosh
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 1559
|percentage = 0.79
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Nasim Khan
|party = Janata Unnayan Party
|votes = 163
|percentage = 0.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 1316
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 24486
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = AITC
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021 Bye election===
{{Election box begin | title= Bye-election, 2021: Khardaha<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-10-20|title=খড়দহে সাড়ে চার হাজার অশীতিপর, অক্ষম বুথে গিয়েই ভোট দিতে আগ্রহী {{!}} পোস্টাল ব্যালটের আবেদন মাত্র ৬৪৪|url=https://www.bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=12&nID=325029&P=16&nPID=20211020|newspaper=Bartaman|language=bn|access-date=2021-11-04|archive-date=19 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919142035/https://www.bartamanpatrika.com/detailNews.php?cID=12&nID=325029&P=16&nPID=20211020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-01|title=With more than 79% voter turnout, Gosaba records highest polling percentage|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/with-more-than-79-voter-turnout-gosaba-records-highest-polling-percentage-457545|work=Millennium Post|access-date=2021-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2021/ConstituencywiseS25109.htm?ac=109|website=results.eci.gov.in|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-date=2021-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102112828/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2021/ConstituencywiseS25109.htm?ac=109|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2021/RoundwiseS25109.htm?ac=109|website=results.eci.gov.in|access-date=2021-11-02|archive-date=2021-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102113030/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2021/RoundwiseS25109.htm?ac=109|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Form20 - 109 Khardaha AC|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/UploadFiles/Byeelec_oct_2021/Form20_AC109.pdf|work=Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal|access-date=2021-11-13}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]|votes=1,14,086|percentage=73.59|change=+24.55}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Joy Saha|votes=20,254|percentage=13.07|change=-20.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Debajyoti Das(Subho)|votes=16,110|percentage=10.39|change=-4.31}}
{{Election box majority|votes=93,832|percentage=60.52|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,55,069|percentage=66.73|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Khardaha]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Kajal Sinha]]|votes=89,807|percentage=49.04|change=-0.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Silbhadra Dutta|Shilbhadra Dutta]]|votes=61,667|percentage=33.67|change=+23.99}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Debojyoti Das (Subho)|votes=26,916|percentage=14.70|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,415|percentage=1.32|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Samar Das|votes=1,097|percentage=0.60|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=28,140|percentage=15.36|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,83,221|percentage=78.76|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Khardaha]]<ref name=vidhansabha2016>{{cite web| url =http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25109.htm?ac=109| title =General Elections, India, 2016, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work =Constituency-wise Data| publisher =Election Commission| access-date =14 June 2016| archive-date =12 June 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160612134740/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25109.htm?ac=109| url-status =dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Doctor (title)|Dr.]] [[Amit Mitra]]
|votes = 83,680
|percentage = 49.65
|change = -6.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Doctor (title)|Dr.]] [[Asim Dasgupta]]
|votes = 62,488
|percentage = 37.07
|change = -1.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mahadeb Basak
|votes = 16,321
|percentage = 9.68
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,169
|percentage = 1.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Samar Das
|votes = 1,568
|percentage = 0.93
|change = -0.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Paritosh Sengupta
|votes = 1,322
|percentage = 0.78
|change = -0.21
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,200
|percentage = 12.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,68,666
|percentage = 82.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Amit Kumar Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Asim Dasgupta of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Khardaha]]<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=109| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327192151/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=109| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Khardah| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 24 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Doctor (title)|Dr.]] [[Amit Mitra|Amit Kumar Mitra]]
|votes = 83,608
|percentage = 56.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Doctor (title)|Dr.]] [[Asim Dasgupta]]
|votes = 57,454
|percentage = 38.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Anadi Kumar Biswas
|votes = 3,673
|percentage = 2.48
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sampa Biswas
|votes = 1,813
|percentage = 1.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Jay Prakash Pandey
|votes = 1,470
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 26,154
|percentage = 17.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,48,050
|percentage = 87.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

<small>Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006</small>
===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections, [[Asim Dasgupta]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], won the Khardaha seat defeating his nearest rivals Mahadeb Basak of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in 2006,<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Ranjit Kumar Mukherjee of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2001,<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Chinmoy Chatterjee of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996,<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Sipta Bishnu of Congress in 1991<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Sudhir Banerjee of Congress in 1987.<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Kamal Sarkar of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1982 and 1977 defeating Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1982<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Harshadhari Bhattacharya of Congress in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp134.htm |title = 134 - Khardah Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 15 October 2010}}</ref>

===1957–1972===
Satkari Mitra of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Gopal Banerjee of CPI won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty of CPI(M) won in 1967,<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 13 August 2014}}</ref> 1969<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Sisir Kumar Ghosh of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in 1972.<ref name="vidhansabha1972">{{cite web|title=General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|work=Constituency-wise Data|publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>

===1952===
The Khardaha constituency did not exist in [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]].

==References==
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{{North 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

Khardaha Assembly constituency - Revision history

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