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{{Short description|Legislative assembly constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Khargram
| 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/Khargram.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Khargram Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur]]
| constituency_no = 66
| established = 1951
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Ashis Marjit]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| electors = 228,923
}}
'''Khargram''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Murshidabad 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 orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 66 Khargram Assembly constituency (SC) covers [[Khargram (community development block)|Khargram]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Kalyanpur I and Kalyanpur II [[gram panchayat]]s [[Burwan (community development block)|Burwan]] 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 | access-date = 13 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

Khargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik ''(Burwan Khargram)''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|Sudhir Mondal ''(Burwan Khargram)''
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
!colspan="2"|''No seat''
|
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Abhayapada Saha
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|S.K. Mondal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Kumarish Chandra Moulik
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|Narendra Haldar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Harendranath Halder
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|Dinabandhu Majhi
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| rowspan="4" |Biswanath Mondal
|-
|[[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]]
|Manabendranath Saha
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan=3|Ashis Marjit
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Mitali Mal
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khargram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mitali Mal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 77748
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Asish Marjit
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 68415
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Dhrubajyoti Saha
|party = Left Front (West Bengal)
|votes = 41944
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mandar Kanti Mandal
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 11009
|percentage =
|change =
}} {{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Jadab Das|party=Janata Unnayan Party|votes=876|percentage=|change=}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Khargram<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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=66| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190125/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=66| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Khargram| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Asish Marjit
|votes = 93,255
|percentage = 50.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Aditya Moulik
|votes = 60,682
|percentage = 33.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Bipattaran Bagdi
|votes = 27,423
|percentage = 15.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the above (NOTA)
|votes = 1,685
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Tulu Bala Das
|votes = 1,511
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Manik Kumar Das
|votes = 1,380
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 32,573
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Asish Marjit of Congress defeated his nearest rival Goutam Mondal of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Khargram (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=66| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190125/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=66| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Khargram| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Asish Marjit
|votes = 74,093
|percentage = 49.96
|change = +4.83
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Goutam Mondal
|votes = 65,123
|percentage = 43.91
|change = -5.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Harekrishna Konai
|votes = 4,049
|percentage = 2.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Smritikana Sarkar
|votes = 2,369
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Sadhan Kumar Marjit
|votes = 1,616
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Dipak Mandal
|votes = 1,049
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 148,299
|percentage = 85.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +10.30
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> [[Manabendranath Saha]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the 66 Khargram (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Ashis Marjit of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Biswanath Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Madhab Chandra Marjit of Congress in 2001<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and 1996,<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Harendranath Haldar of Congress in 1991,<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and Ashok Saha of Congress in 1987.<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Dinabandhu Majhi of CPI(M) defeated Nakari Chandra Majhi of Congress in 1982<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and Harendranath Haldar of Congress in 1977.<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp66.htm | title = 66 - Khargram (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Harendranath Halder of Congress won in 1972.<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Narendra Haldar of Congress won in 1971.<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Kumarish Chandra Moulick of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won in 1969.<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|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> S.K.Mondal of Congress 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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Abhayapada Saha of RSP 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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref> The Khargram seat was not there 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 = 20 July 2014}}</ref> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Burwan Khargram was a joint seat Satyendra Chandra Ghosh Moulik and Sudhir Mondal, both of Congress, jointly won the Burwan Khargram seat.

==References==
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