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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|1. its namesake village|Khejuri|2. its namesake community development block|Khejuri I| 3, its another namesake community development block|Khejuri II|}}
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|name = Khejuri
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|21|58|41|N|87|48|07|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 215
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Current MLA]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[Santanu Pramanik]]
|subdivision_type7 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name7 = 177,487 (2011)

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'''Khejuri Assembly constituency''' (earlier spelled Khajuri) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba Medinipur 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. 215 Khejuri Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: [[Khejuri I]] and [[Khejuri II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]], and Garbari I and Garbari II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Bhagabanpur II]] 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= 6 August 2015| work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Khejuri Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 31 [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

==Elected Members==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠč
|-
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:centre;"|Year
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:centre;" width=225|Member
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:centre;" width=225|Party
|-
|2011
|[[Ranajit Mondal]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|2016
|[[Ranajit Mondal]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|2021
|[[Santanu Pramanik]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|}
==Results==
===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Khejuri <ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25215.htm|title = Khejuri |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=215|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Khejuri| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Khejuri |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ranajit Mondal
|votes = 87,833
|percentage = 53.11
|change = +13.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Asim Mondal
|votes = 71,673
|percentage = 43.34
|change = -14.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kalipada Mandal
|votes = 3,924
|percentage = 2.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sachchidananda Das
|votes = 1,939
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 165,369
|percentage = 93.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Samajwadi Party
|swing = 28.21
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]], Swadesh Patra of [[West Bengal Socialist Party|WBSP]] won the Khejuri assembly seat (SC) defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Das of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi-cornered, but only winners and runners are mentioned here. Sunirmal Paik of WBSP defeated Ram Chandra Mandal of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Ram Chandra Mandal representing [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Sunirmal Paik representing [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996. Sunirmal Paik representing CPI(M) defeated Santiram Das of Congress in 1991. Sunirmal Paik, Independent, defeated Susanta Mandal of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Sunirmal Paik of [[Janata Party]] defeated Sunil Sit of CPI(M) in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp209.htm |title = 209 - Khajuri (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-07 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Bimal Paik of Congress won in 1972. Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) won in 1971. Paresh Das of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969. B.Paik of Congress won in 1967. Abanti Kumar Das of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. The Khejuri seat was not there in 1957. Khejuri had a dual seat in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]]. It was won by Koustav Kanti Karan and [[Abha Maiti]], both of Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Elections |access-date=2010-12-01 |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 Medinipur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Medinipur district]]

Khejuri Assembly constituency - Revision history

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