Khardaha | |
Type: | SLA |
Mla: | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay |
Party: | All India Trinamool Congress |
Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
State: | West Bengal |
District: | North 24 Parganas |
Loksabha Cons: | Dum Dum |
Constituency No: | 109 |
Established: | 1957 |
Electors: | 168,586 |
Reservation: | None |
Khardaha Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the 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 panchayats of Barrackpore II community development block.[1]
Khardaha Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Election Year | Name | Party Affiliation |
---|---|---|
1957 | Satkari Mitra | Praja Socialist Party[2] |
1962 | Gopal Banerjee | Communist Party of India[3] |
1967 | Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4] |
1969 | ||
1971 | ||
1972 | Sisir Kumar Ghosh | |
1977 | Kamal Sarkar | |
1982 | ||
1987 | Dr. Asim Dasgupta | |
1991 | ||
1996 | ||
2001 | ||
2006 | ||
2011 | Amit Mitra | All India Trinamool Congress[5] |
2016 | ||
2021 | Kajal Sinha | |
2021^ |
^By poll
In the 2011 elections, Amit Kumar Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Asim Dasgupta of CPI(M).
Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006
In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections, Asim Dasgupta of CPI(M), won the Khardaha seat defeating his nearest rivals Mahadeb Basak of BJP in 2006,[6] Ranjit Kumar Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[7] Chinmoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1996,[8] Sipta Bishnu of Congress in 1991[9] and Sudhir Banerjee of Congress in 1987.[10] Kamal Sarkar of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1982 and 1977 defeating Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1982[11] and Harshadhari Bhattacharya of Congress in 1977.[12] [13]
Satkari Mitra of PSP won in 1957.[2] Gopal Banerjee of CPI won in 1962.[3] Sadhan Kumar Chakraborty of CPI(M) won in 1967,[4] 1969[14] and 1971.[15] Sisir Kumar Ghosh of CPI won in 1972.[16]
The Khardaha constituency did not exist in 1952.