Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency (formerly Kharagpur Town) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview As per orders of the 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 Sadar Assembly constituency is part of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly Year Member Party 1957Narayan Choubey 1962 1967 1969Gyan Singh Sohanpal 1971 1972 1977 Sudhir Das Sharma 1982Gyan Singh Sohanpal 1987 1991 1996 2001 2006Major Boundary changes: Constituency named as Kharagpur Sadar +Members of Legislative Assembly representing Kharagpur Sadar No.PortraitNameFromToTime in office Political Party Election1Gyan Singh Sohanpal20 May 201125 May 2016Indian National Congress 20112Dilip Ghosh25 May 201630 May 2019Bharatiya Janata Party 2016Position not in use (30 May 2019 – 5 November 2019)3Pradip Sarkar5 November 20194 May 2021Trinamool Congress 2019^Position not in use (4 May 2021 – 6 May 2021)4Hiran Chatterjee6 May 202113 May 2026Bharatiya Janata Party 20215Dilip Ghosh13 May 2026Incumbent2026 ^ by- elected
Election results 2026
2021
2019 A bye-poll was necessitated due to the election of the incumbent MLA, Dilip Ghosh, to the Lok Sabha.
2016
2011
.# CPI(M) did not contest this seat in 2006.
2006 Gyan Singh Sohanpal of 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 RJD in 2006, Lalji Pandey of 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.
1972 Gyan Singh Sohanpal of Congress won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. Narayan Choubey of CPI won in 1967, 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Kharagpur had a single seat, which was won by Moulana Muhammad Momtaz of Congress.
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