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Khejuri Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1. its namesake village, see Khejuri. For 2. its namesake community development block, see Khejuri I. For 3, its another namesake community development block, see Khejuri II.
Khejuri
Constituency No. 215 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Interactive Map Outlining Khejuri Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
LS constituencyKanthi
Established1951
Total electors2,38,630
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Khejuri is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 215 Khejuri Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Khejuri I and Khejuri II community development blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II gram panchayats of Bhagabanpur II community development block.[1]

Khejuri Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
2011 Khejuri Ranajit Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Ranajit Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Santanu Pramanik Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2011

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Khejuri[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ranajit Mondal 87,833 53.11 +13.73
SP Asim Mondal 71,673 43.34 −14.48
BJP Kalipada Mandal 3,924 2.37
Independent Sachchidananda Das 1,939
Turnout 165,369 93.17
AITC gain from SP Swing 28.21

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Swadesh Patra of WBSP won the Khejuri assembly seat (SC) defeating his nearest rival Dr. Partha Pratim Das of 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 CPI(M) defeated Sunirmal Paik representing 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.[5]

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. The Khejuri seat was not there in 1957. Khejuri had a dual seat in independent India's first election in 1951. It was won by Koustav Kanti Karan and Abha Maiti, both of Congress.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Khejuri". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Khejuri. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Khejuri. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. ^ "209 - Khajuri (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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