# Khandaghosh Assembly constituency

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

## Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission, No. 259 Khandaghosh (SC) assembly constituency covers Khandaghosh community development block and Adra, Bhuri, Gohogram, Khano, Maszidpur, Sanko and Satinadi gram panchayats of Galsi II CD Block.
Khandaghosh assembly constituency is part of No. 37 Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Khandaghosh | Janab Mohammad Hossain | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | No constituency | |
| 1962 | | Jahar Lal Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | P.Dhibar | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | | Gobardhan Pakray | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1971 | | Purna Chandra Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Monoranjan Pramanick | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Purna Chandra Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Purna Chandra Malik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Shibaprasad Dalui | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Shibaparasad Dalui | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Shibaprasad Dalui | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Jyotsna Singh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | | Prasanta Majhi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | | Nabin Chandra Bag | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | | Nabin Chandra Bag | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Nabin Chandra Bag | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Khandaghosh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nabin Chandra Bag | 104,264 | 47.85 | +15.65 |
| | BJP | Bijan Mandal | 83,378 | 38.26 | +496.71 |
| | CPI(M) | Asima Roy | 22,923 | 10.52 | −73.64 |
| | BSP | Pratul Biswas | 3,465 | 1.59 | |
| | BMUP | Basudeb Ruidas | 1,923 | 0.88 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,944 | 0.89 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 217,897 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Khandaghosh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Nabin Chandra Bag | 90,151 | 45.88 |
| | CPI(M) | Asima Roy | 86,949 | 44.25 |
| | BJP | Ashoke Santra | 13,973 | 7.11 |
| | BSP | Protul Biswas | 2,780 | 1.41 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,624 | 1.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### 2011

In the 2011 elections, Nabin Chandra Bag of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Alok Kumar Majhi of Trinamool Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khandaghosh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Nabin Chandra Bag | 94,284 | 52.11 | −16.53 |
| | AITC | Alok Kumar Majhi | 81,137 | 44.85 | +13.49# |
| | BJP | Krishna Das Singha | 5,505 | 3.04 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 180,926 | 92.9 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -30.02# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

Prasanta Majhi of the CPI (M) won the Khandaghosh (SC) assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Biswanath Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Jyotsna Singha of CPI (M) defeated Banshi Badan Roy of Trinamool. In 1996, 1991 and 1986 Shiba Prasad Dalui of CPI (M) defeated Basudev Mandal, Sankar Nath Maji and Pramatha Dhibar, all of Congress, in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Purna Chandra Malik of CPI (M) defeated Manoranjan Pramanik of Congress.

### 1951-1972

Monoranjan Pramanik of Congress won the seat in 1972. In 1971, the seat was won by Purna Chandra Malik of CPI (M). Gobardhan Pakray of Samyukta Socialist Party won it in 1969. P. Dhibar of Congress won the seat in 1967. Jaharlal Banerjee of Congress won it in 1962. Khandaghosh constituency was not there in 1957 and in 1951 it was a general constituency. It was won by Jb Md Hossain of Congress.