# Khanakul Assembly constituency

Khanakul Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 202 Khanakul Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Khanakul II community development block, and Ghoshpur, Khanakul I, Khanakul II, Kishorpur I, Kishorpur II, Pole II, Thakuranichak I, and Thakuranichak II gram panchayats of Khanakul I community development block.
Khanakul Assembly constituency is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Constituency | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Khanakul | Panchanan Digpati | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Khanakul | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Khanakul | Krishna Pada Pandit | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Khanakul | Madan Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | Khanakul | Madan Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Khanakul | Madan Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Khanakul | Basudeb Hajra | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Khanakul | Panchanan Digpati | Janata Party |
| 1982 | Khanakul | Sachindra Nath Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Khanakul | Sachindra Nath Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Khanakul | Sachindra Nath Hazra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Khanakul | Banshi Badan Maitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Khanakul | Banshi Badan Maitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Khanakul | Banshi Badan Maitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Khanakul | Iqbal Ahmed | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Khanakul | Iqbal Ahmed | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Khanakul | Susanta Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Khanakul constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Susanta Ghosh | 107,403 | 49.27 | +40.33 |
| | AITC | Munsi Nazbul Karim | 94,519 | 43.36 | −10.68 |
| | ISF | Faisal Khan | 8,732 | 4.01 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,278 | 1.50 | −0.34 |
| | Independent | Chandan Samanta | 2,088 | 0.96 | |
| | Independent | Aditya Manik | 1,045 | 0.48 | |
| | Independent | Atanu Samanta | 926 | 0.42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 217,991 | | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Khanakul constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Iqbal Ahmed | 106,878 | 54.04 |
| | CPI(M) | Islam Ali Khan | 63,391 | 32.05 |
| | BJP | Bikash Chandra Dolui | 17,686 | 8.94 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,638 | 1.84 |
| | Independent | Chandan Mondal | 2,451 | 8.94 |
| | Independent | Sanjib Karmakar | 2,305 | 1.17 |
| | Independent | Subhasis Dutta | 1,431 | 0.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 197,780 | 78.89 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2011

In the 2011 elections, Iqbal Ahmed of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Subhra Parui of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Khanakul constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Iqbal Ahmed | 102,450 | 55.56 | +12.57# |
| | CPI(M) | Subhra Parui | 74,571 | 40.44 | −16.58 |
| | BJP | Arobindo Maity | 7,360 | 3.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 184,381 | 84.05 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 29.15# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Banshi Badan Maitra of CPI(M) won the Khanakul assembly seat (SC) defeating Kalyan Maji of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Tarapada Dolui of Trinamool Congress in 2001, and Basudeb Hajra of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) defeated Banshari Mohan Sardar of Congress in 1991, Basudeb Hajra of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Panchanan Digpati of Janata Party defeated Sachindra Nath Hazra of CPI(M) in 1977.

### 1957-1972

Basudeb Hajra of Congress won in 1972. Madan Saha of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Krishna Pada Pandit of Congress won in 1962. Panchanan Digpati and Prafulla Chandra Sen, both of Congress, won the dual seat at Khanakul in 1957.