Khejuri Assembly Constituency
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Khejuri is an assembly constituency in
Purba Medinipur district East Medinipur (Alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The ...
in the
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of
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. It is reserved for scheduled castes.


Overview

As per orders of the
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, No. 215 Khejuri Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:
Khejuri I Khejuri I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Purba Medinipur district is part of the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain a ...
and
Khejuri II Khejuri II is a Community Development Block that forms an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Khijri Khijri (or Khejuri) today is a small village about 125 kilom ...
community development blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II gram panchayats of
Bhagabanpur II Bhagabanpur II (also spelt as Bhagawanpur) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Purba Medinipur district is p ...
community development block. Khejuri Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 31
Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency) Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Contai Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Contai in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 K ...
.


Members of the Legislative Assembly


Election results


2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election


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
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. 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) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties of India. ...
defeated Sunirmal Paik representing
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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
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defeated Sunil Sit of CPI(M) in 1977.


1951-1972

Bimal Paik of Congress won in 1972. Jagadish Chandra Das of CPI(M) won in 1971. Paresh Das of
Bangla Congress The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in 1966 and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) in two Unite ...
won in 1969. B.Paik of Congress won in 1967. Abanti Kumar Das of Congress won in
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. 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 Abha Maiti (22 April 1925 – 3 July 1994) was a former Indian politician. She was the minister of state for industry in the Morarji Desai government from 1977 to 1979. Early life Abha Maiti was born in Purba Midnapore in a Mahishya family. ...
, both of Congress.


References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Purba Medinipur district Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Bengal