Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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 Khardaha
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| Coordinates: 22°43′0″N 88°23′0″E / 22.71667°N 88.38333°ECoordinates: 22°43′0″N 88°23′0″E / 22.71667°N 88.38333°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Constituency No. | 109 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 16. Dum Dum |
| Electorate (year) | 168,586 (2011) |
Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 109 Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Khardaha municipality, Ward Nos.15, 18 to 21 and 35 of Panihati municipality, and Bandipur, Bilkanda I, Bilkanda II and Patulia gram panchayats of Barrackpore II community development block.
Khardaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 16 Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency).
In the 2011 elections, Amit Kumar Mitra of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Asim Dasgupta of CPI(M).
Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006
Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 2 (See for details)
In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections, Asim Dasgupta of CPI(M), won the Khardaha seat defeating his nearest rivals Mahadeb Basak of BJP in 2006, Ranjit Kumar Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Chinmoy Chatterjee of Congress in 1996, Sipta Bishnu of Congress in 1991 and Sudhir Banerjee of Congress in 1987. Kamal Sarkar of CPI(M) had won this seat in 1982 and 1977 defeating Nirmal Ghosh of Congress in 1982 and Harshadhari Bhattacharya of Congress in 1977.
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