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Assembly constituency 224 · West Bengal

Kharagpur Sadar is assembly constituency number 224 in West Bengal, in Paschim Medinapur district, and one of the segments of the Medinipur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Dilip Ghosh of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 55.6% of the vote, 30,506 votes ahead of Pradip Sarkar (AITC).

Kharagpur Sadar · 2026AC 224
  1. 01
    Dilip Ghosh
    BJP
    89,885
    55.60%
  2. 02
    Pradip Sarkar
    TMC
    59,379
    36.73%
  3. 03
    Madhusudan Roy
    CPI(M)
    5,451
    3.37%
  4. 04
    Dr. Papiya Chakraborty
    INC
    2,879
    1.78%
  5. 05
    Suranjan Mahapatra
    SUCI
    806
    0.50%
  6. 4 other candidates · 1,971 votesNOTA · 1,290 (0.80%)

Margin 30,506 votes · 18.87% of valid votes

1,80,764
Registered electors
2026 election
89.6%
Turnout
+16.5 pts vs 2021
30,506
Victory margin
18.9% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,61,661 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kharagpur Sadar 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dilip GhoshMale · 61 yrsBJP89,885
55.60%
2Pradip SarkarMale · 54 yrsTMC59,379
36.73%
3Madhusudan RoyMale · 62 yrsCPI(M)5,451
3.37%
4Dr. Papiya ChakrabortyFemale · 46 yrsINC2,879
1.78%
—NOTANOTA1,290
0.80%
5Suranjan MahapatraMale · 59 yrsSUCI806
0.50%
6Gokul KhatickMale · 47 yrs · SCBSP775
0.48%
7Bishnu Kumar SahuMale · 34 yrsIndependent563
0.35%
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8T. Anil SinghMale · 40 yrsRASLJP355
0.22%
9Azfar Ali KhanMale · 60 yrsIndependent278
0.17%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026BJP 55.6%TMC 36.7%CPI(M) 3.4%INC 1.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Dilip GhoshBJP · 55.6% · margin 30,506Turnout89.6%
2021Hiranmoy ChattopadhyayaBJP · 46.5% · margin 3,771Turnout73.1%
2019 byePradip SarkarTMC · 47.7% · margin 20,853Turnout68.1%
2016Dilip Kumar GhoshBJP · 39.3% · margin 6,309Turnout71.7%
2011Gyan Singh SohanpalINC · 55.1% · margin 32,369Turnout70.8%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kharagpur Sadar bye-election, 25 Nov 2019

Turnout 68.1% · 1,52,974 of 2,24,560 electors voted

Kharagpur Sadar bye-election 2019-11-25 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pradip SarkarTMC72,893
47.66%
2Prem Chandra JhaBJP52,040
34.02%
3Chittaranjan MandalINC22,631
14.80%
—NOTANOTA1,705
1.11%
4Mata Prasad GuptaIndependent1,273
0.83%
5Pradip Kumar PatnaikIndependent762
0.50%
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6Md. IbrarIndependent685
0.45%
7Debayan PattyShiv Sena573
0.37%
8Rina DeyBNARP397
0.26%

Kharagpur Sadar result 2021

Kharagpur Sadar 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Hiranmoy ChattopadhyayaBJP79,607
46.45%
2Pradip SarkarTMC75,836
44.25%
3Reeta SharmaINC10,791
6.30%
—NOTANOTA2,643
1.54%
4D. Madhusudan RaoHUMP1,701
0.99%
5Suranjan MahapatraSUCI807
0.47%

Kharagpur Sadar result 2016

Kharagpur Sadar 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dilip Kumar GhoshBJP61,446
39.29%
2Gyan Singh SohanpalINC55,137
35.26%
3Tewary Rama PrasadTMC34,086
21.80%
—NOTANOTA2,392
1.53%
4Suranjan MahapatraSUCI1,308
0.84%
5Sk Asgar AliBSP1,058
0.68%
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6Mata Prasad GuptaIndependent959
0.61%

Kharagpur Sadar result 2011

Kharagpur Sadar 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gyan Singh SohanpalINC75,425
55.06%
2Anil Kumar DasCPI(M)43,056
31.43%
3Prem Chandra JhaBJP9,303
6.79%
4Satya Deo SharmaIndependent5,191
3.79%
5Suranjan MahapatraSUCI1,525
1.11%
6Sanjay ShankarJMM1,020
0.74%
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7Subodh MeshramBSP915
0.67%
8NagrajanJD(U)563
0.41%
Map

Kharagpur Sadar outlined in orange among the other West Bengal seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Paschim Medinapur district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kharagpur Sadar is one of the assembly segments of Medinipur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Medinipur candidates.

  • Agnimitra PaulBJP87,722 53.1%
  • June MaliahTMC65,816 39.8%
  • Biplab BhattaCPI8,463 5.1%
  • Sanjib DeyIndependent821 0.5%
  • Anindita JanaSUCI799 0.5%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 21,906 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kharagpur Sadar.

Who won the Kharagpur Sadar assembly seat in 2026?

Dilip Ghosh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kharagpur Sadar in the 2026 West Bengal assembly election with 89,885 votes, which was 55.60% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kharagpur Sadar?

The margin was 30,506 votes (18.87% of valid votes). The runner-up was Pradip Sarkar of the All India Trinamool Congress with 59,379 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kharagpur Sadar in 2026?

Turnout was 89.56%: 1,61,886 of 1,80,764 registered electors voted, across 272 polling stations. That is 16.5 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kharagpur Sadar part of?

Kharagpur Sadar is an assembly segment of the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Agnimitra Paul got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Kharagpur Sadar had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 25 Nov 2019, Pradip Sarkar (All India Trinamool Congress) won by 20,853 votes.

Is Kharagpur Sadar a reserved constituency?

No. Kharagpur Sadar is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Kharagpur Sadar?

The West Bengal assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the West Bengal assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.