A bastion of Congress leader Gyan Singh Sohanpal who has won nine times from the seat, Kharagpur Sadar is with the party since 1982. Trinamool Congress did not field its candidate in 2011 because it was in alliance with the Congress to which the seat was allotted. The BJP had secured lead from this assembly segment in 2014 Lok Sabha elections riding on the Modi wave which is now over. In the 2015 civic election to Kharagpur municipality, a party of the Kharagpur Sadar assembly constituency, while the Congress and TMC were tied with 11 seats each, the BJP and the Left won in six and seven seats in each respectively. In all likelihood Kharagpur Sadar will be closely contested assembly seat in the forthcoming 2016 assembly polls.
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