Dhanekhali is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of Bengal.

197 Dhaniakhali Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Belmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara I, Dashghara II, Dhaniakhali I, Dhaniakhali II, Gurap, Gurbari I, Gurbari II, Khajurdaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur I and Somaspur II gram panchayats of Dhaniakhali community development block, and Babnan, Dadpur, Makalpur and Satithan gram panchayats of Polba-Dadpur community development block.

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] Ajit Patra of Forward Bloc won the Dhaniakhali assembly seat defeating Jitendra Nath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress.

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

In independent India's first election in 1951[2] the Dhaniakhali seat was won by Dhirendra Narayan Mukherjee of Congress.