Nabadwip Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Nabadwip
Constituency No. 84 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
LS constituencyRanaghat
Established1951
Total electors243,159
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021
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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 84 Nabadwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nabadwip municipality, Nabadwip community development block, and Bhaluka and Joania gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block.[1]

Nabadwip Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951NabadwipNiranjan ModakIndian National Congress[3]
1957Niranjan ModakIndian National Congress[4]
1962Debi Prasad BasuCommunist Party of India[5]
1967Sachindra Mohan NandyIndian National Congress[6]
1969Sachindra Mohan NandyIndian National Congress[7]
1971Debi Prasad BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972Radha Raman SahaIndian National Congress[9]
1977Debi Prosad BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982Debi Prosad BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1987Biswanath MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991Biswanath MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996Biswanath MitraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2001Pundarikaksha SahaAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2006Pundarikaksha SahaAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2011Pundarikaksha SahaAll India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016Pundarikaksha SahaAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Pundarikaksha SahaAll India Trinamool Congress
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Election results

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nabadwip[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Pundarkshya Saha 102,170 48.52 Decrease4.58
BJP Siddartha Naskar 83599 39.70 Increase30.60
CPI(M) Swarnendu Singha 18540 8.80
Turnout
AITC hold Swing
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2011

In the 2011 election, Pundarkshya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sumit Biswas of CPI(M).

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West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nabadwip constituency[17][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Pundarkshya Saha 94,117 53.45 −2.53#
CPI(M) Sumit Biswas 71,282 40.49 −3.64
BJP Pinki Agarwal 7,303 4.15
CPI(ML)L Parikshit Paul 336
Turnout 176,069 88.06
AITC hold Swing 1.11
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.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. On its own the Trinamool Congress vote percentage was +2.35% and the swing was 5.99%.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress won the Nabadwip assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chhaya Sen Sharma of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[15] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated Jamuna Brahmachari of CPI (M). In 1996,[14] Biswanath Mitra of CPI (M) defeated Kartick Chatterjee of Congress. In 1991[13] and 1987[12] Biswanath Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Satish Debnath of Congress. In 1982[11] and 1977 Debi Prosad Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sasthi Bhusan Pal of Congress.[10][20]

1951–1972

Radha Raman Saha of Congress won in 1972.[9] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.[8] Sachindra Mohan Nandy of Congress won in 1969[7] and 1967.[6] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI won in 1962.[5] In 1957[4] and in independent India's first election in 1951, Niranjan Modak of Congress won the Nabadwip seat.[3]

References

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