Kaliaganj Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For its namesake municipal town, see Kaliaganj. For its namesake community development block, see Kaliaganj (community development block).

Kaliaganj is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Kaliaganj
Constituency No. 34 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kaliaganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
LS constituency	Raiganj
Established	1962
Total electors	282,575
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Soumen Roy
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 34 Kaliaganj Assembly constituency (SC) covers Kaliaganj municipality, Kaliaganj community development block and Barua and Birghai gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.^[1]

Kaliaganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	MLA	Party
1962	Syama Prasad Barman		Indian National Congress
1967
1969
1971	Debendra Nath Roy
1972
1977	Naba Kumar Roy
1982
1987	Ramani Kanti Debsarma		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996	Pramatha Nath Ray		Indian National Congress
2001
2006	Nani Gopal Roy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Pramatha Nath Ray		Indian National Congress
2016
2019^	Tapan Deb Singha		Trinamool Congress
2021	Soumen Roy		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Soumen Roy of BJP defeated his nearest rival Tapan Deb Singha of Trinamool Congress. Soumen Roy himself later defected to Trinamool Congress. He later rejoined the BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Soumen Roy	116,768	48.71	+5.17
	AITC	Tapan Deb Singha	94,948	39.61	−5.04
	INC	Pravash Sarkar	16,770	7.00	−1.64
	Independent	Sudhir Sarkar	4,004	1.67
	NOTA	None of the above	3,007	1.25	+0.21
	SUCI(C)	Gopal Chunary	1,073	0.45
	Independent	Shyama Sarkar	781	0.33
	Independent	Dilip Chandra Ray	552	0.23
	Independent	Alen Sarkar	408	0.17
	AMB	Namala Kanta Sarkar	387	0.16
Turnout			239,726	88.80	+7.76
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2019 bye-poll

A bye-poll was necessitated due to the death of the incumbent MLA, Pramatha Nath Ray. In this election, Tapan Deb Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of BJP.

2019 West Bengal state assembly bye- elections: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapan Deb Singha	97,428	44.65	+13.88
	BJP	Kamal Chandra Sarkar	95,014	43.54	+30.84
	INC	Dhitashri Roy	18,857	8.64	−43.94
	NOTA	None of the above	2,273	1.04	−0.61
	Independent	Darbindu Sarkar	1,868	0.86
	SP	Pradip Kumar Ray	1,860	0.85
	CPI(ML)L	Jagadish Rajbhar	900	0.41	−0.20
Turnout			218,200	81.04	−4.61
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Basanta Roy of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pramatha Nath Ray	112,868	52.58	+4.99
	AITC	Basanta Roy	66,266	30.87
	BJP	Rupak Roy	27,252	12.70	+9.02
	NOTA	None of the above	3,533	1.65
	BSP	Basudeb Debsharma	1,850	0.86	+0.04
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Jiten Roy Sinha	1,560	0.73
	CPI(ML)L	Jagadish Rajbhar	1,313	0.61	+0.11
Turnout			214,642	85.65	−2.30
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pramatha Nath Ray	84,873	47.59	−2.51
	CPI(M)	Nani Gopal Roy	77,583	43.51	−1.46
	BJP	Bhupati Roy	6,563	3.68
	Independent	Hriday Chandra Sarkar	3,302	1.85
	BSP	Basudeb Debsharma	1,471	0.82
	Independent	Himangshu Roy	1,251
	CPI(ML)L	Jagadish Rajbhar	894	0.5
	Independent	Sunil Barman	817
	Independent	Kanu Roy	684
	Independent	Sushila Barman	486
	Independent	Rabindranath Barman	400
Turnout			178,324	87.95
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-1.15

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[4] Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) won the Kaliaganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pramatha Nath Ray of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pramathanath Ray of Congress defeated Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) in 2001^[5] and 1996.^[6] Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) defeated Pramatha Nath Roy of Congress in 1991^[7] and Naba Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987.^[8] Naba Kumar Roy of Congress defeated Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) in 1982^[9] and 1977.^[10][11]

1962–1972

Debendra Nath Roy of Congress won in 1972^[12] and 1971.^[13] Syama Prasad Barman won the Kaliaganj seat in 1969,^[14] 1967^[15] and 1962.^[16] Prior to that the Kaliaganj seat was not there. In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1957.^[17] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1951.^[18]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kaliaganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
4. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
11. "32 - Kaliaganj (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
12. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
17. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
18. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

^[1]

1. Pal, Satyen (28 February 2024). "ফের বিজেপিতে ফিরলেন কালিয়াগঞ্জের বিধায়ক, পার্থর হাত ধরে গিয়েছিলেন তৃণমূলে!". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 February 2024.