Kaliganj Assembly constituency

For disambiguation, see Kaliganj.

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

Kaliganj
Constituency No. 80 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kaliganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Lok Sabha constituency	Krishnanagar
Established	1951
Total electors	248,358
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vacant
Party	TBA
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 80 Kaliganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bara Chandghar. Debagram, Faridpur, Gobra, Hatgachha, Juranpur, Kaliganj, Matiari, Mira I, Mira II, Panighata, Plassey I and Plassey II gram panchayats of Kaliganj community development block.^[1]

Kaliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	S. M. Fazlur Rahman	Indian National Congress[2]
1957	Mahananda Haldar	Indian National Congress[3]
		S. M. Fazlur Rahman	Indian National Congress[3]
1962		S. M. Fazlur Rahman	Indian National Congress[4]
1967	S. M. Fazlur Rahman	Indian National Congress [5]
1969		S. M. Fazlur Rahman	Indian National Congress[6]
1971		Mir Fakir Mohammed	Independent[7]
1972		Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay	Indian National Congress[8]
1977		Debsaran Ghosh	Revolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1982		Debsaran Ghosh	Revolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1987		Abdus Salam Munshi	Indian National Congress[11]
1991		Abdus Salam Munshi	Indian National Congress[12]
1996		Abdus Salam Munshi	Indian National Congress[13]
2001		Dhananjoy Modak	Revolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2006		Dhananjoy Modak	Revolutionary Socialist Party[15]
2011[16]	Nasiruddin Ahamed		All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Hasanuzzaman Sk		Indian National Congress
2021	Nasiruddin Ahamed		All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Kaliganj constituency^[17][18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)	111,696	53.35
	BJP	Abhijit Ghosh	64,709	30.91
	INC	Abul Kashem	25,076	11.98
	BSP	Sujata Mandal	1,567	0.75
	NOTA	None of the above	2,051	0.98
Majority			46,987	22.44
Turnout			209,379	84.31
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Naseeruddin Ahamed of All India Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sankar Sarkar of Revolutionary Socialist Party.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kaliganj constituency^[16][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)	74,091	47.33	−2.28#
	RSP	Sankar Sarkar	56,913	36.35	−6.91
	BJP	Mahadeb Ghosh	13,319	8.51
	Independent	Sharifuddin Munshi	6,863	4.38
	MLKSC	Sk. Akher Ali	1,327
	BSP	Sunil Chandra Mandal	1,259
	CPI(ML)L	Altaf Hossain Sk.	1,159
	Independent	Iman Mandal	1,073
	JD(U)	Nekchaddin Sekh	547
Turnout			156,551	84.07
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing	+4.63#

Sharifuddin Munshi, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.^[21]

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

1977-2006

In 2006^[15] and 2001^[14] state assembly elections, Dhananjoy Modak of RSP won the Kaliganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Nasiruddin Ahmed Nasiruddin Ahmed and Abdus Salam Munshi, both of Trinamool Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdus Salam Munshi of Congress defeated Dhananjoy Modak of RSP in 1996,^[13] and Deb Saran Ghosh of RSP in 1991^[12] and 1987.^[11] Debsaran Ghosh of RSP defeated Shibsankar Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1982^[10] and S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Janata Party in 1977.^[9][22]

1951–1972

Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay of Congress won in 1972.^[8] Mir Fakir Mohammed, Independent, won in 1971.^[7] S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won in 1969^[6] and 1967.^[5] The Kaliganj seat was not there in 1962^[4] and 1957.^[3] In 1962,Nakashipara Assembly constituency was an open seat, S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won it. In 1957, Nakashipara was a joint seat with one reserved for SC. S.M.Fazlur Rahman and Mahananda Halder, both of Congress won. In independent India's first election in 1951, S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won the Kaliganj open seat.^[2]