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

Quick Facts Constituency details, Country ...
Krishnanagar Dakshin
Constituency No. 85 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Thumb
Interactive Map Outlining Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
LS constituencyKrishnanagar
Established1951
Total electors225,118
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021
Close

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 85 Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bhat Jungla, Chak Dilnagar, Daypara, Dignagar and Ruipukur gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block, and Krishnanagar II community development block.[1]

Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Krishnanagar East and West were earlier part of Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

More information Election Year, Constituency ...
Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951KrishnagarBejoy Lal ChattopadhyayIndian National Congress[3]
1957Jagannath MajumdarIndian National Congress[4]
1962Kashi Kanta MaitraPraja Socialist Party[5]
1967Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraSamyukta Socialist Party[6]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1969Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraSamyukta Socialist Party[7]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraIndependent[8]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1972Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraIndian National Congress[9]
Krishnagar WestShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress[9]
1977Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraJanata Party[10]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1982Krishnagar EastSadhan ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Krishnagar EastSadhan ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1987Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991Krishnagar EastShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress[13]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996Krishnagar EastShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress[14]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2001Krishnagar EastShibdas MukherjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2006Krishnagar EastSubinay GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Krishnagar WestAsoke BanerjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2011Krishnanagar DakshinUjjal BiswasAll India Trinamool Congress[17]
Close

Election results

2021

More information Party, Candidate ...
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Krishnanagar Dakshin constituency[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ujjal Biswas 91,738 47.40 Increase1.10
BJP Mahadev Sarkar 82,433 42.60 Increase29.50
CPI(M) Sumit Biswas 15,606 8.10
None of the Above None of the Above
BSP Swapan Kumar Sarkar 1,217
CPI(ML)L Santu Bhattacharya 868
Turnout
AITC hold Swing
Close

2016

In the 2016 election, Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Meghlal Sheikh of CPI(M).

More information Party, Candidate ...
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Krishnanagar Dakshin constituency[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ujjal Biswas 80,711 46.30 Decrease0.08
CPI(M) Meghlal Sheikh 67,897 38.90 Decrease0.31
BJP Mahadev Sarkar 22,850
None of the Above None of the Above 2,538
BSP Sudeb Sarkar 1,842
CPI(ML)L Anchharul Haque Biswas 1,226
Turnout 177,064 87.75
AITC hold Swing
Close

2011

In the 2011 election, Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rama Biswas of CPI(M).

More information Party, Candidate ...
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Krishnanagar Dakshin constituency[17][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ujjal Biswas 71,392 46.38 +9.49#
CPI(M) Rama Biswas 60,364 39.21 −9.59
BJP Mahadev Sarkar 14,398 9.35
Independent Amal Majumdar 3,347
CPI(ML)L Anchharul Hoque Bishwas 3,200
BSP Mukunda Lal Sarkar 1,230
Turnout 153,931 88.47
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +10.08#
Close

Amal Majumdar, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.[21]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006 for the Krishnagar West seat.

1977-2006

Till 2006, Krishnanagar had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Krishnagar East and Krishnagar West.

Krishnagar East

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Subinay Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Krishnagar East assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Ramendranath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shibdas Mukherjee, representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress in 1996 and 1991, defeated Radhanath Biswas of CPI(M) in 2001[15] and 1996,[14] and Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1991.[13] Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Shibdas Mukherjee of Congress in 1987.[12] Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party in 1982.[11] Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party defeated Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1977.[10][22]

Krishnagar West

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[16] Asoke Banerjee of CPI(M) won the Krishnagar West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress. Sunil Kumar Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[15] Biswarup Mukherjee of Congress in 1996[14] and Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1991.[13] Amritendu Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Gouri Sankar Dutta of Congress in 1987[12] and 1982,[11] and Mohadeb Bhattacharya of Janata Party in 1977.[10][23]

1967-1972

Krishnagar East

Kashi Kanta Maitra representing Congress won in 1972,[9] contesting as an independent candidate won in 1971,[8] and representing SSP won in 1969[7] and 1967.[6]

Krishnagar West

Shibdas Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972.[9] Amritendu Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[8] 1969[7] and 1967.[6]

1951-1962 Krishnagar

During the period there was a single seat for Krishnanagar. Kashi Kanta Maitra of PSP won the Krishnagar seat in 1962.[5] Jagannath Majumdar of Congress won in 1957.[4] In independent India's first election in 1951 Bejoy Lal Chattopadhyay of Congress won the Krishnagar seat.[3]

References

Wikiwand in your browser!

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.

Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.