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	'''Kaliachak Assembly constituency''' was an [[Vidhan Sabha\|assembly]] constituency in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]].		'''Kaliachak Assembly constituency''' was an [[Vidhan Sabha\|assembly]] constituency in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

	As a consequence of the orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India\|Delimitation Commission]], Kaliachak Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf \| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February ~~2006~~ \| access-date= 21 July 2014\|work = West Bengal \| publisher= ECI}}</ref> There are two new constituencies in the area – [[Mothabari Assembly constituency]] and [[Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency]].		==Overview==
			As a consequence of the orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India\|Delimitation Commission]], Kaliachak Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf \| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2099 \| access-date= 21 July 2014\|work = West Bengal \| publisher= ECI}}</ref> There are two new constituencies in the area – [[Mothabari Assembly constituency]] and [[Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency]].

	Kaliachak Assembly constituency was part of [[Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)]]		Kaliachak Assembly constituency was part of [[Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
	~~[[Special College is established here~~. ~~It is again named after Kaliachak, which is also known as Sultanganj College, its name is Kaliachak College.]]~~

	==Members of Legislative Assembly==		== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
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	! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party ~~Affiliation~~		! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party affiliation
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	\|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|1951]]\|\|Kaliachak (North)\|\|[[A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]\|\|Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data\|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>		\|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|1951]]\|\|Kaliachak (North)\|\|[[A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]\|\|Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web\| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf \|title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal \| work= Constituency-wise Data\|publisher= Election Commission \| access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
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| name = Kaliachak 
| official_name =
| other_name =
| native_name = 
| settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
| total_type = 
| motto = 
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|24.8705|N|88.0290|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Malda district|Malda]]
| subdivision_type3 = Year established
| subdivision_name3 = 1951
| subdivision_type4 = Year abolished
| subdivision_name4 = 2011
| subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_name5 = [[Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Malda]]
| subdivision_type6 =
| subdivision_name6 = 
| area_code =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Kaliachak Assembly constituency''' was an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

As a consequence of the orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], Kaliachak Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 21 July 2014|work = West Bengal | publisher= ECI}}</ref> There are two new constituencies in the area – [[Mothabari Assembly constituency]] and [[Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency]].

Kaliachak Assembly constituency was part of [[Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
[[Special College is established here. It is again named after Kaliachak, which is also known as Sultanganj College, its name is Kaliachak College.]]

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Kaliachak (North)||[[A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Kaliachak (South)||Sowrindra Mohan Misra||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="vidhansabha1952"/>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Kaliachak||Mahibur Rahman Choudhury||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>||
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Promode Ranjan Bose||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||N.Islam||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Shamsuddin Ahamed||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Shamsuddin Ahamed||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Shamsuddin Ahamed||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Ahamed Shamsuddin||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Promode Ranjan Bose||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||[[Dinesh Chandra Joarder]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Dinesh Chandra Joarder||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||[[Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Biswanath Ghosh||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|}
For MLAs from the area in subsequent years see [[Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency]] and [[Mothabari Assembly constituency]]

==Election results==

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Biswanath Ghosh of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Kaliachak assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury of Congress defeated Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M) in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Dinesh Joardar of CPI(M) defeated Ahmed Shamsuddin of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Promode Ranjan Bose of CPI(M) defeated Ahmed Shamsuddin of Congress in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> Ahmed Shamsuddin of Congress defeated Promode Ranjan Bose of CPI(M) in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp49.htm | title = 49 - Kaliachak Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Shamsuddin Ahamed of Congress won in 1972,<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> 1971<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> and 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> N. Islam of CPI(M) won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Promode Ranjan Bose, Independent, won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Mahibur Rahman Choudhury of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]],<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> when independent India’s first election was held, there were two seats in Kaliachak. Abul Barkat Ataul Gani, Independent, won the Kaliachak (North) seat. Sowrindra Mohan Misra of Congress won the Kaliachak (South) seat.

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