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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Nabadwip
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Nabadwip.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Nabadwip Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Srutisekhar Goswami]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Ranaghat Lok Sabha constituency|Ranaghat]]
| constituency_no = 84
| established = 1951
| electors = 2,43,159
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Nabadwip Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Nadia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election
! Member
! Party

|-
| [[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| [[Niranjan Modak]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|-
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| [[Niranjan Modak]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| [[Debi Prasad Basu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| [[Sachindra Mohan Nandy]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| [[Sachindra Mohan Nandy]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| [[Debi Prasad Basu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}

|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| [[Radha Raman Saha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| [[Debi Prasad Basu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}

|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| [[Debi Prasad Basu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}

|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| [[Biswanath Mitra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}

|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| [[Biswanath Mitra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}

|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| [[Biswanath Mitra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}

|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| [[Pundarikaksha Saha]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| [[Pundarikaksha Saha]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| [[Pundarikaksha Saha]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| [[Pundarikaksha Saha]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Pundarikaksha Saha]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| [[Srutisekhar Goswami]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|}

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 84 Nabadwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Nabadwip]] municipality, [[Nabadwip (Community development block)|Nabadwip]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Bhaluka and Joania [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Krishnanagar I (Community development block)|Krishnanagar I]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Nabadwip Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 [[Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 1 October 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}
</ref>
== Election Results ==

===2026===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Nabadwip<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=84 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190918/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=84 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=27 March 2012 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work =Nabadwip| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= [[Srutisekhar Goswami]]
|votes=1,08,631
|percentage=49.79
|change=10.09{{increase}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= All India Trinamool Congress|candidate = [[Pundarikaksha Saha]]
|votes=87,187
|percentage =39.96
|change=8.56 {{decrease}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Swarnendu Singha|votes=15612|percentage=7.16|change=1.67 {{decrease}}
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=|candidate=|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Nabadwip<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=84 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190918/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=84 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=27 March 2012 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work =Nabadwip| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Pundarikakhsa Saha]]
|votes = 102170
|percentage = 48.52
|change = {{decrease}}4.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Siddartha Naskar|votes=83599|percentage=39.70|change={{increase}}30.60}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Swarnendu Singha|votes=18540|percentage=8.80|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=|candidate=|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Pundarkshya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sumit Biswas of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Nabadwip constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=84| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190918/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=84| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Nabadwip| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Pundarikakhsa Saha]]|votes=94,117|percentage=53.45|change=-2.53#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Sumit Biswas|votes=71,282|percentage=40.49|change=-3.64}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Pinki Agarwal|votes=7,303|percentage=4.15|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Parikshit Paul|votes=336|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=176,069|percentage=88.06|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = 1.11
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# 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%.</small>
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Pundarikhsya Saha of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Nabadwip assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chhaya Sen Sharma of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated Jamuna Brahmachari of CPI (M). In 1996,<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Biswanath Mitra of CPI (M) defeated Kartick Chatterjee of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. In 1991<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and 1987<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Biswanath Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Satish Debnath of Congress. In 1982<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and 1977 Debi Prosad Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sasthi Bhusan Pal of 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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp77.htm |title = 77 - Nabadwip Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 5 October 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Radha Raman Saha of Congress won in 1972.<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Debi Prasad Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Sachindra Mohan Nandy of Congress won in 1969<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> Debi Prasad Basu of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Niranjan Modak of Congress won the Nabadwip seat.<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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