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{{For|disambiguation|Kaliganj (disambiguation){{!}}Kaliganj}}
{{For|disambiguation|Kaliganj (disambiguation){{!}}Kaliganj}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox Indian constituency
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| name                   = Kaliganj
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| type= SLA
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| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Kaliganj.map}}
|name             = Kaliganj <!-- at least one of the first two fields must be filled in -->
| map_caption               = Interactive Map Outlining Kaliganj Assembly Constituency
|official_name    =  
| map_alt                =  
|other_name        =  
| mla                    = [[Alifa Ahmed]]  
|native_name      = <!-- if different from the English name -->
| party                  = {{Party index link|Trinamool Congress}}
|settlement_type  = Assembly constituency <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.-->
| alliance              =  
|total_type        = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
| latest_election_year  = [[2025 elections in India#West Bengal|2025]]
|motto            =  
| state                  = [[West Bengal]]
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| district              = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
|pushpin_map      = India West Bengal#India
| loksabha_cons = [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar]]
|map_caption       = Location in West Bengal
| constituency_no        = 80
|coordinates      = {{coord|23|44|0|N|88|14|0|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}
| established            = 1951
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| electors              = 248,358
|subdivision_type  = Country
| reservation            = None
|subdivision_name  = {{IND}}
| abolished              =  
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 80
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|12. Krishnanagar]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 186,279 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 217,026 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 248,358 (2021)<ref name="eci_2021">{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
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'''Kaliganj Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Nadia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
'''Kaliganj Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Nadia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].


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Kaliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>
Kaliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>


==Members of Legislative Assembly==
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
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! Election<br />Year!!Member!!colspan=2|Party Affiliation
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|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||S. M. Fazlur Rahman||{{Full party name with colour|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}<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>
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Mahananda Haldar<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>
|-
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|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Kaliganj||S.M.Fazlur Rahman||[[Indian National Congress]]<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>
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||rowspan=3|S. M. Fazlur Rahman<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>
|-
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Nakashipara||Mahananda Haldar||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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>  
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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>
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|||||S.M.Fazlur Rahman||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>  
|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>
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|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||S.M.Fazlur Rahman||Indian National Congress<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>
|1971||Mir Fakir Mohammed||{{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}<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>
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|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Kaliganj||S.M.Fazlur Rahman||Indian National Congress <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>
|1972||Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay||{{Full party name with colour|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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
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|1969||||S.M.Fazlur Rahman||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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|1977||rowspan=2|Debsaran Ghosh||{{Full party name with colour|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=2}}<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>
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|1971||||Mir Fakir Mohammed||Independent<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>
|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>
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|1972||||Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay||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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|1987||rowspan=3|Abdus Salam Munshi||{{Full party name with colour|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<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>
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|1977||||Debsaran Ghosh||[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]<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>
|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>
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|1982||||Debsaran Ghosh||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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>
|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>
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|1987||||Abdus Salam Munshi||Indian National Congress<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>
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||rowspan=2|Dhananjoy Modak||{{Full party name with colour|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=2}}<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 August 2014}}</ref>
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|1991||||Abdus Salam Munshi||Indian National Congress<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>
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<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 August 2014}}</ref>
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|1996||||Abdus Salam Munshi||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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<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 = 20 August 2014}}</ref>
|[[Nasiruddin Ahamed]]
|{{Full party name with colour|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
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|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Dhananjoy Modak||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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 August 2014}}</ref>
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[Hasanuzzaman Sk|Hasanuzzaman Sheikh]]
|{{Full party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Dhananjoy Modak||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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 August 2014}}</ref>
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Nasiruddin Ahamed]]
|{{Full party name with colour|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
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|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Naseeruddin Ahamed||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<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 = 20 August 2014}}</ref>
|[[2025 elections in India#West Bengal|2025^]]
|[[Alifa Ahmed]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=কালীগঞ্জে ৪৯ হাজারের বেশি ভোটে জয়ী তৃণমূল প্রার্থী আলিফা, জনতাকে ধন্যবাদ মমতার |url=https://najarbandi.in/kaliganj-byelection-result-tmc-wins-over-49000-votes/ |access-date=June 23, 2025 |website=Najarbandi}}</ref>
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|2016
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|HASANUZZAMAN SK


|Indian National Congress[17]
*^ denotes by-election
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==Election results==
==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kaliganj}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Alifa Ahmed
  |party      = Trinamool Congress
  |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  =  Ratan Mondal


===2021===
   |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Kaliganj constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2021.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=80|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work = Kaliganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="eci_2021"/>}}
   |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
 
   |percentage =  
{{Election box candidate with party link
   |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)
   |votes      = 111,696
   |percentage = 53.35
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
|party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
   |candidate  = Abhijit Ghosh
   |candidate  = Sabina Yasmin
   |votes      = 64,709
   |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
   |percentage = 30.91
   |percentage =  
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  =
   |party      = Indian National Congress
   |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Abul Kashem
   |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
   |votes      = 25,076
   |percentage =  
   |percentage = 11.98
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
   |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
   |candidate  = Sujata Mandal
   |party      = None of the above (India)
   |votes      = 1,567
   |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
   |percentage = 0.75
   |percentage =  
   |change    =  
   |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box majority|
   |party      = None of the above
  |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = {{formatnum:}}
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner    =
  |loser      =
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===2025 by-election===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 elections in India#WestBengal|2025 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election]]: Kaliganj<ref name="Kaliganj Bypoll Election Result 2025">{{cite news |date=23 June 2025 |title=Kaliganj Bypoll Election Result 2025 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJun2025/candidateswise-S2580.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623141201/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJun2025/candidateswise-S2580.htm |archive-date=23 June 2025 |access-date=23 June 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref name="Kaliganj bypolls: TMC candidate Alifa Ahmed secures landslide victory against BJP's Ashish Ghosh; CM Mamata Banerjee expresses gratitude">{{cite news |title=Kaliganj bypolls: TMC candidate Alifa Ahmed secures landslide victory against BJP's Ashish Ghosh; CM Mamata Banerjee expresses gratitude |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kaliganj-bypolls-tmc-candidate-alifa-ahmed-secures-landslide-victory-against-bjps-ashish-ghosh-cm-mamata-banerjee-expresses-gratitude/articleshow/122027644.cms |access-date=24 June 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=23 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624043420/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kaliganj-bypolls-tmc-candidate-alifa-ahmed-secures-landslide-victory-against-bjps-ashish-ghosh-cm-mamata-banerjee-expresses-gratitude/articleshow/122027644.cms |archive-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = [[Alifa Ahmed]]
  |party      = Trinamool Congress
  |votes      = 1,02,759
  |percentage = 55.15
  |change    = {{increase}}1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Ashish Ghosh
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |votes      = 52,710
  |percentage = 28.29
  |change    = {{decrease}}2.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |candidate  = Kabil Uddin Shaikh
   |party      = Indian National Congress
  |votes      = 28,348
  |percentage = 15.21
  |change    = {{increase}}3.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
   |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
   |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
   |votes      = 2,051
  |party      = None of the above (India)
   |percentage = 0.98
   |votes      = 1,502
  |change    =  
   |percentage = 1.34
  |change    = {{increase}}0.36
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 50,049
  |percentage = 26.84
  |change    = {{increase}}4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 1,86,319
  |percentage = 73.39
  |change    = {{decrease}}10.95
}}
}}
{{Election box majority
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |votes      = 46,987
  |winner    = Trinamool Congress
  |percentage = 22.44
  |loser      =  
  |change    =  
  |swing      =  
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout
{{Election box end}}
  |votes     = 209,379
 
  |percentage = 84.31
===2021===
  |change     =  
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Kaliganj constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2021.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=80| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190803/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=80| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work = Kaliganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="eci_2021">{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>}}
}}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Nasiruddin Ahamed | Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)]]|votes=1,10,696|percentage=53.35|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Abhijit Ghosh|votes=64,709|percentage=30.91|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Abul Kashem|votes=25,076|percentage=11.98|change=}}
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===2011===
===2011===
In the 2011 election, Naseeruddin Ahamed of All India Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sankar Sarkar of Revolutionary Socialist Party.
In the 2011 election, Naseeruddin Ahamed of All India Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sankar Sarkar of Revolutionary Socialist Party.
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===1977-2006===
===1977-2006===
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> state assembly elections, Dhananjoy Modak of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won the Kaliganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Nasiruddin Ahmed Nasiruddin Ahmed and Abdus Salam Munshi, both of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdus Salam Munshi of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Dhananjoy Modak of RSP in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and Deb Saran Ghosh of RSP in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Debsaran Ghosh of RSP defeated Shibsankar Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and S.M.Fazlur Rahman of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp72.htm |title =72 - Kaliganj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 5 October 2010}}</ref>
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> state assembly elections, Dhananjoy Modak of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won the Kaliganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Nasiruddin Ahmed and Abdus Salam Munshi, both of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdus Salam Munshi of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Dhananjoy Modak of RSP in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and Deb Saran Ghosh of RSP in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Debsaran Ghosh of RSP defeated Shibsankar Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and S.M.Fazlur Rahman of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp72.htm |title =72 - Kaliganj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 5 October 2010}}</ref>


===1951–1972===
===1951–1972===
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Nadia district]]
[[Category:Politics of Nadia district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Latest revision as of 18:35, 16 March 2026

For disambiguation, see Kaliganj.
Kaliganj
Constituency No. 80 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Lok Sabha constituencyKrishnanagar
Established1951
Total electors248,358
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  [[Trinamool Congress|Template:Trinamool Congress/meta/shortname]]  
Elected year2025

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

Overview[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Election
Year		 Member Party Affiliation
1951 S. M. Fazlur Rahman Template:Full party name with colour[2]
1957 Mahananda Haldar[3]
1962 S. M. Fazlur Rahman[4]
1967[5]
1969[6]
1971 Mir Fakir Mohammed Independent[7]
1972 Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay Template:Full party name with colour[8]
1977 Debsaran Ghosh Template:Full party name with colour[9]
1982[10]
1987 Abdus Salam Munshi Template:Full party name with colour[11]
1991[12]
1996[13]
2001 Dhananjoy Modak Template:Full party name with colour[14]
2006[15]
2011[16] Nasiruddin Ahamed Template:Full party name with colour
2016 Hasanuzzaman Sheikh Template:Full party name with colour
2021 Nasiruddin Ahamed Template:Full party name with colour
2025^ Alifa Ahmed[17]
  • ^ denotes by-election

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Alifa Ahmed
BJP Ratan Mondal
CPI(M) Sabina Yasmin
INC
None of the above (India) None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2025 by-election[edit | edit source]

2025 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Kaliganj[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Alifa Ahmed 102,759 55.15 Increase1.8
BJP Ashish Ghosh 52,710 28.29 Decrease2.62
INC Kabil Uddin Shaikh 28,348 15.21 Increase3.23
None of the above (India) None of the above 1,502 1.34 Increase0.36
Majority 50,049 26.84 Increase4.4
Turnout 1,86,319 73.39 Decrease10.95
AITC hold Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Kaliganj constituency[20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal) 1,10,696 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[edit | edit source]

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][23]
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 Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Swing +4.63#

Sharifuddin Munshi, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.[24]

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

1977-2006[edit | edit source]

In 2006[15] and 2001[14] state assembly elections, Dhananjoy Modak of RSP won the Kaliganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals 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][25]

1951–1972[edit | edit source]

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]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "কালীগঞ্জে ৪৯ হাজারের বেশি ভোটে জয়ী তৃণমূল প্রার্থী আলিফা, জনতাকে ধন্যবাদ মমতার". Najarbandi. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "Kaliganj Bypoll Election Result 2025". Election Commission of India. 23 June 2025. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Kaliganj bypolls: TMC candidate Alifa Ahmed secures landslide victory against BJP's Ashish Ghosh; CM Mamata Banerjee expresses gratitude". The Times of India. 23 June 2025. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  21. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Kaliganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  22. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kaliganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  24. ↑ The Rebel Candidates in the Fray, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
  25. ↑ "72 - Kaliganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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