| Kaliganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 80 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| 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 | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | [[Trinamool Congress|Template:Trinamool Congress/meta/shortname]] |
| Elected year | 2025 |
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]
| 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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Alifa Ahmed | 102,759 | 55.15 |  1.8
| |
| BJP | Ashish Ghosh | 52,710 | 28.29 |  2.62
| |
| INC | Kabil Uddin Shaikh | 28,348 | 15.21 | 3.23
| |
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 1,502 | 1.34 | 0.36
| |
| Majority | 50,049 | 26.84 | 4.4
| ||
| Turnout | 1,86,319 | 73.39 | 10.95
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2021[edit | edit source]
| 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.
| 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]
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ↑ "কালীগঞ্জে ৪৯ হাজারের বেশি ভোটে জয়ী তৃণমূল প্রার্থী আলিফা, জনতাকে ধন্যবাদ মমতার". Najarbandi. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ↑ "Kaliganj Bypoll Election Result 2025". Election Commission of India. 23 June 2025. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Kaliganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kaliganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ↑ The Rebel Candidates in the Fray, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
- ↑ "72 - Kaliganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.