Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake municipal town, see Kaliaganj. For 2 its namesake community development block, see Kaliaganj (community development block).

Kaliaganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kaliaganj Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Kaliaganj Kaliaganj (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°38′N88°19′E / 25.633°N 88.317°E / 25.633; 88.317 Coordinates: 25°38′N88°19′E / 25.633°N 88.317°E / 25.633; 88.317
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Constituency No	34
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	5. Raiganj
Electorate (year)	202,847 (2011) [1] 250,603 (2016) [2] 282,575 (2021) [3]
Area code(s)	733129

Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 34 Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Kaliaganj municipality, Kaliaganj community development block and Barua and Birghai gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block. ^[4]

Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4] It was earlier part of Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Kaliaganj	Syama Prasad Barman	Indian National Congress [5]
1967		Syama Prasad Barman	Indian National Congress [6]
1969		Syama Prasad Barman	Indian National Congress [7]
1971		Debendra Nath Roy	Indian National Congress [8]
1972		Debendra Nath Roy	Indian National Congress [9]
1977		Naba Kumar Roy	Indian National Congress [10]
1982		Naba Kumar Roy	Indian National Congress [11]
1987		Ramani Kanta Debsarma	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1991		Ramani Kanta Debsarma	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1996		Pramatha Nath Ray	Indian National Congress [14]
2001		Pramatha Nath Ray	Indian National Congress [15]
2006		Nani Gopal Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2011		Pramatha Nath Roy	Indian National Congress [17]
2016		Pramatha Nath Roy	Indian National Congress
2019 by-poll		Tapan Deb Singha	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Soumen Roy	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Soumen Roy of BJP defeated his nearest rival Tapan Deb Singha of Trinamool Congress.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Soumen Roy	116,768	48.71	+5.17
	AITC	Tapan Deb Singha	94,948	39.61	-5.04
	INC	Pravash Sarkar	16,770	7.00	-1.64
	Independent	Sudhir Sarkar	4,004	1.67
	NOTA	None of the above	3,007	1.25	+0.21
	SUCI(C)	Gopal Chunary	1,073	0.45
	Independent	Shyama Sarkar	781	0.33
	Independent	Dilip Chandra Ray	552	0.23
	Independent	Alen Sarkar	408	0.17
	AMB	Namala Kanta Sarkar	387	0.16
Turnout			239,726	88.80	+7.76
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2019 bye-poll

A bye-poll was necessitated due to the death of the incumbent MLA, Pramatha Nath Ray. In this election, Tapan Deb Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of BJP.

2019 West Bengal state assembly bye- elections: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Tapan Deb Singha	97,428	44.65	+13.88
	BJP	Kamal Chandra Sarkar	95,014	43.54	+30.84
	INC	Dhitashri Roy	18,857	8.64	-43.94
	NOTA	None of the above	2,273	1.04	-0.61
	Independent	Darbindu Sarkar	1,868	0.86
	SP	Pradip Kumar Ray	1,860	0.85
	CPI(ML)L	Jagadish Rajbhar	900	0.41	-0.20
Turnout			218,200	81.04	-4.61
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Basanta Roy of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pramatha Nath Ray	112,868	52.58	+4.99
	AITC	Basanta Roy	66,266	30.87
	BJP	Rupak Roy	27,252	12.70	+9.02
	NOTA	None of the above	3,533	1.65
	BSP	Basudeb Debsharma	1,850	0.86	+0.04
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Jiten Roy Sinha	1,560	0.73
	CPI(ML)L	Jagadish Rajbhar	1,313	0.61	+0.11
Turnout			214,642	85.65	-2.30
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency ^{[17] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pramatha Nath Ray	84,873	47.59	-2.51
	CPI (M)	Nani Gopal Roy	77,583	43.51	-1.46
	BJP	Bhupati Roy	6,563	3.68
	Independent	Hriday Chandra Sarkar	3,302	1.85
	BSP	Basudeb Debsharma	1,471	0.82
	Independent	Himangshu Roy	1,251
	CPI(ML)L	Jagadish Rajbhar	894	0.5
	Independent	Sunil Barman	817
	Independent	Kanu Roy	684
	Independent	Sushila Barman	486
	Independent	Rabindranath Barman	400
Turnout			178,324	87.95
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	-1.15

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

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[16] Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) won the Kaliaganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pramatha Nath Ray of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pramathanath Ray of Congress defeated Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) in 2001 ^[15] and 1996. ^[14] Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) defeated Pramatha Nath Roy of Congress in 1991 ^[13] and Naba Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987. ^[12] Naba Kumar Roy of Congress defeated Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) in 1982 ^[11] and 1977. ^{[10] [19]}

1962–1972

Debendra Nath Roy of Congress won in 1972 ^[9] and 1971. ^[8] Syama Prasad Barman won the Kaliaganj seat in 1969, ^[7] 1967 ^[6] and 1962. ^[5] Prior to that the Kaliaganj seat was not there. In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1957. ^[20] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1951. ^[21]

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