Kaliaganj Assembly constituency

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Kaliaganj
Constituency No. 34 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Kaliaganj Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
LS constituency Raiganj
Established1962
Total electors282,575
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2021

Kaliaganj is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 34 Kaliaganj Assembly constituency (SC) covers Kaliaganj municipality, Kaliaganj community development block and Barua and Birghai gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block. [1]

Kaliaganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). [1] It was earlier part of Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
MLAParty
1962 Syama Prasad Barman Indian National Congress
1967
1969
1971 Debendra Nath Roy
1972
1977 Naba Kumar Roy
1982
1987 Ramani Kanti Debsarma Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996 Pramatha Nath Ray Indian National Congress
2001
2006 Nani Gopal Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 Pramatha Nath Ray Indian National Congress
2016
2019^ Tapan Deb Singha 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. Soumen Roy himself later defected to Trinamool Congress. He later rejoined the BJP.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Soumen Roy 116,768 48.71 +5.17
AITC Tapan Deb Singha 94,94839.61−5.04
INC Pravash Sarkar16,7707.00−1.64
Independent Sudhir Sarkar4,0041.67
NOTA None of the above 3,0071.25+0.21
SUCI(C) Gopal Chunary1,0730.45
Independent Shyama Sarkar7810.33
Independent Dilip Chandra Ray5520.23
Independent Alen Sarkar4080.17
AMB Namala Kanta Sarkar3870.16
Turnout 239,72688.80+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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Tapan Deb Singha 97,428 44.65 +13.88
BJP Kamal Chandra Sarkar95,01443.54+30.84
INC Dhitashri Roy18,8578.64−43.94
NOTA None of the above 2,2731.04−0.61
Independent Darbindu Sarkar1,8680.86
SP Pradip Kumar Ray1,8600.85
CPI(ML)L Jagadish Rajbhar9000.41−0.20
Turnout 218,20081.04−4.61
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Pramatha Nath Ray 112,868 52.58 +4.99
AITC Basanta Roy66,26630.87
BJP Rupak Roy27,25212.70+9.02
NOTA None of the above 3,5331.65
BSP Basudeb Debsharma1,8500.86+0.04
Samajwadi Jan ParishadJiten Roy Sinha1,5600.73
CPI(ML)L Jagadish Rajbhar1,3130.61+0.11
Turnout 214,64285.65−2.30
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 [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Pramatha Nath Ray 84,873 47.59 −2.51
CPI(M) Nani Gopal Roy77,58343.51−1.46
BJP Bhupati Roy6,5633.68
IndependentHriday Chandra Sarkar3,3021.85
BSP Basudeb Debsharma1,4710.82
IndependentHimangshu Roy1,251
CPI(ML)L Jagadish Rajbhar8940.5
IndependentSunil Barman817
IndependentKanu Roy684
IndependentSushila Barman486
IndependentRabindranath Barman400
Turnout 178,32487.95
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, [4] 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 [5] and 1996. [6] Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) defeated Pramatha Nath Roy of Congress in 1991 [7] and Naba Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987. [8] Naba Kumar Roy of Congress defeated Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) in 1982 [9] and 1977. [10] [11]

1962–1972

Debendra Nath Roy of Congress won in 1972 [12] and 1971. [13] Syama Prasad Barman won the Kaliaganj seat in 1969, [14] 1967 [15] and 1962. [16] 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. [17] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1951. [18]

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References

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  14. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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