Krishnanagar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Krishnanagar Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Krishnanagar Dakshin Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Krishnanagar Dakshin Krishnanagar Dakshin (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°24′0″N88°30′0″E / 23.40000°N 88.50000°E / 23.40000; 88.50000 Coordinates: 23°24′0″N88°30′0″E / 23.40000°N 88.50000°E / 23.40000; 88.50000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Constituency No	85
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	12. Krishnanagar
Electorate (year)	174,161 (2011) [1] 201,791 (2016) [2] 225,118 (2021) [3]

Krishnanagar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (archaic spelling Krishnagar) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 85 Krishnanagar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bhat Jungla, Chak Dilnagar, Daypara, Dignagar and Ruipukur gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block, and Krishnanagar II community development block. ^[4]

Krishnanagar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4] Krishnanagar East and West were earlier part of Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Krishnagar	Bejoy Lal Chattopadhyay	Indian National Congress [6]
1957		Jagannath Majumdar	Indian National Congress [7]
1962		Kashi Kanta Maitra	Praja Socialist Party [8]
1967	Krishnagar East	Kashi Kanta Maitra	Samyukta Socialist Party [9]
	Krishnagar West	Amritendu Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1969	Krishnagar East	Kashi Kanta Maitra	Samyukta Socialist Party [10]
	Krishnagar West	Amritendu Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1971	Krishnagar East	Kashi Kanta Maitra	Independent [11]
	Krishnagar West	Amritendu Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1972	Krishnagar East	Kashi Kanta Maitra	Indian National Congress [12]
	Krishnagar West	Shibdas Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [12]
1977	Krishnagar East	Kashi Kanta Maitra	Janata Party [13]
	Krishnagar West	Amritendu Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1982	Krishnagar East	Sadhan Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
	Krishnagar West	Amritendu Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
	Krishnagar East	Sadhan Chattopadhyay	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1987	Krishnagar West	Amritendu Mukherjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1991	Krishnagar East	Shibdas Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [16]
	Krishnagar West	Sunil Kumar Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
1996	Krishnagar East	Shibdas Mukherjee	Indian National Congress [17]
	Krishnagar West	Sunil Kumar Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2001	Krishnagar East	Shibdas Mukherjee	All India Trinamool Congress [18]
	Krishnagar West	Sunil Kumar Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
2006	Krishnagar East	Subinay Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
	Krishnagar West	Asoke Banerjee	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
2011	Krishnanagar Dakshin	Ujjal Biswas	All India Trinamool Congress [20]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Krishnanagar Dakshin constituency ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ujjal Biswas	91,738	47.40	1.10
	BJP	Mahadev Sarkar	82,433	42.60	29.50
	CPI (M)	Sumit Biswas	15,606	8.10
	None of the Above	None of the Above
	BSP	Swapan Kumar Sarkar	1,217
	CPI(ML)L	Santu Bhattacharya	868
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Meghlal Sheikh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Krishnanagar Dakshin constituency ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ujjal Biswas	80,711	46.30	0.08
	CPI (M)	Meghlal Sheikh	67,897	38.90	0.31
	BJP	Mahadev Sarkar	22,850
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,538
	BSP	Sudeb Sarkar	1,842
	CPI(ML)L	Anchharul Haque Biswas	1,226
Turnout			177,064	87.75
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rama Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Krishnanagar Dakshin constituency ^{[20] [23]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ujjal Biswas	71,392	46.38	+9.49#
	CPI (M)	Rama Biswas	60,364	39.21	-9.59
	BJP	Mahadev Sarkar	14,398	9.35
	Independent	Amal Majumdar	3,347
	CPI(ML)L	Anchharul Hoque Bishwas	3,200
	BSP	Mukunda Lal Sarkar	1,230
Turnout			153,931	88.47
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	+10.08#

Amal Majumdar, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate. ^[24]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006 for the Krishnagar West seat.

1977-2006

Till 2006, Krishnanagar had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Krishnagar East and Krishnagar West.

Krishnagar East

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[19] Subinay Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Krishnagar East assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Ramendranath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shibdas Mukherjee, representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress in 1996 and 1991, defeated Radhanath Biswas of CPI(M) in 2001 ^[18] and 1996, ^[17] and Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1991. ^[16] Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Shibdas Mukherjee of Congress in 1987. ^[15] Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party in 1982. ^[14] Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party defeated Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1977. ^{[13] [25]}

Krishnagar West

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[19] Asoke Banerjee of CPI(M) won the Krishnagar West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress. Sunil Kumar Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[18] Biswarup Mukherjee of Congress in 1996 ^[17] and Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1991. ^[16] Amritendu Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Gouri Sankar Dutta of Congress in 1987 ^[15] and 1982, ^[14] and Mohadeb Bhattacharya of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[13] [26]}

1967-1972

Krishnagar East

Kashi Kanta Maitra representing Congress won in 1972, ^[12] contesting as an independent candidate won in 1971, ^[11] and representing SSP won in 1969 ^[10] and 1967. ^[9]

Krishnagar West

Shibdas Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972. ^[12] Amritendu Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971, ^[11] 1969 ^[10] and 1967. ^[9]

1951-1962 Krishnagar

During the period there was a single seat for Krishnanagar. Kashi Kanta Maitra of PSP won the Krishnagar seat in 1962. ^[8] Jagannath Majumdar of Congress won in 1957. ^[7] In independent India's first election in 1951 Bejoy Lal Chattopadhyay of Congress won the Krishnagar seat. ^[6]

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