Krishnanagar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Krishnanagar Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Krishnanagar Dakshin
Krishnanagar Dakshin (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
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Constituency No 85
TypeOpen
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.

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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
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951 KrishnagarBejoy Lal Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress [6]
1957 Jagannath MajumdarIndian National Congress [7]
1962 Kashi Kanta Maitra Praja Socialist Party [8]
1967 Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta Maitra Samyukta Socialist Party [9]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1969Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraSamyukta Socialist Party [10]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1971Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraIndependent [11]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1972Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraIndian National Congress [12]
Krishnagar WestShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress [12]
1977Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta Maitra Janata Party [13]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1982Krishnagar EastSadhan ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
Krishnagar EastSadhan ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1987Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1991Krishnagar EastShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress [16]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
1996Krishnagar EastShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress [17]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2001 Krishnagar EastShibdas Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress [18]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
2006 Krishnagar EastSubinay GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
Krishnagar WestAsoke BanerjeeCommunist 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Ujjal Biswas 91,73847.40Increase2.svg1.10
BJP Mahadev Sarkar82,43342.60Increase2.svg29.50
CPI (M) Sumit Biswas15,6068.10
None of the Above None of the Above
BSP Swapan Kumar Sarkar1,217
CPI(ML)L Santu Bhattacharya868
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Ujjal Biswas 80,71146.30Decrease2.svg0.08
CPI (M) Meghlal Sheikh67,89738.90Decrease2.svg0.31
BJP Mahadev Sarkar22,850
None of the Above None of the Above2,538
BSP Sudeb Sarkar1,842
CPI(ML)L Anchharul Haque Biswas1,226
Turnout 177,06487.75
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Ujjal Biswas 71,39246.38+9.49#
CPI (M) Rama Biswas60,36439.21-9.59
BJP Mahadev Sarkar14,3989.35
IndependentAmal Majumdar3,347
CPI(ML)L Anchharul Hoque Bishwas3,200
BSP Mukunda Lal Sarkar1,230
Turnout 153,93188.47
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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