Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency

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Krishnanagar
WB-12
Lok Sabha constituency
Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Tehatta
Palashipara
Kaliganj
Nakashipara
Chapra
Krishnanagar Uttar
Krishnanagar Dakshin
Established1967
Total electors17,55,631 (2024) [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Alliance  INDIA
Elected year 2024

Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 42 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. All the seven assembly segments of No. 12 Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency are in Nadia district.

Contents

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 12 Krishnanagar comprises the following segments from 2009: [2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
78 Tehatta Nadia Vacant Bharatiya Janata Party
79 Palashipara Manik Bhattacharya Trinamool Congress Trinamool Congress
80 Kaliganj Alifa Ahmed
81 Nakashipara Kallol Khan
82 Chapra Rukbanur Rahman
83 Krishnanagar Uttar Mukul Roy [a] Bharatiya Janata Party
85 Krishnanagar Dakshin Ujjal Biswas

In 2004, Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [3] Palashipara (assembly constituency no. 70), Nakshipara (assembly constituency no. 71), Kaliganj (assembly constituency no. 72), Chapra (assembly constituency no. 73), Krishnaganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 74), Krishnanagar East (assembly constituency no. 75), Krishnanagar West (assembly constituency no. 76) [4] [5]

Members of Lok Sabha

Lok SabhaName of M.P. [6] Party
4th Haripada Chattopadhyay Independent [7]
5th Renu Pada Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8] [9] [10] [11]
6th
7th
8th
9th Ajoy Mukhopadhyay [12] [13] [14]
10th
11th
12th
13th Satyabrata Mookherjee Bharatiya Janata Party [15] [16]
14th Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
15th Tapas Paul Trinamool Congress [18] [19]
16th
17th Mahua Moitra
18th

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Krishnanagar [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mahua Moitra 628,789 44.10 Decrease2.svg0.90
BJP Amrita Roy5,72,08440.13Decrease2.svg0.24
CPI(M) S. M. Saadi 1,80,20112.64Increase2.svg3.84
NOTA None of the above 6,8110.48
Majority 56,7053.97Decrease2.svg0.66
Turnout 14,25,71280.65Decrease2.svg3.10
AITC hold Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Krishnanagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mahua Moitra 614,872 45.00 Increase2.svg10.14
BJP Kalyan Chaubey 551,65440.37Increase2.svg13.99
CPI(M) Dr. Santanu Jha120,2228.80Decrease2.svg20.63
INC Intaz Ali Shah38,3052.80Decrease2.svg3.19
Majority 63,2184.63Decrease2.svg1.08
Turnout 13,66,60183.75Decrease2.svg0.75
AITC hold Swing Increase2.svg10.14

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Krishnanagar [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Tapas Paul 438,789 35.14 −7.29
CPI(M) Santanu Jha3,67,53429.43−5.60
BJP Satyabrata Mookherjee 3,29,87326.38+9.62
INC Razia Ahmed74,7895.99
NOTA None of the Above7,6420.61−−−
Majority 71,2555.71−1.69
Turnout 12,47,914 [22] 84.50
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Krishnanagar [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Tapas Paul 443,679 42.43
CPI(M) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 366,29335.03
BJP Satyabrata Mookherjee 175,28316.76
AUDF Md. Niamatullah Mollick19,313
CPI(ML)L Subimal Sengupta14,480
BSP Debabrata Majumder10,733
IUML Shahjahan Mallik6,592
SP Jayasri Chakrabarty5,002
NCP Sk. Daulat Hossain4,336
Majority 77,386
Turnout 10,45,71185.50
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General elections 1967-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1967343,93574.00Haridas Chattopadhyay47.52IndependentC.P.Mukherjee37.48 Congress [7]
1971312,34262.05Renupada Das36.96 CPI(M) Ila Pal Chaudhuri25.55Congress [8]
1977331,37061.96Renupada Das61.86CPI(M)Shibsankar Bandopadhyay33.43Congress [9]
1980515,99079.71Renupada Das50.81CPI(M) Sankar Das Banerji 36.74Congress [10]
1984611,95083.74Renupada Das49.25CPI(M)Sankar Das Banerji48.45Congress [11]
1989761,99082.69Ajoy Mukherjee46.31CPI(M)Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya44.14Congress [12]
1991764,56082.34Ajoy Mukherjee43.33CPI(M)Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya35.37Congress [13]
1996911,62085.2Ajoy Mukherjee45.94CPI(M)Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya41.56Congress [14]
1998897,93084.07Ajoy Mukherjee42.03CPI(M) Satyabrata Mookherjee 37.44 BJP [16]
1999845,49077.96 Satyabrata Mookherjee 43.82BJPDilip Chakraborty41.16CPI(M) [15]
2004930,29083.25 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 42.73CPI(M) Satyabrata Mookherjee 40.54BJP [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf Archived 26 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency: Electoral battle between Mahua Moitra, Amrita Roy and SM Saadi". The Indian Express. 29 April 2024. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Election Result". Result University. 2024. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
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  9. 1 2 "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  11. 1 2 "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  19. 1 2 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Krishnanagar". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  21. ↑ "Krishnanagar Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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  1. ↑ Mukul Roy was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 11 June 2021, he defected to the Trinamool Congress
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