Nakashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nakashipara
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Nakashipara Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Nakashipara Nakashipara (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°35′0″N88°21′0″E / 23.58333°N 88.35000°E / 23.58333; 88.35000 Coordinates: 23°35′0″N88°21′0″E / 23.58333°N 88.35000°E / 23.58333; 88.35000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Constituency No	81
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	12. Krishnanagar
Electorate (year)	187,228 (2011) [1] 221,339 (2016) [2] 247,691 (2021) [3]

Nakashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 81 Nakashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bethuadahari I and Bethuadahari II, Billwa Gram, Birpur I, Birpur II, Dharmada, Dogachhia, Majher Gram, Muragachha, Nakasipara and Patikabari gram panchayats of Nakashipara community development block, and Palit Begia and Rajarampur Ghoraikhetra gram panchayats of Kaliganj community development block. ^[4]

Nakashipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Nakashipara	Jagannath Majumdar	Indian National Congress [5]
1957		Mahananda Haldar	Indian National Congress [6]
		S.M.Fazlur Rahman	Indian National Congress [6]
1962		S.M.Fazlur Rahman	Indian National Congress [7]
1967		M.C.Mondal	Bangla Congress [8]
1969		Nil Kamal Sarkar	Indian National Congress [9]
1971		Govindo Chandra Mondal	Independent [10]
1972		Nil Kamal Sarkar	Indian National Congress [11]
1977		Mir Fakir Mohammad	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1982		Mir Fakir Mohammad	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1987		Santosh Kumar Sinha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1991		Shaikh Khabiruddin Ahmed	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1996		Shaikh Khabiruddin Ahmed	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2001		Kallol Khan	All India Trinamool Congress [17]
2006		Kallol Khan	All India Trinamool Congress [18]
2011		Kallol Khan	All India Trinamool Congress [19]
2016		Kallol Khan	All India Trinamool Congress [20]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Nakashipara constituency ^{[21] [22] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kallol Khan	104,812	50.01
	BJP	Santanu Dey	83,541	39.86
	Independent	Tanmay Ganguli	11,277	5.38
	CPI (M)	Sukla Saha Chakraborty	5,365	2.56
	BSP	Amal Chandra Sarkar	1,080	0.52
	CPI(ML)L	Krishnapada Pramanik	1,023	0.49
	NOTA	None of the above	1,146	0.55
Majority			21,271	10.15
Turnout			209,570	84.61
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 election, KALLOL KHAN of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival TANMOY GANGULY of CPI(M)and elected as M.L.A for the fourth time.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nakashipara constituency ^{[19] [23]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Kallol Khan	79,644	48.91	+0.63#
	CPI (M)	Gayetri Sardar	63,170	38.79	−7.27
	BJP	Sushil Barman	12,227	6.94
	Independent	Anil Barai	2,993	1.84
	Independent	Pankaj Sarkar	2,795
	CPI(ML)L	Pradip Dutta Gupta	1,606
	BSP	Bablu Das	1,330
Turnout			162,846	87.03
	AITC hold		Swing	+7.90#

Anil Barai, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate. ^[24]

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

1977-2016

In the year 2016 Kallol Khan of Trinamool Congress won the Nakashipara seat defeating his nearest rivals Tanmoy Ganguly of CPI(M) . In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Kallol Khan of Trinamool Congress won the Nakashipara seat defeating his nearest rivals S.M. Sadi of CPI(M) in 2006 ^[18] and Shaikh Khabiruddin Ahmed of CPI(M) in 2001. ^[17] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shaikh Khabiruddin Ahmed of CPI(M) defeated Dhrubajyoti Ghosh of Congress in 1996, ^[16] and Kallol Khan representing Congress in 1991. ^[15] Santosh Kumar Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Kallol Khan of Congress in 1987. ^[14] Mir Fakir Mohammad of CPI(M) defeated Nil Kamal Sarkar of Congress in 1982 ^[13] and S.M.Badaruddin of Congress in 1977. ^{[12] [25]}

1951–1972

Between 1967 and 1972 the Nakashipara seat was reserved for scheduled castes. Nil Kamal Sarkar of Congress won in 1972. ^[11] Govindo Chandra Mondal, Independent, won in 1971. ^[10] Nil Kamal Sarkar of Congress won in 1969. ^[9] M.C.Mondal of Bangla Congress won in 1967. ^[8] In 1962 ^[7] S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won the Nakasipara open seat. In 1957 ^[6] Nakashipara was a joint seat with one seat reserved for SC. Mahananda Haldar and S.M.Fazlur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Nakashipara. In independent India's first election in 1951, Jagannath Majumdar of Congress won the Nakshipara open seat. ^[5]

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