Kaliganj Assembly constituency

Kaliganj
Constituency No. 80 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kaliganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Lok Sabha constituencyKrishnanagar
Established1951
Total electors248,358
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Elected year2026

Kaliganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 80 Kaliganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bara Chandghar. Debagram, Faridpur, Gobra, Hatgachha, Juranpur, Kaliganj, Matiari, Mira I, Mira II, Panighata, Plassey I and Plassey II gram panchayats of Kaliganj community development block.[1]

Kaliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty Affiliation
1951S. M. Fazlur RahmanIndian National Congress[2]
1957Mahananda Haldar[3]
1962S. M. Fazlur Rahman[4]
1967[5]
1969[6]
1971Mir Fakir MohammedIndependent[7]
1972Shib Sankar BandopdhyayIndian National Congress[8]
1977Debsaran GhoshRevolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1982[10]
1987Abdus Salam MunshiIndian National Congress[11]
1991[12]
1996[13]
2001Dhananjoy ModakRevolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2006[15]
2011[16] Nasiruddin Ahamed Trinamool Congress
2016 Hasanuzzaman Sheikh Indian National Congress
2021 Nasiruddin Ahamed Trinamool Congress
2025^ Alifa Ahmed[17]
2026
  • ^ denotes by-election

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2026
 
 40.77%
2025 (by-poll)
 
 55.15%
2021
 
 53.35%
2016
 
 45.65%
2011
 
 47.33%
2006
 
 43.26%
2001
 
 36.69%
1996
 
 42.67%
1991
 
 37.13%
1987
 
 47.74%
1982
 
 38.17%
1977
 
 41.16%
1972
 
 41.16%
1971
 
 26.94%
1969
 
 51.81%
1967
 
 53.15%
1962
 
 39.06%
1957 (Seat-1)
 
 39.86%
1957 (Seat-2)
 
 38.64%
1951
 
 58.08%

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Alifa Ahmed 89,292 40.77 Decrease12.58
BJP Bapan Ghosh 79,120 36.12 Increase5.21
CPI(M) Sabina Iyasmin Sekh 22,806 10.41 New entry
AJUP Kechhabuddin Sekh 16,222 7.41 New entry
INC Kabil Uddin Shaikh 4,267 1.95 Decrease10.03
NOTA None of the above 2,105 0.96 Decrease0.02
Majority 10,172 4.65 Decrease17.79
Turnout 219,023 93.76 Increase9.45
AITC hold Swing

2025 by-election

2025 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Kaliganj[19][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Alifa Ahmed 102,759 55.15 Increase1.8
BJP Ashish Ghosh 52,710 28.29 Decrease2.62
INC Kabil Uddin Shaikh 28,348 15.21 Increase3.23
NOTA None of the above 1,502 1.34 Increase0.36
Majority 50,049 26.84 Increase4.4
Turnout 1,86,319 73.39 Decrease10.95
AITC hold Swing

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Kaliganj constituency[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nasiruddin Ahamed 111,696 53.35
BJP Abhijit Ghosh 64,709 30.91
INC Abul Kashem 25,076 11.98
NOTA None of the above 2,051 0.98
Majority 46,987 22.44
Turnout 209,379 84.31
AITC gain from INC Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Hasanuzzaman Sk 85,125 45.65
AITC Ahamed Nasiruddin (Lal) 83,898 44.99
BJP Saikat Sarkar 10,373 5.56
NOTA None of the Above 2,349 1.26
SUCI(C) Harroj Ali Shaikh 1,119 0.60
SS Biplab Roy 1,075 0.58
CPI(ML)L Altaf Hossain Sekh 946 0.51
BSP Sunil Mandal 890 0.48
SP Swapan Modak 711 0.38
Majority 1,227 0.66
Turnout 186,486 85.93
INC gain from AITC Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal) 74,091 47.33
RSP Sankar Sarkar 56,913 36.35
BJP Mahadeb Ghosh 13,319 8.51
IND Sharifuddin Munshi[a] 6,863 4.38
IUML Sekh. Akher Ali 1,327 0.85
BSP Sunil Chandra Mondal 1,259 0.80
CPI(ML)L Altaf Hossain Sk 1,159 0.74
IND Iman Mandal 1,073 0.69
JD(U) Nekchaddin Sk. 547 0.35
Majority 17,178 10.98
Turnout 156,551 84.04
AITC gain from RSP Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Dhananjoy Modak 57,006 43.26
AITC Nasiruddin Ahmed 53,245 40.41
INC Abdus Salam Munshi 12,117 9.20
IND Sk. Khoda Box 6,410 4.86
SP Habibur Rahaman 2,984 2.26
Majority 3,761 2.85
Turnout 131,762
RSP hold Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Dhananjoy Modak 44,328 36.69
AITC Abdus Salam Munshi 31,806 26.33
BJP Urmibala Mookherjee 30,696 25.41
IUML Jafarulla Molla 6,619 5.48
IND Harroj Ali Shaikh 3,467 2.87
CPI(ML)L Krishna Pramanik 2,146 1.78
IND Mir Fakir Mohammad 1,751 1.45
Majority 12,522 10.36
Turnout 120,870 74.89
RSP gain from INC Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Abdus Salam Munshi 50,665 42.67
RSP Dhananjoy Modak 49,291 41.51
BJP Subal Chandra Sarkar 13,026 10.97
CPI(ML)L Altaf Hossain Shaikh 1,778 1.50
IUML Sekh Rahamatulla 988 0.83
IND Harroj Ali Shaikh 969 0.82
SS Adhir Kumar Biswas 858 0.72
INL Molla Jafrulla 522 0.44
BSP Khan Mozibor Rahaman 333 0.28
AIIC(T) Amal Mazumder 188 0.16
SAP Siraj Mondal 126 0.11
Majority 1,374 1.16
Turnout 123,664 79.31
INC hold Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Abdus Salam Munshi 39,245 37.13
RSP Ghosh Deb Saran 35,467 33.56
BJP Subal Chandra Sarkar 25,527 24.15
IPF Krishna Pada Pramanik 2,158 2.04
IND Harrot Ali Shaikh 1,757 1.66
JP Mandal Noor Hossain 837 0.79
IND Molla Habibur Rahaman 354 0.33
HM Sankar Kumar Dutta 342 0.32
Majority 3,778 3.57
Turnout 109,636 79.78
INC hold Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. M. Fazlur Rahaman 43,948 47.74
RSP Ghosh Debsaran 43,030 46.75
IND Ajit Kumar Saha 2,007 2.18
SUCI(C) Shaikh Harrooj Ali 2,004 2.18
IUML Harun-Li-Rasid Shaik 755 0.82
IND Shaikh Suruchand Ali 307 0.33
Majority 918 0.99
Turnout 93,688 78.32
INC gain from RSP Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Debsaran Ghosh 28,873 38.17
INC Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay 26,878 35.53
IND Rahman S. M. Fazlur 17,650 23.33
IND Mustafizur Rahaman 1,131 1.50
IND Probodh Ranjan Rajwar 1,116 1.48
Majority 1,995 2.64
Turnout 77,233 80.27
RSP hold Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Debsaran Ghosh 21,851 41.16
JP S. M. Fazlur Rahman 18,729 35.28
INC Shib Sankar Bandyopadhyay 12,188 22.96
IUML Md. Islam Molla 320 0.60
Majority 3,122 5.88
Turnout 53,943 71.16
RSP gain from INC Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shib Sankar Bandopdchayay 19,077 41.16
CPI(M) Mir Fakir Mohammad 15,757 34.00
IND Rame Dra Nath Mukherjee 8,536 18.42
IUML S. M. Narul Islam 2,976 6.42
Majority 3,320 7.16
Turnout 47,644 64.51
INC gain from Independent Swing

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IND Mir Fakir Mohammed 10,686 26.94
IND Mohammed Islam Molla 9,047 22.81
INC(O) Shiv Sankar Bandopadhay 7,287 18.37
INC Armanali Munshi 5,162 13.01
RSP Ghosh Debsaran 4,960 12.50
CPI Gurudas Sikdar 2,253 5.68
IND Sanatan Mandal 272 0.69
Majority 1,639 4.13
Turnout 45,134 62.49
Independent gain from INC Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. M. Fazlur Rahman 26,536 51.81
BAC Rafiuddin Mondal 24,685 48.19
Majority 1,851 3.62
Turnout 52,504 78.40
INC hold Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. M. F. Rahman 28,014 53.15
BAC R. N. Mukherjee 24,697 46.85
Majority 3,317 6.30
Turnout 54,851 81.92
INC hold Swing

1962

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Syama Prosad Barman 11,703 39.06
CPI Amrita Lal Sarker 9,025 30.12
SWA Jatindra Nath Pramanik 7,190 23.99
PSP Anandi Roy Barman 2,047 6.83
Majority 2,678 8.94
Turnout 31,570 49.53
INC hold Swing

1957

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nakashipara (SC) (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. M. Fazlur Rahman 43,926 39.86
INC Mahananda Haldar 42,585 38.64
IND Nihar Ranjan Roy 14,533 13.19
IND Bijoy Krishna Sarkar 9,167 8.32
Majority 1,341 1.22
Turnout 110,211 95.65
INC hold Swing

1951

1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jonab S. M. Fazlur Rahaman 20,933 58.08
ABJS Makhan Lal Roy Choudhury 10,863 30.14
IND Nihar Ranjan Roy 1,607 4.46
IND Nripendranarayan Bandapadhya 1,220 3.39
KMPP Jonab Obedul Huq Kazi 1,040 2.89
FB(RG) Sasanka Kumar Patra 376 1.04
Majority 10,070 27.94
Turnout 36,039 62.35
INC win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Sharifuddin Munshi, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  16. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  17. 1 2 "কালীগঞ্জে ৪৯ হাজারের বেশি ভোটে জয়ী তৃণমূল প্রার্থী আলিফা, জনতাকে ধন্যবাদ মমতার". Najarbandi. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  19. ↑ "Kaliganj bypolls: TMC candidate Alifa Ahmed secures landslide victory against BJP's Ashish Ghosh; CM Mamata Banerjee expresses gratitude". The Times of India. 23 June 2025. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  20. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  21. ↑ The Rebel Candidates in the Fray, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
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