Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly constituency

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

Krishnanagar Uttar
Constituency No. 83 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
LS constituencyKrishnanagar
Established1952
Total electors238,220
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 83 Krishnanagar Uttar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Krishnanagar municipality, and Bhandar Khola, Bhimpur, Asannagar, Dogachhi and Pora Gachha gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951KrishnagarBejoy Lal ChattopadhyayIndian National Congress[2]
1957Jagannath MajumdarIndian National Congress[3]
1962Kashi Kanta MaitraPraja Socialist Party[4]
1967Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraSamyukta Socialist Party[5]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraSamyukta Socialist Party[6]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraIndependent[7]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1972Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraIndian National Congress[8]
Krishnagar WestShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress[8]
1977Krishnagar EastKashi Kanta MaitraJanata Party[9]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1982Krishnagar EastSadhan ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987Krishnagar EastSadhan ChattopadhyayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Krishnagar WestAmritendu MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991Krishnagar EastShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress[12]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996Krishnagar EastShibdas MukherjeeIndian National Congress[13]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2001Krishnagar EastShibdas MukherjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
Krishnagar WestSunil Kumar GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2006Krishnagar EastSubinay GhoshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Krishnagar WestAsoke BanerjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2011Krishnanagar UttarAbani Mohan JoardarAll India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016 Krishnanagar Uttar Abani Mohan Joardar All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Krishnanagar Uttar Mukul Roy Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Krishnanagar Uttar constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mukul Roy 109,357 54.19 Increase39.92
TMC Koushani Mukherjee 74,268 36.8 Decrease7.34
INC Silvi Saha 11,407 5.65 Decrease31.61
None of the Above None of the Above 1,851 0.92
Turnout
BJP gain from TMC Swing {{{swing}}}

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Krishnanagar Uttar constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Abani Mohan Joardar 82,864 44.14
INC Asim Kumar Saha 69,949 37.26
BJP Chanchal Kumar Biswas 26,796 14.27
None of the Above None of the Above 3,175 1.69
Turnout 1,87,738 85.58
TMC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Abani Mohan Joardar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Subinay Ghosh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Krishnanagar Uttar constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Abani Mohan Joardar 96,677 56.69 +10.90#
CPI(M) Subinay Ghosh 61,567 36.10 -12.70
BJP Ramen Biswas 5,967 3.50
Independent Jagannath Guha 2,980
CPI(ML)L Amal Tarafdar 1,830
BSP Birendra Nath Mondal 1,508
Turnout 170,529 85.09
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing +23.60#

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

1977-2006

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

Krishnagar East

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] 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[14] and 1996,[13] and Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1991.[12] Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Shibdas Mukherjee of Congress in 1987[11] and Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party in 1982.[10] Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party defeated Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1977.[9][18]

Krishnagar West

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] 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,[14] Biswarup Mukherjee of Congress in 1996[13] and Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1991.[12] Amritendu Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Gouri Sankar Dutta of Congress in 1987[11] and 1982,[10] and Mohadeb Bhattacharya of Janata Party in 1977.[9][19]

Krishnagar East

Kashi Kanta Maitra representing Congress won in 1972,[8] contesting as an independent candidate won in 1971,[7] and representing SSP won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5]

Krishnagar West

Shibdas Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972.[8] Amritendu Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[7] 1969[6] and 1967.[5]

1951-1962 Krishnagar

Kashi Kanta Maitra of PSP won the Krishnagar seat in 1962.[4] Jagannath Majumdar of Congress won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951 Bejoy Lal Chattopadhyay of Congress won the Krishnagar seat.[2]

References

  1. "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.
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  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 2 August 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Krishnanagar Uttar. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  18. "75 - Krishnagar East Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  19. "76 - Krishnagar West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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