| Nabadwip | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 84 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Nabadwip Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ranaghat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,43,159 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Nabadwip Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNadia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 84 Nabadwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Nabadwip municipality,Nabadwipcommunity development block, and Bhaluka and Joaniagram panchayats ofKrishnanagar I community development block.[1]
Nabadwip Assembly constituency is part of No. 13Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofNabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Niranjan Modak | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Debi Prasad Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Sachindra Mohan Nandy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Debi Prasad Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Radha Raman Saha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Debi Prosad Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Biswanath Mitra | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Pundarikakhsa Saha | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pundarikakhsa Saha | 102,170 | 48.52 |  4.58 | |
| BJP | Siddartha Naskar | 83599 | 39.70 |  30.60 | |
| CPI(M) | Swarnendu Singha | 18540 | 8.80 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Pundarkshya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sumit Biswas of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pundarikakhsa Saha | 94,117 | 53.45 | −2.53# | |
| CPI(M) | Sumit Biswas | 71,282 | 40.49 | −3.64 | |
| BJP | Pinki Agarwal | 7,303 | 4.15 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Parikshit Paul | 336 | |||
| Turnout | 176,069 | 88.06 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | 1.11 | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. On its own the Trinamool Congress vote percentage was +2.35% and the swing was 5.99%.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[6] Pundarikhsya Saha ofTrinamool Congress won the Nabadwip assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chhaya Sen Sharma ofCPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[7] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated Jamuna Brahmachari of CPI (M). In 1996,[8] Biswanath Mitra of CPI (M) defeated Kartick Chatterjee ofCongress. In 1991[9] and 1987[10] Biswanath Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Satish Debnath of Congress. In 1982[11] and 1977 Debi Prosad Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sasthi Bhusan Pal of Congress.[12][13]
Radha Raman Saha of Congress won in 1972.[14] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.[15] Sachindra Mohan Nandy of Congress won in 1969[16] and 1967.[17] Debi Prasad Basu ofCPI won in1962.[18] In1957[19] and inindependent India's first election in 1951, Niranjan Modak of Congress won the Nabadwip seat.[20]
