| Kaliganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 80 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kaliganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Krishnanagar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 248,358 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Kaliganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNadia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation 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 IIgram panchayats ofKaliganjcommunity development block.[1]
Kaliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 12Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Election Year | Member | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | S. M. Fazlur Rahman | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957 | Mahananda Haldar[3] | ||
| 1962 | S. M. Fazlur Rahman[4] | ||
| 1967[5] | |||
| 1969[6] | |||
| 1971 | Mir Fakir Mohammed | Independent[7] | |
| 1972 | Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| 1977 | Debsaran Ghosh | Revolutionary Socialist Party[9] | |
| 1982[10] | |||
| 1987 | Abdus Salam Munshi | Indian National Congress[11] | |
| 1991[12] | |||
| 1996[13] | |||
| 2001 | Dhananjoy Modak | Revolutionary 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] | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Alifa Ahmed | 102,759 | 55.15 |  1.8 | |
| BJP | Ashish Ghosh | 52,710 | 28.29 |  2.62 | |
| INC | Kabil Uddin Shaikh | 28,348 | 15.21 | 3.23 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,502 | 1.34 | 0.36 | |
| Majority | 50,049 | 26.84 | 4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,86,319 | 73.39 | 10.95 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal) | 1,10,696 | 53.35 | ||
| BJP | Abhijit Ghosh | 64,709 | 30.91 | ||
| INC | Abul Kashem | 25,076 | 11.98 | ||
| BSP | Sujata Mandal | 1,567 | 0.75 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,051 | 0.98 | ||
| Majority | 46,987 | 22.44 | |||
| Turnout | 209,379 | 84.31 | |||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Naseeruddin Ahamed of All India Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sankar Sarkar of Revolutionary Socialist Party.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal) | 74,091 | 47.33 | −2.28# | |
| RSP | Sankar Sarkar | 56,913 | 36.35 | −6.91 | |
| BJP | Mahadeb Ghosh | 13,319 | 8.51 | ||
| Independent | Sharifuddin Munshi | 6,863 | 4.38 | ||
| MLKSC | Sk. Akher Ali | 1,327 | |||
| BSP | Sunil Chandra Mandal | 1,259 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Altaf Hossain Sk. | 1,159 | |||
| Independent | Iman Mandal | 1,073 | |||
| JD(U) | Nekchaddin Sekh | 547 | |||
| Turnout | 156,551 | 84.07 | |||
| AITCgain fromRSP | Swing | +4.63# | |||
Sharifuddin Munshi, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.[24]
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In2006[15] and 2001[14] state assembly elections, Dhananjoy Modak ofRSP won the Kaliganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Nasiruddin Ahmed and Abdus Salam Munshi, both ofTrinamool Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdus Salam Munshi ofCongress defeated Dhananjoy Modak of RSP in 1996,[13] and Deb Saran Ghosh of RSP in 1991[12] and 1987.[11] Debsaran Ghosh of RSP defeated Shibsankar Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1982[10] and S.M.Fazlur Rahman ofJanata Party in 1977.[9][25]
Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay of Congress won in 1972.[8] Mir Fakir Mohammed, Independent, won in 1971.[7] S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] The Kaliganj seat was not there in1962[4] and1957.[3] In 1962,Nakashipara Assembly constituency was an open seat, S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won it. In 1957, Nakashipara was a joint seat with one reserved for SC. S.M.Fazlur Rahman and Mahananda Halder, both of Congress won. Inindependent India's first election in 1951, S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won the Kaliganj open seat.[2]
