| Nakashipara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 81 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Nakashipara Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Krishnanagar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 247,691 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Nakashipara Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNadia district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 81 Nakashipara Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bethuadahari I and Bethuadahari II, Billwa Gram, Birpur I, Birpur II, Dharmada, Dogachhia, Majher Gram, Muragachha, Nakasipara and Patikabarigram panchayats ofNakashiparacommunity development block, and Palit Begia and Rajarampur Ghoraikhetra gram panchayats ofKaliganj community development block.[1]
Nakashipara Assembly constituency is part of No. 12Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jagannath Majumdar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Mahananda Haldar | ||
| 1957 | S. M. Fazlur Rahman | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | M. C. Mondal | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Nil Kamal Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Govindo Chandra Mondal | Independent politician | |
| 1972 | Nil Kamal Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Mir Fakir Mohammad | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Santosh Kumar Sinha | ||
| 1991 | Shaikh Khabiruddin Ahmed | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Kallol Khan | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 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 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
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.
| 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 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | +7.90# | |||
Anil Barai, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.[7]
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the year2016 Kallol Khan ofTrinamool Congress won the Nakashipara seat defeating his nearest rivals Tanmoy Ganguly ofCPI(M) .In the2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Kallol Khan ofTrinamool Congress won the Nakashipara seat defeating his nearest rivals S.M. Sadi ofCPI(M) in 2006[8] and Shaikh Khabiruddin Ahmed of CPI(M) in 2001.[9] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shaikh Khabiruddin Ahmed of CPI(M) defeated Dhrubajyoti Ghosh ofCongress in 1996,[10] and Kallol Khan representing Congress in 1991.[11] Santosh Kumar Sinha of CPI(M) defeated Kallol Khan of Congress in 1987.[12] Mir Fakir Mohammad of CPI(M) defeated Nil Kamal Sarkar of Congress in 1982[13] and S.M.Badaruddin of Congress in 1977.[14][15]
Between 1967 and 1972 the Nakashipara seat was reserved for scheduled castes. Nil Kamal Sarkar of Congress won in 1972.[16] Govindo Chandra Mondal, Independent, won in 1971.[17] Nil Kamal Sarkar of Congress won in 1969.[18] M.C.Mondal ofBangla Congress won in 1967.[19] In1962[20] S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won the Nakasipara open seat. In1957[21] Nakashipara was a joint seat with one seat reserved for SC. Mahananda Haldar and S.M.Fazlur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Nakashipara. Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Jagannath Majumdar of Congress won the Nakshipara open seat.[22]
