| Kaliaganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 34 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kaliaganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 282,575 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kaliaganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inUttar Dinajpur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 34 Kaliaganj Assembly constituency (SC) coversKaliaganj municipality,Kaliaganjcommunity development block and Barua and Birghaigram panchayats ofRaiganj community development block.[1]
Kaliaganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofBalurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Election Year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Syama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Debendra Nath Roy | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Naba Kumar Roy | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Ramani Kanti Debsarma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Pramatha Nath Ray | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Nani Gopal Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | Pramatha Nath Ray | Indian National Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2019^ | Tapan Deb Singha | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Soumen Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
In the 2021 election,Soumen Roy ofBJP defeated his nearest rivalTapan Deb Singha ofTrinamool Congress. Soumen Roy himself later defected to Trinamool Congress. He later rejoined the BJP.[citation needed]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Soumen Roy | 116,768 | 48.71 | +5.17 | |
| AITC | Tapan Deb Singha | 94,948 | 39.61 | −5.04 | |
| INC | Pravash Sarkar | 16,770 | 7.00 | −1.64 | |
| Independent | Sudhir Sarkar | 4,004 | 1.67 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,007 | 1.25 | +0.21 | |
| SUCI(C) | Gopal Chunary | 1,073 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Shyama Sarkar | 781 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Chandra Ray | 552 | 0.23 | ||
| Independent | Alen Sarkar | 408 | 0.17 | ||
| AMB | Namala Kanta Sarkar | 387 | 0.16 | ||
| Turnout | 239,726 | 88.80 | +7.76 | ||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
A bye-poll was necessitated due to the death of the incumbent MLA,Pramatha Nath Ray. In this election,Tapan Deb Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Tapan Deb Singha | 97,428 | 44.65 | +13.88 | |
| BJP | Kamal Chandra Sarkar | 95,014 | 43.54 | +30.84 | |
| INC | Dhitashri Roy | 18,857 | 8.64 | −43.94 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,273 | 1.04 | −0.61 | |
| Independent | Darbindu Sarkar | 1,868 | 0.86 | ||
| SP | Pradip Kumar Ray | 1,860 | 0.85 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jagadish Rajbhar | 900 | 0.41 | −0.20 | |
| Turnout | 218,200 | 81.04 | −4.61 | ||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Basanta Roy of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pramatha Nath Ray | 112,868 | 52.58 | +4.99 | |
| AITC | Basanta Roy | 66,266 | 30.87 | ||
| BJP | Rupak Roy | 27,252 | 12.70 | +9.02 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,533 | 1.65 | ||
| BSP | Basudeb Debsharma | 1,850 | 0.86 | +0.04 | |
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | Jiten Roy Sinha | 1,560 | 0.73 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jagadish Rajbhar | 1,313 | 0.61 | +0.11 | |
| Turnout | 214,642 | 85.65 | −2.30 | ||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pramatha Nath Ray | 84,873 | 47.59 | −2.51 | |
| CPI(M) | Nani Gopal Roy | 77,583 | 43.51 | −1.46 | |
| BJP | Bhupati Roy | 6,563 | 3.68 | ||
| Independent | Hriday Chandra Sarkar | 3,302 | 1.85 | ||
| BSP | Basudeb Debsharma | 1,471 | 0.82 | ||
| Independent | Himangshu Roy | 1,251 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Jagadish Rajbhar | 894 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Sunil Barman | 817 | |||
| Independent | Kanu Roy | 684 | |||
| Independent | Sushila Barman | 486 | |||
| Independent | Rabindranath Barman | 400 | |||
| Turnout | 178,324 | 87.95 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | -1.15 | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[4] Nani Gopal Roy ofCPI(M) won the Kaliaganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pramatha Nath Ray ofCongress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pramathanath Ray of Congress defeated Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) in 2001[5] and 1996.[6] Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) defeated Pramatha Nath Roy of Congress in 1991[7] and Naba Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987.[8] Naba Kumar Roy of Congress defeated Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) in 1982[9] and 1977.[10][11]
Debendra Nath Roy of Congress won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Syama Prasad Barman won the Kaliaganj seat in 1969,[14] 1967[15] and1962.[16] Prior to that the Kaliaganj seat was not there. In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1957.[17] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1951.[18]
