| Nabagram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 65 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Nabagram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jangipur |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 251,378 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Nabagram is anassembly constituency inMurshidabad district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 65 Nabagram Assembly constituency (SC) coversNabagramcommunity development block, and Niyallishpara Goaljan, Radharghat I, Radharghat II and Sahajadpurgram panchayats ofBerhampore community development block.[1]
Nabagram Assembly constituency is part of No. 9Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | A. K. Bakshi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Birendra Narayan Roy | Independent politician | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Aditya Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Birendra Narayan Ray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Sisir Kumar Sarkar | ||
| 1996 | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000^ | Nripen Chaudhuri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Mukul Mondal | ||
| 2011 | Kanai Chandra Mondal | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kanai Chandra Mondal | 100,455 | 48.18 | ||
| BJP | Mohan Haldar | 64,922 | 31.14 | ||
| CPI(M) | Kripalini Ghosh | 39,129 | 18.77 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,629 | 1.26 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Barun Mandal | 1,381 | 0.66 | ||
| Majority | 35,533 | 17.04 | |||
| Turnout | 2,08,516 | 82.95 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 assembly election, Kanai Chandra Mandol of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dilip Saha of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Kanai Chandra Mondal | 99,545 | 55.80 | ||
| AITC | Dilip Saha | 61,102 | 34.20 | ||
| BJP | Susanta Marjit | 13,084 | 7.30 | ||
| SP | Radha Madhab Mandal | 2,372 | 1.30 | ||
| WPOI | Amit Mehena | 1,232 | 0.70 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Babun Mandal | 1,143 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 38,443 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,78,478 | 87.65 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated onCongress+CPIM vote percentages taken together in 2016.
In the 2011 assembly election, Kanai Mondol of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Prabal Sarkar of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Kanai Chandra Mondal | 78,703 | 48.98 | −3.20 | |
| INC | Prabal Sarkar | 71,147 | 44.27 | +1.14# | |
| BJP | Dilip Halder | 4,489 | 2.05 | ||
| SDPI | Gurupada Das | 3,298 | |||
| Independent | Anil Mondal | 3,057 | |||
| Turnout | 160,694 | 87.65 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | -4.34# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2006 assembly election, Mukul Mondal of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rathin Ghosh of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mukul Mondal | 74,594 | 52.18 | ||
| INC | Rathin Ghosh | 52,018 | 43.13 | ||
| AITC | Nirmal Kumar Dutta | 9,400 | 2.05 | ||
| Independent | Rakhahari Mondal | 1,744 | |||
| Independent | Barun Mondal | 1,638 | |||
| Independent | Nazimul Islam | 1,533 | |||
| Independent | Gadadhar Mondal | 1,470 | |||
| Independent | Anil Mondal | 3,057 | |||
| Turnout | 142,397 | 87.65 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | -4.34# | |||
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2001 assembly election, Nripen Chaudhuri of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Arit Mazumder of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Nripen Chaudhuri | 65,609 | 49.46% | ||
| INC | Arit Mazumder | 57,957 | 43.69% | ||
| BJP | Abhiram Murmu | 5,016 | 3.78% | ||
| Independent | Nipen Choudhury | 1,714 | 1.29% | ||
| Independent | Sukumar Marjit | 1,367 | 1.03% | ||
| Independent | Shib Sankar Hazra | 990 | 0.75% | ||
| Turnout | 132,653 | 80.86% | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | -4.34# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
A by-election was held on 17 February 2000 following the resignation of the sittingMLA,Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury who was elected asMP In Parliament fromBaharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Nripen Chaudhuri | 62,648 | 49.72 | ||
| INC | Shyamal Ray | 54,339 | 43.13 | ||
| AITC | Nirmal Kumar Dutta | 8,707 | 6.91 | ||
| Independent | Pranab Ghosh | 184 | 0.14 | ||
| Independent | Debasish Sarkar | 122 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 8,309 | 6.59 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,186 | ||||
| CPI(M)gain fromINC | Swing | +21.27 | |||
In the 1996 election,Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Muzaffar Hossain of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 76,852 | 55.84% | ||
| CPI(M) | Muzaffar Hossain | 56,523 | 41.07% | ||
| BJP | Alauddin Shaikh | 2,671 | 1.94% | ||
| Shiv Sena | Anath Bandhu Das | 898 | 0.65% | ||
| BSP | Soumen Das | 478 | 0.35% | ||
| JD(U) | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | 208 | 0.15% | ||
| Majority | 20,329 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,37,630 | 89.71% | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the2006 state assembly elections,[10] Mukul Mondal ofCPI(M) won the Nabagram assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rathin Ghosh ofCongress. Nripen Chaudhuri of CPI(M) defeated Arit Majumdar of Congress in 2001.[11] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2000 by-elections, Nripen Chaudhuri of CPI(M) defeated Shyamal Ray ofCongress. The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA,Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was Elected to Indian Parliament fromBaharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress defeated Muzaffar Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996.[8] Sisir Kumar Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress in 1991.[12] Birendra Narayan Ray of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Majumdar of Congress in 1987[13] and 1982,[14] and Durgapada Sinha ofJanata Party in 1977.[15][16] Later Mr. Pradip Majumdar became the Chairman of Berhampore Municipality, West Bengal. He fought the elections and emerged successfully to become the head of Berhampore Municipality.
Aditya Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1972.[17] Birendra Narayan Roy, Independent, won in 1971[18] and 1969.[19] A.K.Bakshi of Congress won in 1967.[20] The Nabagram seat was not there prior to that.