| Nadanghat | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 277 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Katwa |
| Established | 1967 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Reservation | None |
Nadanghat Assembly constituency was anassembly constituency inPurba Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Nadanghat Assembly constituency ceased to exist from 2011.[1]
Nadanghat assembly constituency was part ofKatwa (Lok Sabha constituency).
Swapan Debnath ofTrinamool Congress won the Nadanghat assembly seat in 2006 defeating his nearest rival Ratan Das ofCPI (M). In 2001, Ratan Das of CPI (M) defeatedSwapan Debnath of Trinamool Congress. In 1996 and 1991, Biren Ghosh of CPI (M) defeated Swapan Debnath of Congress and Paresh Chandra Goswami in respective years. In 1987, 1982 and 1977Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah of CPI (M) defeatedSwapan Debnath, Paresh Chandra Goswami and Biswanath Basu, all of Congress, in the respective years.[2]
In 1972, Paresh Chandra Goswami of Congress won the seat. In 1971 and 1969, Syed Mansur Habibullah of CPI (M) won the seat. P.C.Goswami of INC won the seat in 1967. Prior to that the Nadanghat seat was not there.[3]
