Kaliachak Assembly constituency

Kaliachak Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kaliachak
Former constituency No. 49 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Lok Sabha constituency	Malda
Established	1951
Abolished	2011
Reservation	None

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Kaliachak Assembly constituency ceases to exist from 2011.^[1] There are two new constituencies in the area – Mothabari Assembly constituency and Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency.

Kaliachak Assembly constituency was part of Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Kaliachak (North)	A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	Independent[2]
1951	Kaliachak (South)	Sowrindra Mohan Misra	Indian National Congress[2]
1957	Kaliachak	Mahibur Rahman Choudhury	Indian National Congress[3]
1962		Promode Ranjan Bose	Independent[4]
1967		N.Islam	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1969		Shamsuddin Ahamed	Indian National Congress[6]
1971		Shamsuddin Ahamed	Indian National Congress[7]
1972		Shamsuddin Ahamed	Indian National Congress[8]
1977		Ahamed Shamsuddin	Indian National Congress[9]
1982		Promode Ranjan Bose	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1987		Dinesh Chandra Joarder	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1991		Dinesh Chandra Joarder	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1996		Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[13]
2001		Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	Indian National Congress[14]
2006		Biswanath Ghosh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]

For MLAs from the area in subsequent years see Baisnabnagar Assembly constituency and Mothabari Assembly constituency

Election results

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[15] Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Kaliachak assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury of Congress defeated Biswanath Ghosh of CPI(M) in 2001^[14] and 1996.^[13] Dinesh Joardar of CPI(M) defeated Ahmed Shamsuddin of Congress in 1991^[12] and 1987.^[11] Promode Ranjan Bose of CPI(M) defeated Ahmed Shamsuddin of Congress in 1982.^[10] Ahmed Shamsuddin of Congress defeated Promode Ranjan Bose of CPI(M) in 1977.^[9][16]

1951–1972

Shamsuddin Ahamed of Congress won in 1972,^[8] 1971^[7] and 1969.^[6] N. Islam of CPI(M) won in 1967.^[5] Promode Ranjan Bose, Independent, won in 1962.^[4] Mahibur Rahman Choudhury of Congress won in 1957.^[3] In 1951,^[2] when independent India’s first election was held, there were two seats in Kaliachak. Abul Barkat Ataul Gani, Independent, won the Kaliachak (North) seat. Sowrindra Mohan Misra of Congress won the Kaliachak (South) seat.