Kaliganj Assembly constituency

For disambiguation, see Kaliganj.

Kaliganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kaliganj
Constituency No. 80 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kaliganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Lok Sabha constituency	Krishnanagar
Established	1951
Total electors	248,358
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Alifa Ahmed
Party	AITC
Elected year	2025

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 80 Kaliganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bara Chandghar. Debagram, Faridpur, Gobra, Hatgachha, Juranpur, Kaliganj, Matiari, Mira I, Mira II, Panighata, Plassey I and Plassey II gram panchayats of Kaliganj community development block.^[1]

Kaliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Member	Party Affiliation
1951	S. M. Fazlur Rahman		Indian National Congress[2]
1957	Mahananda Haldar[3]
1962	S. M. Fazlur Rahman[4]
1967[5]
1969[6]
1971	Mir Fakir Mohammed		Independent[7]
1972	Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay		Indian National Congress[8]
1977	Debsaran Ghosh		Revolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1982[10]
1987	Abdus Salam Munshi		Indian National Congress[11]
1991[12]
1996[13]
2001	Dhananjoy Modak		Revolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2006[15]
2011[16]	Nasiruddin Ahamed		Trinamool Congress
2016	Hasanuzzaman Sheikh		Indian National Congress
2021	Nasiruddin Ahamed		Trinamool Congress
2025^	Alifa Ahmed[17]

• ^ denotes by-election

Election results

2025 by-election

2025 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Kaliganj^[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Alifa Ahmed	102,759	55.15	1.8
	BJP	Ashish Ghosh	52,710	28.29	2.62
	INC	Kabil Uddin Shaikh	28,348	15.21	3.23
	NOTA	None of the above	1,502	1.34	0.36
Majority			50,049	26.84	4.4
Turnout			1,86,319	73.36	10.95
	AITC hold		Swing

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Kaliganj constituency^[20][21][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)	1,10,696	53.35
	BJP	Abhijit Ghosh	64,709	30.91
	INC	Abul Kashem	25,076	11.98
	BSP	Sujata Mandal	1,567	0.75
	NOTA	None of the above	2,051	0.98
Majority			46,987	22.44
Turnout			209,379	84.31
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Naseeruddin Ahamed of All India Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sankar Sarkar of Revolutionary Socialist Party.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kaliganj constituency^[16][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)	74,091	47.33	−2.28#
	RSP	Sankar Sarkar	56,913	36.35	−6.91
	BJP	Mahadeb Ghosh	13,319	8.51
	Independent	Sharifuddin Munshi	6,863	4.38
	MLKSC	Sk. Akher Ali	1,327
	BSP	Sunil Chandra Mandal	1,259
	CPI(ML)L	Altaf Hossain Sk.	1,159
	Independent	Iman Mandal	1,073
	JD(U)	Nekchaddin Sekh	547
Turnout			156,551	84.07
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing	+4.63#

Sharifuddin Munshi, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.^[24]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In 2006^[15] and 2001^[14] state assembly elections, Dhananjoy Modak of RSP won the Kaliganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Nasiruddin Ahmed and Abdus Salam Munshi, both of Trinamool Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdus Salam Munshi of Congress defeated Dhananjoy Modak of RSP in 1996,^[13] and Deb Saran Ghosh of RSP in 1991^[12] and 1987.^[11] Debsaran Ghosh of RSP defeated Shibsankar Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1982^[10] and S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Janata Party in 1977.^[9][25]

1951–1972

Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay of Congress won in 1972.^[8] Mir Fakir Mohammed, Independent, won in 1971.^[7] S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won in 1969^[6] and 1967.^[5] The Kaliganj seat was not there in 1962^[4] and 1957.^[3] In 1962,Nakashipara Assembly constituency was an open seat, S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won it. In 1957, Nakashipara was a joint seat with one reserved for SC. S.M.Fazlur Rahman and Mahananda Halder, both of Congress won. In independent India's first election in 1951, S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won the Kaliganj open seat.^[2]