Krishnaganj Assembly constituency

Krishnaganj is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Krishnaganj
Constituency No. 88 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Krishnaganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Lok Sabha constituency	Ranaghat
Established	1977
Total electors	273,728
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ashis Kumar Biswas
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 88 Krishnaganj Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Krishnaganj community development block, and Badkulla-I, Badkulla-II, Betna Gobindapur, Dakshin Para I, Dakshin Para II, Gajna, Mayurhat I and Mayurhat II gram panchayats of Hanskhali community development block.^[1]

Krishnaganj Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1977	Krishnaganj	Jnanendranath Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1982		Jnanendranath Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1983		Jnanedranath Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[4]
1987		Nayan Chandra Sarkar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1991		Sushil Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1996		Sushil Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
2001		Sushil Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
2006		Binay Krishna Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
2011		Sushil Biswas	All India Trinamool Congress[10]
2015		Satyajit Biswas	All India Trinamool Congress[11]
2016
2019		Ashis Kumar Biswas	Bharatiya Janata Party
2021		Ashis Kumar Biswas	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

Assembly elections, 2021: Krishnaganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashis Kumar Biswas	117,668	50.73	−2.52
	AITC	Dr Tapos Mandal	96,391	41.56	+2.27
	CPI(M)	Jhunu Boidya	10,913	4.71
	BSP	Dipali Biswas	1,801	0.78
Majority			21,277
Turnout			2,31,938
Registered electors			2,72,279
	BJP hold		Swing

2019 By election

In the Krishnaganj seat, the by-election was held due to the murder of the sitting TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas.

Bye-elections, 2019: Krishnaganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ashis Kumar Biswas	1,17,716	53.25	+44.94
	AITC	Pramatha Ranjan Bose	86,850	39.29	−14.43
	CPI(M)	Mrinal Biswas (Mini)	11,646	5.27	−27.86
	INC	Bijay Biswas	3,109	1.41	−0.45
	NOTA	None of the above	1,747	0.79	−0.05
Majority			30,866	13.96
Turnout			2,21,235	83.70
Registered electors			2,64,311
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+29.69

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Krishnaganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satyajit Biswas	1,14,626	53.72	+1.55
	CPI(M)	Mrinal Biswas	70,698	33.13	−7.73
	BJP	Sujit Kumar Biswas	17,741	8.31	+5.22
	INC	Nitya Gopal Mondal	4,175	1.96	N/A
	BSP	Rajnath Sarkar	2,197	1.03	−0.85
	New Democratic Party of India	Biplab Kumar Golder	1,245	0.58
	SUCI(C)	Apurba Biswas	915	0.43
	NOTA	None of the above	1,795	0.84
Majority			43,928	20.59
Turnout			2,13,392	84.76
Registered electors			2,51,773
	AITC hold		Swing

2015 By election

In the Krishnaganj seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting TMC MLA Sushil Biswas on 21 October 2014. ^[12]

West Bengal assembly by-elections, 2015: Krishnaganj (SC) constituency^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Satyajit Biswas	95,469	48.45	−3.72
	BJP	Dr. Manabendra Ray	58,436	29.53	+26.44
	CPI(M)	Dr. Apurba Kumar Biswas	37,620	19.01	−21.85
	INC	Nitya Gopal Mondal	4,817	2.43	N/A
	Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party	Biplab Kumar Golder	1,503	0.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1,826	0.92
Majority			37,033	18.92	+7.61
Turnout			197,845
	AITC hold		Swing

2011 General election

In the 2011 election, Sushil Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Barun Biswas of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Krishnaganj (SC) constituency^[10][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sushil Biswas	96,550	52.17	+2.99#
	CPI(M)	Barun Biswas	75,616	40.86	−5.93
	BJP	Bipul Chandra Sen	5,718	3.09
	BSP	Rajnath Sarkar	3,485	1.88
	Independent	Nisith Roy	2,165
	Nirjatita Samaj Biplabi Party	Biplab Kumar Golder	1,541
Majority			20,934	11.31
Turnout			185,075	87.99
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+8.92#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[9] Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M) won the 88 Krishnaganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sushil Biswas of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sushil Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Bidhan Chandra Poddar of Trinamool Congress/Congress in 2001,^[8] 1996^[7] and 1991.^[6] Nayan Chandra Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Mrinal Kanti Biswas of Congress in 1987.^[5] Jnanendranath Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Ananda Mohan Biswas of Congress in 1982^[3] and Amulya Kumar Biswas of Janata Party in 1977.^[2][14] Prior to that, the constituency did not exist.