Krishnagar East Assembly constituency

Krishnanagar East Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1967	Kashi Kanta Maitra		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1971			Independent politician
1972			Indian National Congress
1977			Janata Party
1982	Sadhan Chattopadhyay		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987
1991	Shibdas Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
1996
2001			All India Trinamool Congress
2006	Subinay Ghosh		Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election History

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[1] Subinay Ghosh of CPI(M) won the Krishnagar East assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Ramendranath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shibdas Mukherjee, representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress in 1996 and 1991, defeated Radhanath Biswas of CPI(M) in 2001^[2] and 1996,^[3] and Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1991.^[4] Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Shibdas Mukherjee of Congress in 1987.^[5] Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party in 1982.^[6] Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party defeated Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1977.^[7][8]

Kashi Kanta Maitra representing Congress won in 1972,^[9] contesting as an independent candidate won in 1971,^[10] and representing SSP won in 1969^[11] and 1967.^[12]