Kalna Assembly constituency
| Kalna | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 264 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kalna Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman Purba |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 187,158 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Kalna Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 264 Kalna (SC) assembly constituency covers Kalna municipality, Kalna II community development block and Bagnapara, Hatkalna and Krishnadevpur gram panchayats of Kalna I community development block.[1]
As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency from 2009.[1] Kalna (SC) assembly segment was part of Katwa Lok Sabha constituency prior to 2009.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Baidyanath Sanyal | Indian National Congress | |
| Rash Behari Sen | |||
| 1957 | Hare Krishna Konar | Communist Party of India | |
| Jamadar Majhi | |||
| 1962 | Hare Krishna Konar | ||
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Nurul Islam Mollah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Guruprasad Sinha Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Anju Kar | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Anjali Mondal | ||
| 2011 | Biswajit Kundu | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Deboprasad Bag | ||
| 2026 | Siddhartha Majumdar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election results
[edit]2026
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Siddhartha Majumdar | 110,790 | 51.96 |  9.56 | |
| AITC | Deboprasad Bag | 82,160 | 38.53 |  7.45 | |
| CPI(M) | Sharmistha Nag Saha | 13,784 | 6.46 | 2.64 | |
| INC | Amal Kumar Saha | 2,563 | 1.2 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,333 | 0.63 | 0.57 | |
| Majority | 28,630 | 13.43 | 9.85 | ||
| Turnout | 213,233 | 94.11 | 7.58 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing |
2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Deboprasad Bag | 96,073 | 45.98 | 4.34 | |
| BJP | Biswajit Kundu | 88,595 | 42.4 | 33.32 | |
| CPI(M) | Nirab Khan | 19,005 | 9.1 | 28.17 | |
| BSP | Radheshyam Mandal | 2,084 | 1.0 | 0.02 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,507 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 7,478 | 3.58 | |||
| Turnout | 208,951 | 86.53 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing |
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biswajit Kundu | 97,430 | 50.32 | 0.34 | |
| CPI(M) | Sukul Chandra Sikdar | 72,169 | 37.27 | 5.29 | |
| BJP | Newton Majumdar | 17,577 | 9.08 | 5.54 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,865 | 1.48 |  | |
| BSP | Radheshyam Mandal | 1,976 | 1.02 | 0.18 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Pejush Kumar Sahana | 1,612 | 0.83 | 0.14 | |
| Majority | 25,261 | 13.05 | 5.63 | ||
| Turnout | 1,93,629 | 88.00 | 2.69 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing |
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biswajit Kundu | 85,096 | 49.98 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sukul Chandra Sikdar | 72,459 | 42.56 | ||
| BJP | Dilip Mondal | 6,021 | 3.54 | ||
| Independent | Tapas Das | 2,053 | 1.21 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Pejush Kumar Sahana | 1,647 | 0.97 | ||
| PDS | Shibu Halder | 1,557 | 0.91 | ||
| BSP | Radheshyam Mandal | 1,437 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | 12,637 | 7.42 | |||
| Turnout | 1,70,270 | 90.69 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
2006
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anjali Mondal | 90,046 | 59.74 | ||
| AITC | Asis Chakraborty | 42,999 | 28.53 | ||
| INC | Lakshman Kumar Roy | 15,665 | 10.39 | ||
| BSP | Rabindra Nath Halder | 2,027 | 1.34 | ||
| Majority | 47,047 | 31.21 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing |
2001
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 79,401 | 54.29 | ||
| AITC | Sridhar Banerjee | 54,448 | 37.23 | ||
| BJP | Shankar Halder | 8,135 | 5.56 | ||
| PDS | Hemanta Mukherjee | 2,932 | 2.00 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jagannath Mondal | 1,349 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 24,953 | 17.06 | |||
| Turnout | 146,359 | 87.48 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1996
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 72,329 | 52.40 | ||
| INC | Lakshman Kumar Roy | 55,825 | 40.44 | ||
| BJP | Biswanath Ghosh | 6,400 | 4.64 | ||
| JMM | Baidyanath Murmu | 2,201 | 1.59 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jagannath Mondal | 729 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | Rabindranath Haldar | 225 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Ranu Goldar | 167 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | Sukanta Pal | 163 | 0.12 | ||
| Majority | 16,504 | 11.96 | |||
| Turnout | 140,100 | 88.57 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1991
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 64,560 | 54.43 | ||
| INC | Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhayay | 37,910 | 31.96 | ||
| BJP | Debasish Bhattacharaya | 13,941 | 11.75 | ||
| JMM | Soren Madhu | 1,337 | 1.13 | ||
| BSP | Ranu Goldar | 872 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 26,650 | 22.47 | |||
| Turnout | 120,489 | 83.76 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1987
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 59,092 | 60.32 | ||
| INC | Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee | 36,978 | 37.75 | ||
| Independent | Madhu Soren | 1,091 | 1.11 | ||
| Independent | Subodh Naskar | 619 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Ajoy Kumar Ghosh | 177 | 0.18 | ||
| Majority | 22,114 | 22.57 | |||
| Turnout | 99,397 | 82.15 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1982
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 47,829 | 56.77 | ||
| INC | Sudhir Ghosh | 34,365 | 40.79 | ||
| Independent | Gopal Garai | 2,060 | 2.44 | ||
| Majority | 13,464 | 15.98 | |||
| Turnout | 85,798 | 82.53 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1977
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Guruprasad Sinha Roy | 31,826 | 56.06 | ||
| JP | Debendra Bejoy Ghosh | 13,074 | 23.03 | ||
| INC | Nurul Islam | 11,868 | 20.91 | ||
| Majority | 18,752 | 33.03 | |||
| Turnout | 57,621 | 64.49 | |||
| Swing to CPI(M) from INC | Swing |
1972
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nubul Islam Molia | 62,476 | 97.81 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dilip Kumar Dubey | 952 | 1.49 | ||
| Independent | Soren Madhu | 444 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 61,524 | 96.32 | |||
| Turnout | 64,170 | 78.25 | |||
| Swing to INC from CPI(M) | Swing |
1971
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Konar Harf Krishna | 31,896 | 54.45 | ||
| INC | Nurul Islam Molla | 24,930 | 42.56 | ||
| Jharkhand Party | Kanka Murmu | 1,754 | 2.99 | ||
| Majority | 6,966 | 11.89 | |||
| Turnout | 60,709 | 75.55 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1969
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Hare Krishna Konar | 29,384 | 56.98 | ||
| INC | Debendra Bejoy Ghosh | 22,188 | 43.02 | ||
| Majority | 7,196 | 13.96 | |||
| Turnout | 52,559 | 72.90 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing |
1967
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | H. K. Konar | 22,128 | 47.58 | ||
| INC | D. B. Ghosh | 20,877 | 44.89 | ||
| PSP | N. K. Roy | 3,240 | 6.97 | ||
| Independent | K. Das | 266 | 0.57 | ||
| Majority | 1,251 | 2.69 | |||
| Turnout | 48,754 | 70.18 | |||
| Swing to CPI(M) from CPI | Swing |
1962
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Hare Krishna Konar | 23,924 | 53.36 | ||
| INC | Dehendra Bejoy Ghosh | 20,222 | 45.10 | ||
| Independent | Suresh Chandra Kumar | 690 | 1.54 | ||
| Majority | 3,702 | 8.26 | |||
| Turnout | 47,188 | 60.56 | |||
| CPI win (new seat) |
1957
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Hare Krishna Konar | 32,996 | 25.95 | ||
| CPI | Jamadar Majhi | 32,043 | 25.20 | ||
| INC | Baidyanath Majhi | 26,900 | 21.16 | ||
| INC | Rashbehari Sen | 22,084 | 17.37 | ||
| Independent | Anandagopal Kumar | 9,568 | 7.53 | ||
| Independent | Kalo Majhi | 2,062 | 1.62 | ||
| Independent | Dubraj Majhi | 1,492 | 1.17 | ||
| Majority | 5,143 | 4.04 | |||
| Turnout | 127,145 | 99.55 |
1951
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Baidyanath Santal | 21,120 | 22.49 | ||
| INC | Rash Behari Sen | 18,390 | 19.58 | ||
| CPI | Jamadar Majhi | 18,070 | 19.24 | ||
| KMPP | Ananda Gopal Kumar | 17,453 | 18.58 | ||
| ABJS | Krishna Kinkar Nandy | 11,092 | 11.81 | ||
| Independent | Hilaram Chattopadhyay | 2,364 | 2.52 | ||
| Independent | Kali Krishna Das | 1,823 | 1.94 | ||
| Independent | Radha Raman Sen | 1,379 | 1.47 | ||
| Independent | Pashu Santal | 1,291 | 1.37 | ||
| Independent | Kali Prasanna Chaudhury | 931 | 0.99 | ||
| Majority | 320 | 0.34 | |||
| Turnout | 93,913 | 88.18 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
