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 | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kalna 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]
Kalna (SC) assembly segment was part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency) prior to 2009. As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency) from 2009.[1]
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 | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Nurul Islam Mollah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Guruprasad Sinha Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Anju Kar | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Anjali Mondal | ||
| 2011 | Biswajit Kundu | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Deboprasad Bag (Poltu) | ||
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Deboprosad Bag (Poltu) | 96,073 | 45.98 |  4.34
| |
| BJP | Biswjit Kundu | 88,595 | 42.40 |  33.32
| |
| CPI(M) | Nirab Khan | 19,005 | 9.10 | 28.17
| |
| BSP | Radheshyam Mondal | 2,084 | 1.00 | 0.02
| |
| SUCI(C) | Kali Charan Sardar | 687 | 0.33 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,507 | 1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 208,951 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biswajit Kundu | 97,430 | 50.32 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sukul Chandra Sikdar | 72,169 | 37.27 | ||
| BJP | Newton Majumdar | 17,577 | 9.08 | ||
| BSP | Radheshyam Mondal | 1,976 | 1.02 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Pejush Kumar Sahana | 1,612 | 0.83 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,865 | 1.48 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biswajit Kundu | 85,096 | 49.98 | +11.01# | |
| CPI(M) | Sukul Chandra Sikdar | 72,459 | 42.56 | −17.18 | |
| BJP | Dilip Mondal | 6,021 | 3.54 | ||
| Independent | Tapan Das | 2,053 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Pijush Kumar Sahana | 1,647 | |||
| PDS | Shibu Halder | 1,557 | |||
| BSP | Radhesyam Mondal | 1,437 | |||
| Turnout | 170,270 | 90.98 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +28.24# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977–2006
[edit]Anjali Mondal of CPI(M) won the Kalna assembly seat in 2006, defeating her nearest rival Asis Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Anju Kar of CPI(M) won the seat 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 defeating her nearest rivals, Sridhar Banerjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Lakshman Kumar Roy of Congress in 1996, Dhirendranath Chaterjee of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Sudhir Ghosh of Congress in 1982. Guruprasad Sinha Roy of CPI(M) won the seat in 1977 defeating Debendra Bejoy Ghosh of Janata Party in 1977.[8]
1951–1972
[edit]Nurul Islam Mollah of Congress won the Kalna assembly seat in 1972. Hare Krishna Konar of CPI(M) won the seat in 1971, 1969, 1967 and 1962 (representing CPI). In 1957 and 1951, it was a double member seat. In 1957, it was won by Hare Krishna Konar and Jamadar Majhi, both representing CPI. In independent India's first election in 1951, it was won by Baidyanath Santal and Rasbehari, both Congress.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ "Kalna Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Kalna". 2016 Legislative Assembly Election. Result University. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Kalna". Assembly Election Result 2016 Live. InfoElections. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Kalna". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kalna. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kalna. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "276 – Kalna Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
