Kaliganj Assembly constituency

Kaliganj
Kaliganj
Constituency No. 80 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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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
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Alifa Ahmed
Party	AITC
Elected year	2026

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

CountryIndia

RegionEast India

StateWest Bengal

DistrictNadia

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Year	Member
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]	Debsaran Ghosh	Revolutionary Socialist Party^[9]
1987	Abdus Salam Munshi	Indian National Congress^[11]
1991^[12]
1996^[13]
2001	Dhananjoy Modak	Revolutionary Socialist Party^[14]
2006^[15]	Dhananjoy Modak	Revolutionary Socialist Party^[14]
2011^[16]	Nasiruddin Ahamed	Trinamool Congress
2016	Hasanuzzaman Sheikh	Indian National Congress
2021	Nasiruddin Ahamed	Trinamool Congress
2025^	Alifa Ahmed^[17]
2026	Alifa Ahmed^[17]


2026			40.77%
2025 (by-poll)			55.15%
2021			53.35%
2016			45.65%
2011			47.33%
2006			43.26%
2001			36.69%
1996			42.67%
1991			37.13%
1987			47.74%
1982			38.17%
1977			41.16%
1972			41.16%
1971			26.94%
1969			51.81%
1967			53.15%
1962			39.06%
1957 (Seat-1)			39.86%
1957 (Seat-2)			38.64%
1951			58.08%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Alifa Ahmed	89,292	40.77	12.58
	BJP	Bapan Ghosh	79,120	36.12	5.21
	CPI(M)	Sabina Iyasmin Sekh	22,806	10.41
	AJUP	Kechhabuddin Sekh	16,222	7.41
	INC	Kabil Uddin Shaikh	4,267	1.95	10.03
	NOTA	None of the above	2,105	0.96	0.02
Majority			10,172	4.65	17.79
Turnout			219,023	93.76	9.45
	AITC hold		Swing

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	73.39	10.95
	AITC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Nasiruddin Ahamed	111,696	53.35
	BJP	Abhijit Ghosh	64,709	30.91
	INC	Abul Kashem	25,076	11.98
	NOTA	None of the above	2,051	0.98
Majority			46,987	22.44
Turnout			209,379	84.31
	AITC gain from INC		Swing

Kaliganj Assembly constituency

Overview

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2026

2025 by-election

2021

2016

2011

2006

2001

1996

1991

1987

1982

1977

1972

1971

1969

1967

1962

1957

1951

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Hasanuzzaman Sk	85,125	45.65
	AITC	Ahamed Nasiruddin (Lal)	83,898	44.99
	BJP	Saikat Sarkar	10,373	5.56
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,349	1.26
	SUCI(C)	Harroj Ali Shaikh	1,119	0.60
	SS	Biplab Roy	1,075	0.58
	CPI(ML)L	Altaf Hossain Sekh	946	0.51
	BSP	Sunil Mandal	890	0.48
	SP	Swapan Modak	711	0.38
Majority			1,227	0.66
Turnout			186,486	85.93
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)	74,091	47.33
	RSP	Sankar Sarkar	56,913	36.35
	BJP	Mahadeb Ghosh	13,319	8.51
	IND	Sharifuddin Munshi^[a]	6,863	4.38
	IUML	Sekh. Akher Ali	1,327	0.85
	BSP	Sunil Chandra Mondal	1,259	0.80
	CPI(ML)L	Altaf Hossain Sk	1,159	0.74
	IND	Iman Mandal	1,073	0.69
	JD(U)	Nekchaddin Sk.	547	0.35
Majority			17,178	10.98
Turnout			156,551	84.04
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RSP	Dhananjoy Modak	57,006	43.26
	AITC	Nasiruddin Ahmed	53,245	40.41
	INC	Abdus Salam Munshi	12,117	9.20
	IND	Sk. Khoda Box	6,410	4.86
	SP	Habibur Rahaman	2,984	2.26
Majority			3,761	2.85
Turnout			131,762
	RSP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RSP	Dhananjoy Modak	44,328	36.69
	AITC	Abdus Salam Munshi	31,806	26.33
	BJP	Urmibala Mookherjee	30,696	25.41
	IUML	Jafarulla Molla	6,619	5.48
	IND	Harroj Ali Shaikh	3,467	2.87
	CPI(ML)L	Krishna Pramanik	2,146	1.78
	IND	Mir Fakir Mohammad	1,751	1.45
Majority			12,522	10.36
Turnout			120,870	74.89
	RSP gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Abdus Salam Munshi	50,665	42.67
	RSP	Dhananjoy Modak	49,291	41.51
	BJP	Subal Chandra Sarkar	13,026	10.97
	CPI(ML)L	Altaf Hossain Shaikh	1,778	1.50
	IUML	Sekh Rahamatulla	988	0.83
	IND	Harroj Ali Shaikh	969	0.82
	SS	Adhir Kumar Biswas	858	0.72
	INL	Molla Jafrulla	522	0.44
	BSP	Khan Mozibor Rahaman	333	0.28
	AIIC(T)	Amal Mazumder	188	0.16
	SAP	Siraj Mondal	126	0.11
Majority			1,374	1.16
Turnout			123,664	79.31
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Abdus Salam Munshi	39,245	37.13
	RSP	Ghosh Deb Saran	35,467	33.56
	BJP	Subal Chandra Sarkar	25,527	24.15
	IPF	Krishna Pada Pramanik	2,158	2.04
	IND	Harrot Ali Shaikh	1,757	1.66
	JP	Mandal Noor Hossain	837	0.79
	IND	Molla Habibur Rahaman	354	0.33
	HM	Sankar Kumar Dutta	342	0.32
Majority			3,778	3.57
Turnout			109,636	79.78
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	S. M. Fazlur Rahaman	43,948	47.74
	RSP	Ghosh Debsaran	43,030	46.75
	IND	Ajit Kumar Saha	2,007	2.18
	SUCI(C)	Shaikh Harrooj Ali	2,004	2.18
	IUML	Harun-Li-Rasid Shaik	755	0.82
	IND	Shaikh Suruchand Ali	307	0.33
Majority			918	0.99
Turnout			93,688	78.32
	INC gain from RSP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RSP	Debsaran Ghosh	28,873	38.17
	INC	Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay	26,878	35.53
	IND	Rahman S. M. Fazlur	17,650	23.33
	IND	Mustafizur Rahaman	1,131	1.50
	IND	Probodh Ranjan Rajwar	1,116	1.48
Majority			1,995	2.64
Turnout			77,233	80.27
	RSP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RSP	Debsaran Ghosh	21,851	41.16
	JP	S. M. Fazlur Rahman	18,729	35.28
	INC	Shib Sankar Bandyopadhyay	12,188	22.96
	IUML	Md. Islam Molla	320	0.60
Majority			3,122	5.88
Turnout			53,943	71.16
	RSP gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Shib Sankar Bandopdchayay	19,077	41.16
	CPI(M)	Mir Fakir Mohammad	15,757	34.00
	IND	Rame Dra Nath Mukherjee	8,536	18.42
	IUML	S. M. Narul Islam	2,976	6.42
Majority			3,320	7.16
Turnout			47,644	64.51
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	IND	Mir Fakir Mohammed	10,686	26.94
	IND	Mohammed Islam Molla	9,047	22.81
	INC(O)	Shiv Sankar Bandopadhay	7,287	18.37
	INC	Armanali Munshi	5,162	13.01
	RSP	Ghosh Debsaran	4,960	12.50
	CPI	Gurudas Sikdar	2,253	5.68
	IND	Sanatan Mandal	272	0.69
Majority			1,639	4.13
Turnout			45,134	62.49
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Syama Prosad Barman	11,703	39.06
	CPI	Amrita Lal Sarker	9,025	30.12
	SWA	Jatindra Nath Pramanik	7,190	23.99
	PSP	Anandi Roy Barman	2,047	6.83
Majority			2,678	8.94
Turnout			31,570	49.53
	INC hold		Swing

1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jonab S. M. Fazlur Rahaman	20,933	58.08
	ABJS	Makhan Lal Roy Choudhury	10,863	30.14
	IND	Nihar Ranjan Roy	1,607	4.46
	IND	Nripendranarayan Bandapadhya	1,220	3.39
	KMPP	Jonab Obedul Huq Kazi	1,040	2.89
	FB(RG)	Sasanka Kumar Patra	376	1.04
Majority			10,070	27.94
Turnout			36,039	62.35
	INC win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	S. M. Fazlur Rahman	26,536	51.81
	BAC	Rafiuddin Mondal	24,685	48.19
Majority			1,851	3.62
Turnout			52,504	78.40
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	S. M. F. Rahman	28,014	53.15
	BAC	R. N. Mukherjee	24,697	46.85
Majority			3,317	6.30
Turnout			54,851	81.92
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	S. M. Fazlur Rahman	43,926	39.86
	INC	Mahananda Haldar	42,585	38.64
	IND	Nihar Ranjan Roy	14,533	13.19
	IND	Bijoy Krishna Sarkar	9,167	8.32
Majority			1,341	1.22
Turnout			110,211	95.65
	INC hold		Swing