Nabadwip Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Nabadwip Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Nabadwip | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 84 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Nabadwip Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | Nadia |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ranaghat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 230,011 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Pundarikakshya Saha (AITC) |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 84 Nabadwip Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nabadwip municipality, Nabadwip community development block, and Bhaluka and Joania gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block.[1]
Nabadwip Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Niranjan Modak | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Debi Prasad Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Sachindra Mohan Nandy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Debi Prasad Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1972 | Radha Raman Saha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Debi Prosad Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Biswanath Mitra | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Pundarikakhsa Saha | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Srutisekhar Goswami | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Srutisekhar Goswami | 108,631 | 49.79 |  10.09 | |
| AITC | Pundarikakshya Saha | 87,187 | 39.96 |  8.56 | |
| CPI(M) | Swarnendu Sinha | 15,612 | 7.16 | 1.64 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,016 | 0.47 | 0.64 | |
| Majority | 21,444 | 9.83 | 1.01 | ||
| Turnout | 218,181 | 94.66 | 8.05 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
2011
In the 2011 election, Pundarkshya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sumit Biswas of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pundarikakhsa Saha | 94,117 | 53.45 | −2.53# | |
| CPI(M) | Sumit Biswas | 71,282 | 40.49 | −3.64 | |
| BJP | Pinki Agarwal | 7,303 | 4.15 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Parikshit Paul | 336 | |||
| Turnout | 176,069 | 88.06 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | 1.11 | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. On its own the Trinamool Congress vote percentage was +2.35% and the swing was 5.99%.
2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[6] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress won the Nabadwip assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chhaya Sen Sharma of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[7] Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated Jamuna Brahmachari of CPI (M). In 1996,[8] Biswanath Mitra of CPI (M) defeated Kartick Chatterjee of Congress. In 1991[9] and 1987[10] Biswanath Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Satish Debnath of Congress. In 1982[11] and 1977 Debi Prosad Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sasthi Bhusan Pal of Congress.[12][13]
1972
Radha Raman Saha of Congress won in 1972.[14] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI(M) won in 1971.[15] Sachindra Mohan Nandy of Congress won in 1969[16] and 1967.[17] Debi Prasad Basu of CPI won in 1962.[18] In 1957[19] and in independent India's first election in 1951, Niranjan Modak of Congress won the Nabadwip seat.[20]