Nabagram Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Nabagram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
| Nabagram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 65 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Nabagram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jangipur |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 251,378 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 65 Nabagram Assembly constituency (SC) covers Nabagram community development block, and Niyallishpara Goaljan, Radharghat I, Radharghat II and Sahajadpur gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block.[1]
Nabagram Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | A. K. Bakshi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Birendra Narayan Roy | Independent politician | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Aditya Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Birendra Narayan Ray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Sisir Kumar Sarkar | ||
| 1996 | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000^ | Nripen Chaudhuri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Mukul Mondal | ||
| 2011 | Kanai Chandra Mondal | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2026 | Dilip Saha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Saha | 78,739 | 35.54 |  4.4 | |
| AITC | Pronab Chandra Das | 72,820 | 32.86 |  15.32 | |
| INC | Hiru Haldar | 50,144 | 22.63 | ||
| CPI(M) | Purnima Das | 13,057 | 5.89 | 12.88 | |
| JUP | Golak Mandal | 2,838 | 1.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,883 | 0.85 | 0.41 | |
| Majority | 5,919 | 2.68 | 14.36 | ||
| Turnout | 221,580 | 90.98 | 8.03 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Kanai Chandra Mondal | 99,545 | 55.80 | ||
| AITC | Dilip Saha | 61,102 | 34.20 | ||
| BJP | Susanta Marjit | 13,084 | 7.30 | ||
| SP | Radha Madhab Mandal | 2,372 | 1.30 | ||
| WPOI | Amit Mehena | 1,232 | 0.70 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Babun Mandal | 1,143 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 38,443 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,78,478 | 87.65 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Kanai Chandra Mondal | 78,703 | 48.98 | ||
| INC | Prabal Sarkar | 71,147 | 44.27 | ||
| BJP | Dilip Halder | 4,489 | 2.05 | ||
| SDPI | Gurupada Das | 3,298 | |||
| Independent | Anil Mondal | 3,057 | |||
| Turnout | 160,694 | 87.65 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[4] Mukul Mondal of CPI(M) won the Nabagram assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rathin Ghosh of Congress. Nripen Chaudhuri of CPI(M) defeated Arit Majumdar of Congress in 2001.[5] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2000 by-elections, Nripen Chaudhuri of CPI(M) defeated Shyamal Ray of Congress. The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was Elected to Indian Parliament from Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress defeated Muzaffar Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996.[6] Sisir Kumar Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress in 1991.[7] Birendra Narayan Ray of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Majumdar of Congress in 1987[8] and 1982,[9] and Durgapada Sinha of Janata Party in 1977.[10][11] Later Mr. Pradip Majumdar became the Chairman of Berhampore Municipality, West Bengal. He fought the elections and emerged successfully to become the head of Berhampore Municipality.
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Nripen Chaudhuri | 65,609 | 49.46% | ||
| INC | Arit Mazumder | 57,957 | 43.69% | ||
| BJP | Abhiram Murmu | 5,016 | 3.78% | ||
| Independent | Nipen Choudhury | 1,714 | 1.29% | ||
| Independent | Sukumar Marjit | 1,367 | 1.03% | ||
| Independent | Shib Sankar Hazra | 990 | 0.75% | ||
| Turnout | 132,653 | 80.86% | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2000 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Nripen Chaudhuri | 62,648 | 49.72 | ||
| INC | Shyamal Ray | 54,339 | 43.13 | ||
| AITC | Nirmal Kumar Dutta | 8,707 | 6.91 | ||
| Independent | Pranab Ghosh | 184 | 0.14 | ||
| Independent | Debasish Sarkar | 122 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 8,309 | 6.59 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,186 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 76,852 | 55.84% | ||
| CPI(M) | Muzaffar Hossain | 56,523 | 41.07% | ||
| BJP | Alauddin Shaikh | 2,671 | 1.94% | ||
| Shiv Sena | Anath Bandhu Das | 898 | 0.65% | ||
| BSP | Soumen Das | 478 | 0.35% | ||
| JD(U) | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | 208 | 0.15% | ||
| Majority | 20,329 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,37,630 | 89.71 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1972
Aditya Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1972.[12] Birendra Narayan Roy, Independent, won in 1971[13] and 1969.[14] A.K.Bakshi of Congress won in 1967.[15] The Nabagram seat was not there prior to that.