Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency

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

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Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency

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

Overview

Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 85 Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bhat Jungla, Chak Dilnagar, Daypara, Dignagar and Ruipukur gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block, and Krishnanagar II community development block.

Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency). Krishnanagar East and West were earlier part of Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Krishnanagar Dakshin

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>Ujjal Biswas</td><td></td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Ujjal Biswas</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sadhan Ghosh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Laboni Jangi</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Abdur Rahim Shaikh</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Ujjal Biswas</td><td>91,738</td><td>47.40</td><td>1.10</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mahadev Sarkar</td><td>82,433</td><td>42.60</td><td>29.50</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sumit Biswas</td><td>15,606</td><td>8.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>None of the Above</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>2165</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Swapan Kumar Sarkar</td><td>1,217</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Santu Bhattacharya</td><td>868</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

In the 2016 election, Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Meghlal Sheikh of CPI(M).

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Ujjal Biswas</td><td>80,711</td><td>46.30</td><td>0.08</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Meghlal Sheikh</td><td>67,897</td><td>38.90</td><td>0.31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mahadev Sarkar</td><td>22,850</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>None of the Above</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>2,538</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Sudeb Sarkar</td><td>1,842</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Anchharul Haque Biswas</td><td>1,226</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>177,064</td><td>87.75</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

In the 2011 election, Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Rama Biswas of CPI(M).

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Ujjal Biswas</td><td>71,392</td><td>46.38</td><td>+9.49#</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Rama Biswas</td><td>60,364</td><td>39.21</td><td>−9.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Mahadev Sarkar</td><td>14,398</td><td>9.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Amal Majumdar</td><td>3,347</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Anchharul Hoque Bishwas</td><td>3,200</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Mukunda Lal Sarkar</td><td>1,230</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>153,931</td><td>88.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>+10.08#</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Amal Majumdar, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006 for the Krishnagar West seat.