Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency

Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 42 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. All the seven assembly segments of No. 12 Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency are in Nadia district.

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Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency

Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 42 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in West Bengal state in eastern India. All the seven assembly segments of No. 12 Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency are in Nadia district.

Assembly segments

Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 12 Krishnanagar comprises the following segments from 2009:

<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>District</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>78</td><td>Tehatta</td><td>Nadia</td><td>Vacant</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td>Palashipara</td><td>Manik Bhattacharya</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td>Kaliganj</td><td>Alifa Ahmed</td></tr><tr><td>81</td><td>Nakashipara</td><td>Kallol Khan</td></tr><tr><td>82</td><td>Chapra</td><td>Rukbanur Rahman</td></tr><tr><td>83</td><td>Krishnanagar Uttar</td><td>Vacant</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>85</td><td>Krishnanagar Dakshin</td><td>Ujjal Biswas</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr></tbody></table>

In 2004, Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Palashipara (assembly constituency no. 70), Nakshipara (assembly constituency no. 71), Kaliganj (assembly constituency no. 72), Chapra (assembly constituency no. 73), Krishnaganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 74), Krishnanagar East (assembly constituency no. 75), Krishnanagar West (assembly constituency no. 76)

Members of Lok Sabha

Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Name of M.P.</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>4th</td><td>Haripada Chattopadhyay</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>5th</td><td>Renu Pada Das</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>9th</td><td>Ajoy Mukhopadhyay</td></tr><tr><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>13th</td><td>Satyabrata Mookherjee</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>14th</td><td>Jyotirmoyee Sikdar</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>15th</td><td>Tapas Paul</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>16th</td></tr><tr><td>17th</td><td>Mahua Moitra</td></tr><tr><td>18th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

General election 2024

<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>Mahua Moitra</td><td>628,789</td><td>44.10</td><td>0.90</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Amrita Roy</td><td>5,72,084</td><td>40.13</td><td>0.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>S. M. Saadi</td><td>1,80,201</td><td>12.64</td><td>3.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>6,811</td><td>0.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>56,705</td><td>3.97</td><td>0.66</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>14,25,712</td><td>80.65</td><td>3.10</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2019

<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>Mahua Moitra</td><td>614,872</td><td>45.00</td><td>10.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Kalyan Chaubey</td><td>551,654</td><td>40.37</td><td>13.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Dr. Santanu Jha</td><td>120,222</td><td>8.80</td><td>20.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Intaz Ali Shah</td><td>38,305</td><td>2.80</td><td>3.19</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>63,218</td><td>4.63</td><td>1.08</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>13,66,601</td><td>83.75</td><td>0.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.14</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2014

<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>Tapas Paul</td><td>438,789</td><td>35.14</td><td>−7.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Santanu Jha</td><td>3,67,534</td><td>29.43</td><td>−5.60</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Satyabrata Mookherjee</td><td>3,29,873</td><td>26.38</td><td>+9.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Razia Ahmed</td><td>74,789</td><td>5.99</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>7,642</td><td>0.61</td><td>−−−</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>71,255</td><td>5.71</td><td>−1.69</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,47,914</td><td>84.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2009

<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>Tapas Paul</td><td>443,679</td><td>42.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jyotirmoyee Sikdar</td><td>366,293</td><td>35.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Satyabrata Mookherjee</td><td>175,283</td><td>16.76</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AUDF</td><td>Md. Niamatullah Mollick</td><td>19,313</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Subimal Sengupta</td><td>14,480</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Debabrata Majumder</td><td>10,733</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Shahjahan Mallik</td><td>6,592</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Jayasri Chakrabarty</td><td>5,002</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NCP</td><td>Sk. Daulat Hossain</td><td>4,336</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>77,386</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>10,45,711</td><td>85.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General elections 1967-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Voters</th><th>Voter turnout</th><th>Winner</th><th></th><th></th><th>Runners up</th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td>%age</td><td>Candidate</td><td>%age</td><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>%age</td><td>Party</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>343,935</td><td>74.00</td><td>Haridas Chattopadhyay</td><td>47.52</td><td>Independent</td><td>C.P.Mukherjee</td><td>37.48</td><td>Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>312,342</td><td>62.05</td><td>Renupada Das</td><td>36.96</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Ila Pal Chaudhuri</td><td>25.55</td><td>Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>331,370</td><td>61.96</td><td>Renupada Das</td><td>61.86</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Shibsankar Bandopadhyay</td><td>33.43</td><td>Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>515,990</td><td>79.71</td><td>Renupada Das</td><td>50.81</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sankar Das Banerji</td><td>36.74</td><td>Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>611,950</td><td>83.74</td><td>Renupada Das</td><td>49.25</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sankar Das Banerji</td><td>48.45</td><td>Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>761,990</td><td>82.69</td><td>Ajoy Mukherjee</td><td>46.31</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya</td><td>44.14</td><td>Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>764,560</td><td>82.34</td><td>Ajoy Mukherjee</td><td>43.33</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya</td><td>35.37</td><td>Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>911,620</td><td>85.2</td><td>Ajoy Mukherjee</td><td>45.94</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya</td><td>41.56</td><td>Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>897,930</td><td>84.07</td><td>Ajoy Mukherjee</td><td>42.03</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Satyabrata Mookherjee</td><td>37.44</td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>845,490</td><td>77.96</td><td>Satyabrata Mookherjee</td><td>43.82</td><td>BJP</td><td>Dilip Chakraborty</td><td>41.16</td><td>CPI(M)</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>930,290</td><td>83.25</td><td>Jyotirmoyee Sikdar</td><td>42.73</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Satyabrata Mookherjee</td><td>40.54</td><td>BJP</td></tr></tbody></table>