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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|its namesake municipal town|Kaliaganj|its namesake community development block|Kaliaganj (community development block)}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kaliaganj
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Kaliaganj.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kaliaganj Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency|Raiganj]]
| constituency_no = 34
| established = 1962
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Utpal Brahmacharo]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| electors = 282,575
}}

'''Kaliaganj Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 34 Kaliaganj Assembly constituency (SC) covers [[Kaliaganj]] municipality, [[Kaliaganj (Community development block)|Kaliaganj]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Barua and Birghai [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Raiganj (Community development block)|Raiganj]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2 July 2014| work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Kaliaganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Election<br/> Year
!MLA
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="3" |Syama Prasad Barman
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="7" | '''[[Indian National Congress]]'''
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]|| rowspan="2" |Debendra Nath Roy
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]|| rowspan="2" |Naba Kumar Roy
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]|| rowspan="2" |Ramani Kanti Debsarma
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]'''
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pramatha Nath Ray ]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" | '''[[Indian National Congress]]'''
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]|| rowspan="1" |Nani Gopal Roy
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|rowspan="1" | '''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]'''
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Pramatha Nath Ray ]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" | '''[[Indian National Congress]]'''
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|2019^|| rowspan="1" |[[Tapan Deb Singha]]
| rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|rowspan="1" | '''[[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]'''
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]|| rowspan="1" |[[Soumen Roy]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|rowspan="2" |'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'''
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Utpal Brahmacharo]]
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kaliaganj]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Utpal Brahmacharo]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:158349}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Nitai Baishya
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:81924}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Hiru Roy Sarkar
|party = Left Front (West Bengal)
|votes = {{formatnum:5779}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Giridhari Pramanik
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:4747}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = {{formatnum:2993}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
In the 2021 election, [[Soumen Roy]] of [[BJP]] defeated his nearest rival [[Tapan Deb Singha]] of [[Trinamool Congress]]. Soumen Roy himself later defected to Trinamool Congress. He later rejoined the BJP.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kaliaganj]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Soumen Roy]]
|votes = 116,768
|percentage = 48.71
|change = +5.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Tapan Deb Singha]]
|votes = 94,948
|percentage = 39.61
|change = -5.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Pravash Sarkar
|votes = 16,770
|percentage = 7.00
|change = -1.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sudhir Sarkar
|votes = 4,004
|percentage = 1.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 3,007
|percentage = 1.25
|change = +0.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Gopal Chunary
|votes = 1,073
|percentage = 0.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shyama Sarkar
|votes = 781
|percentage = 0.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dilip Chandra Ray
|votes = 552
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alen Sarkar
|votes = 408
|percentage = 0.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Namala Kanta Sarkar
|votes = 387
|percentage = 0.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 239,726
|percentage = 88.80
|change = +7.76
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

====2019 bye-poll====
A bye-poll was necessitated due to the death of the incumbent MLA, [[Pramatha Nath Ray]]. In this election, [[Tapan Deb Singha]] of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of BJP.
{{Election box begin | title=2019 West Bengal state assembly bye- elections: Kaliaganj}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Tapan Deb Singha]]
|votes = 97,428
|percentage = 44.65
|change = +13.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kamal Chandra Sarkar
|votes = 95,014
|percentage = 43.54
|change = +30.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Dhitashri Roy
|votes = 18,857
|percentage = 8.64
|change = -43.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,273
|percentage = 1.04
|change = -0.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Darbindu Sarkar
|votes = 1,868
|percentage = 0.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Pradip Kumar Ray
|votes = 1,860
|percentage = 0.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Jagadish Rajbhar
|votes = 900
|percentage = 0.41
|change = -0.20
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 218,200
|percentage = 81.04
|change = -4.61
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 election, [[Pramatha Nath Ray]] of [[Indian National Congress]] defeated his nearest rival Basanta Roy of [[Trinamool Congress]].
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kaliaganj]]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Pramatha Nath Ray]]
|votes = 112,868
|percentage = 52.58
|change = +4.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Basanta Roy
|votes = 66,266
|percentage = 30.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rupak Roy
|votes = 27,252
|percentage = 12.70
|change = +9.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 3,533
|percentage = 1.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Basudeb Debsharma
|votes = 1,850
|percentage = 0.86
|change = +0.04
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Samajwadi Jan Parishad
|candidate = Jiten Roy Sinha
|votes = 1,560
|percentage = 0.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Jagadish Rajbhar
|votes = 1,313
|percentage = 0.61
|change = +0.11
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 214,642
|percentage = 85.65
|change = -2.30
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, [[Pramatha Nath Ray]] of [[Indian National Congress]] defeated his nearest rival Nani Gopal Roy of [[CPI(M)]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kaliaganj]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=34| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165659/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=34| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 14 July 2014|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kaliaganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Pramatha Nath Ray]]
|votes = 84,873
|percentage = 47.59
|change = -2.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nani Gopal Roy
|votes = 77,583
|percentage = 43.51
|change = -1.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bhupati Roy
|votes = 6,563
|percentage = 3.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hriday Chandra Sarkar
|votes = 3,302
|percentage = 1.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Basudeb Debsharma
|votes = 1,471
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Himangshu Roy
|votes = 1,251
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Jagadish Rajbhar
|votes = 894
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sunil Barman
|votes = 817
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kanu Roy
|votes = 684
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sushila Barman
|votes = 486
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rabindranath Barman
|votes = 400
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 178,324
|percentage = 87.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -1.15
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Nani Gopal Roy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Kaliaganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pramatha Nath Ray of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pramathanath Ray of Congress defeated Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> and 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) defeated Pramatha Nath Roy of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> and Naba Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Naba Kumar Roy of Congress defeated Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> and 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp32.htm | title = 32 - Kaliaganj (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===1962–1972===
Debendra Nath Roy of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Syama Prasad Barman won the Kaliaganj seat in 1969,<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> 1967<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> and [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Prior to that the Kaliaganj seat was not there. In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref> Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1951.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>

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Kaliaganj Assembly constituency - Revision history

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