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{{For|disambiguation|Kaliganj (disambiguation){{!}}Kaliganj}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kaliganj
| 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/Kaliganj.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kaliganj Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Alifa Ahmed]]
| party = {{Party index link|Trinamool Congress}}
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2025 elections in India#West Bengal|2025]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Nadia district|Nadia]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar]]
| constituency_no = 80
| established = 1951
| electors = 248,358
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Kaliganj Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Nadia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 80 Kaliganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bara Chandghar. [[Debagram]], Faridpur, Gobra, Hatgachha, Juranpur, Kaliganj, Matiari, Mira I, Mira II, Panighata, Plassey I and Plassey II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Kaliganj (Community development block)|Kaliganj]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

Kaliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 12 [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
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|-
! Election<br />Year!!Member!!colspan=2|Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||S. M. Fazlur Rahman||{{Full party name with colour|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Mahananda Haldar<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||rowspan=3|S. M. Fazlur Rahman<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||Mir Fakir Mohammed||{{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay||{{Full party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||rowspan=2|Debsaran Ghosh||{{Full party name with colour|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=2}}<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||rowspan=3|Abdus Salam Munshi||{{Full party name with colour|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|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 = 2 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||rowspan=2|Dhananjoy Modak||{{Full party name with colour|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=2}}<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 = 20 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<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 = 20 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<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 = 20 August 2014}}</ref>
|[[Nasiruddin Ahamed]]
|{{Full party name with colour|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[Hasanuzzaman Sk|Hasanuzzaman Sheikh]]
|{{Full party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Nasiruddin Ahamed]]
|{{Full party name with colour|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2025 elections in India#West Bengal|2025^]]
|[[Alifa Ahmed]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=কালীগঞ্জে ৪৯ হাজারের বেশি ভোটে জয়ী তৃণমূল প্রার্থী আলিফা, জনতাকে ধন্যবাদ মমতার |url=https://najarbandi.in/kaliganj-byelection-result-tmc-wins-over-49000-votes/ |access-date=June 23, 2025 |website=Najarbandi}}</ref>
|-
|}

*^ denotes by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kaliganj}}
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|candidate = Alifa Ahmed
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ratan Mondal

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sabina Yasmin
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===2025 by-election===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 elections in India#WestBengal|2025 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election]]: Kaliganj<ref name="Kaliganj Bypoll Election Result 2025">{{cite news |date=23 June 2025 |title=Kaliganj Bypoll Election Result 2025 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJun2025/candidateswise-S2580.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623141201/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJun2025/candidateswise-S2580.htm |archive-date=23 June 2025 |access-date=23 June 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref name="Kaliganj bypolls: TMC candidate Alifa Ahmed secures landslide victory against BJP's Ashish Ghosh; CM Mamata Banerjee expresses gratitude">{{cite news |title=Kaliganj bypolls: TMC candidate Alifa Ahmed secures landslide victory against BJP's Ashish Ghosh; CM Mamata Banerjee expresses gratitude |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kaliganj-bypolls-tmc-candidate-alifa-ahmed-secures-landslide-victory-against-bjps-ashish-ghosh-cm-mamata-banerjee-expresses-gratitude/articleshow/122027644.cms |access-date=24 June 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=23 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250624043420/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kaliganj-bypolls-tmc-candidate-alifa-ahmed-secures-landslide-victory-against-bjps-ashish-ghosh-cm-mamata-banerjee-expresses-gratitude/articleshow/122027644.cms |archive-date=24 June 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Alifa Ahmed]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 1,02,759
|percentage = 55.15
|change = {{increase}}1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ashish Ghosh
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 52,710
|percentage = 28.29
|change = {{decrease}}2.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kabil Uddin Shaikh
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 28,348
|percentage = 15.21
|change = {{increase}}3.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 1,502
|percentage = 1.34
|change = {{increase}}0.36
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 50,049
|percentage = 26.84
|change = {{increase}}4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,86,319
|percentage = 73.39
|change = {{decrease}}10.95
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Kaliganj constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2021.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=80| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190803/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=80| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work = Kaliganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="eci_2021">{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Nasiruddin Ahamed | Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)]]|votes=1,10,696|percentage=53.35|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Abhijit Ghosh|votes=64,709|percentage=30.91|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Abul Kashem|votes=25,076|percentage=11.98|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Sujata Mandal|votes=1,567|percentage=0.75|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|votes=2,051|percentage=0.98|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=46,987|percentage=22.44|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=209,379|percentage=84.31|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Naseeruddin Ahamed of All India Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sankar Sarkar of Revolutionary Socialist Party.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Kaliganj constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=80| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190803/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=80| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kaliganj| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nasiruddin Ahamed (Lal)
|votes = 74,091
|percentage = 47.33
|change = -2.28#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Sankar Sarkar
|votes = 56,913
|percentage = 36.35
|change = -6.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mahadeb Ghosh
|votes = 13,319
|percentage = 8.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sharifuddin Munshi
|votes = 6,863
|percentage = 4.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee|MLKSC]]
|candidate = Sk. Akher Ali
|votes = 1,327
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sunil Chandra Mandal
|votes = 1,259
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Altaf Hossain Sk.
|votes = 1,159
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Iman Mandal
|votes = 1,073
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Nekchaddin Sekh
|votes = 547
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 156,551
|percentage = 84.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing = +4.63#
}}
{{Election box end}}

Sharifuddin Munshi, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.<ref>''The Rebel Candidates in the Fray'', The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011</ref>

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

===1977-2006===
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> state assembly elections, Dhananjoy Modak of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won the Kaliganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Nasiruddin Ahmed and Abdus Salam Munshi, both of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdus Salam Munshi of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Dhananjoy Modak of RSP in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and Deb Saran Ghosh of RSP in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Debsaran Ghosh of RSP defeated Shibsankar Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and S.M.Fazlur Rahman of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp72.htm |title =72 - Kaliganj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 5 October 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Shib Sankar Bandopdhyay of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Mir Fakir Mohammed, Independent, won in 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> The Kaliganj seat was not there in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> In 1962,[[Nakashipara Assembly constituency]] was an open seat, S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won it. In 1957, Nakashipara was a joint seat with one reserved for SC. S.M.Fazlur Rahman and Mahananda Halder, both of Congress won. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], S.M.Fazlur Rahman of Congress won the Kaliganj open seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
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[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Kaliganj Assembly constituency - Revision history

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