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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kalna
| 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/Kalna.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kalna Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Deboprasad Bag]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman Purba]]
| constituency_no = 264
| established = 1951
| electors = 187,158
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
}}
'''Kalna''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the Indian [[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, No. 264 Kalna (SC) assembly constituency covers [[Kalna City|Kalna]] municipality, [[Kalna II]] community development block and Bagnapara, Hatkalna and Krishnadevpur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Kalna I]] 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>

Kalna (SC) assembly segment was part of [[Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)]] prior to 2009. As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 [[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)]] from 2009.<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| Baidyanath Sanyal
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| Rash Behari Sen
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| [[Hare Krishna Konar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=3}}
|-
| Jamadar Majhi
|-
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="4"|[[Hare Krishna Konar]]
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| [[Nurul Islam Mollah]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Guruprasad Sinha Roy
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| rowspan="5"|[[Anju Kar]]
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| Anjali Mondal
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Biswajit Kundu]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Deboprasad Bag|Deboprasad Bag (Poltu)]]
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kalna}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Deboprasad Bag (Poltu) |party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Siddhartha Majumdar|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sharmistha Nag Saha|party=Left Front (West Bengal)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Amal Kumar Saha|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Nilratan Biswas|party= Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Subrata Mondal|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Anay Saha|party=Independent|votes={{formatnum:}}|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:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Kalna<ref name=vidhansabha2021>{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/kalna-west-bengal-election-result-2021 | title = Kalna Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =18 May 2021 }}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Deboprosad Bag (Poltu) |votes=96,073|percentage=45.98|change={{decrease}}4.34}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Biswjit Kundu|votes=88,595|percentage=42.40|change={{increase}}33.32}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Nirab Khan|votes=19,005|percentage= 9.10|change={{decrease}}28.17}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Bahujan Samaj Party||candidate=Radheshyam Mondal |votes=2,084|percentage=1.00|change={{decrease}}0.02}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)||candidate=Kali Charan Sardar|votes=687|percentage=0.33|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,507|percentage=1.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 208,951|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kalna<ref name=1vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = https://resultuniversity.com/election/kalna-west-bengal-assembly-constituency| title= Kalna| work= 2016 Legislative Assembly Election| publisher = Result University |access-date =18 May 2021}}</ref><ref name=2vidhansabha2016>{{cite web | url = http://infoelections.com/infoelection/electionresult/index.php/home/state-assembly-constituency/west-bengal-election-result/886-Kalna_(SC)assembly_election_result_2016.html | title= Kalna| work= Assembly Election Result 2016 Live| publisher = InfoElections |access-date =18 May 2021}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Biswajit Kundu]]|votes=97,430|percentage=50.32|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Sukul Chandra Sikdar|votes=72,169|percentage=37.27|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Newton Majumdar|votes=17,577|percentage=9.08|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Radheshyam Mondal|votes=1,976|percentage=1.02|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Pejush Kumar Sahana|votes=1,612|percentage=0.83|change=}}

{{Election box candidate
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,865
|percentage = 1.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Kalna<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25264.htm |title = Kalna |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=264| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529223543/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=264| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kalna| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Kalna |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Biswajit Kundu]]|votes=85,096|percentage=49.98|change=+11.01#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Sukul Chandra Sikdar|votes=72,459|percentage=42.56|change=-17.18}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dilip Mondal|votes=6,021|percentage=3.54|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Tapan Das
|votes = 2,053
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Pijush Kumar Sahana|votes=1,647|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Party of Democratic Socialism (India)|candidate=Shibu Halder|votes=1,557|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Radhesyam Mondal|votes=1,437|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=170,270|percentage=90.98|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +28.24#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977–2006===
Anjali Mondal of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Kalna assembly seat in [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]], defeating her nearest rival Asis Chakraborty of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Anju Kar of CPI(M) won the seat 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 defeating her nearest rivals, Sridhar Banerjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Lakshman Kumar Roy of Congress in 1996, Dhirendranath Chaterjee of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Sudhir Ghosh of Congress in 1982. Guruprasad Sinha Roy of CPI(M) won the seat in 1977 defeating Debendra Bejoy Ghosh of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp276.htm | title = 276 – Kalna Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}</ref>

===1951–1972===
[[Nurul Islam Mollah]] of Congress won the Kalna assembly seat in 1972. [[Hare Krishna Konar]] of CPI(M) won the seat in 1971, 1969, 1967 and [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]] (representing CPI). In 1957 and 1951, it was a double member seat. In [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]], it was won by Hare Krishna Konar and Jamadar Majhi, both representing [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. In [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], it was won by Baidyanath Santal and Rasbehari, both Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections |access-date=2010-08-29 |work=General Election Results and Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
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[[Category:Politics of Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Kalna Assembly constituency - Revision history

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