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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.

Vidhan Sabha segments

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[2]

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:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party
(as of 2024)
78 Tehatta None Nadia TMC
79 Palashipara None Nadia TMC
80 Kaliganj None Nadia TMC
81 Nakashipara None Nadia TMC
82 Chapra None Nadia TMC
83 Krishnanagar City North None Nadia TMC
85 Krishnanagar City South None Nadia TMC

In 2004, Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]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)[4]

Members of Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party
Fourth 1967-71 Krishnanagar Haripada Chattopadhyay Independent[5]
Fifth 1971-77 Renu Pada Das Communist Party of India[6][7][8][9]
Sixth 1977-80
Seventh 1980-84
Eighth 1984-89
Ninth 1989-91 Ajoy Mukhopadhyay[10][11][12]
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-04 Satyabrata Mookherjee Bharatiya Janata Party[13][14]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Communist Party of India[15]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Tapas Paul All India Trinamool Congress[16][17]
Sixteenth 2014-19
Sixteenth 2019-23 Mahua Moitra

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Krishnanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mahua Moitra
BJP Amrita Roy
CPI(M) S. M. Saadi
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Krishnanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mahua Moitra 614,872 45.00 +10.14
BJP Kalyan Chaubey 551,654 40.37 +13.99
CPI(M) Dr. Santanu Jha 120,222 8.80 -20.63
INC Intaz Ali Shah 38,305 2.8 -3.19
Majority 63,218
Turnout 1,366,601 83.75 TBA
AITC hold Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Krishnanagar[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Paul 438,789 35.14 -7.29
CPI(M) Dr. Santanu Jha 367,534 29.43 -5.60
BJP Satyabrata Mookherjee 329,873 26.38 +9.62
INC Razia Ahmed 74,789 5.99
CPI(ML)L Subimal Sengupta 7,777
SUCI(C) Kamal Datta 7,214
BSP Harashit Biswas 6,168
BMP Molla Jafforolla 4,865
IUML Ahamed Hossain 3,749
None of the Above None of the Above 7,642 0.61 ---
Majority 71,255 5.71 -1.69
Turnout 1,247,914[1] 84.50
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Krishnanagar[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Tapas Paul 443,679 42.43
CPI(M) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 366,293 35.03
BJP Satyabrata Mookherjee 175,283 16.76
AUDF Md. Niamatullah Mollick 19,313
CPI(ML)L Subimal Sengupta 14,480
BSP Debabrata Majumder 10,733
IUML Shahjahan Mallik 6,592
SP Jayasri Chakrabarty 5,002
NCP Sk. Daulat Hossain 4,336
Majority 77,386
Turnout 1,045,711 85.50
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General elections 1967-2004

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

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1967 343,935 74.00 Haridas Chattopadhyay 47.52 Independent C.P.Mukherjee 37.48 Congress[5]
1971 312,342 62.05 Renupada Das 36.96 CPI(M) Ila Pal Chaudhuri 25.55 Congress[6]
1977 331,370 61.96 Renupada Das 61.86 CPI(M) Shibsankar Bandopadhyay 33.43 Congress[7]
1980 515,990 79.71 Renupada Das 50.81 CPI(M) Sankar Das Banerji 36.74 Congress[8]
1984 611,950 83.74 Renupada Das 49.25 CPI(M) Sankar Das Banerji 48.45 Congress[9]
1989 761,990 82.69 Ajoy Mukherjee 46.31 CPI(M) Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya 44.14 Congress[10]
1991 764,560 82.34 Ajoy Mukherjee 43.33 CPI(M) Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya 35.37 Congress[11]
1996 911,620 85.2 Ajoy Mukherjee 45.94 CPI(M) Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya 41.56 Congress[12]
1998 897,930 84.07 Ajoy Mukherjee 42.03 CPI(M) Satyabrata Mookherjee 37.44 BJP[14]
1999 845,490 77.96 Satyabrata Mookherjee 43.82 BJP Dilip Chakraborty 41.16 CPI(M)[13]
2004 930,290 83.25 Jyotirmoyee Sikdar 42.73 CPI(M) Satyabrata Mookherjee 40.54 BJP[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  4. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. ^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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