Overview
Kalna Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
| Kalna | |
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| Constituency No. 264 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kalna Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman Purba |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 187,158 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Kalna Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 264 Kalna (SC) assembly constituency covers Kalna municipality, Kalna II community development block and Bagnapara, Hatkalna and Krishnadevpur gram panchayats of Kalna I community development block.[1]
As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency from 2009.[1] Kalna (SC) assembly segment was part of Katwa Lok Sabha constituency prior to 2009.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Baidyanath Sanyal | Indian National Congress | |
| Rash Behari Sen | |||
| 1957 | Hare Krishna Konar | Communist Party of India | |
| Jamadar Majhi | |||
| 1962 | Hare Krishna Konar | ||
| 1967 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Nurul Islam Mollah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Guruprasad Sinha Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Anju Kar | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Anjali Mondal | ||
| 2011 | Biswajit Kundu | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Deboprasad Bag | ||
| 2026 | Siddhartha Majumdar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Siddhartha Majumdar | 110,790 | 51.96 |  9.56 | |
| AITC | Deboprasad Bag | 82,160 | 38.53 |  7.45 | |
| CPI(M) | Sharmistha Nag Saha | 13,784 | 6.46 | 2.64 | |
| INC | Amal Kumar Saha | 2,563 | 1.2 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,333 | 0.63 | 0.57 | |
| Majority | 28,630 | 13.43 | 9.85 | ||
| Turnout | 213,233 | 94.11 | 7.58 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Deboprasad Bag | 96,073 | 45.98 | 4.34 | |
| BJP | Biswajit Kundu | 88,595 | 42.4 | 33.32 | |
| CPI(M) | Nirab Khan | 19,005 | 9.1 | 28.17 | |
| BSP | Radheshyam Mandal | 2,084 | 1.0 | 0.02 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,507 | 1.2 | ||
| Majority | 7,478 | 3.58 | |||
| Turnout | 208,951 | 86.53 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biswajit Kundu | 97,430 | 50.32 | 0.34 | |
| CPI(M) | Sukul Chandra Sikdar | 72,169 | 37.27 | 5.29 | |
| BJP | Newton Majumdar | 17,577 | 9.08 | 5.54 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,865 | 1.48 |  | |
| BSP | Radheshyam Mandal | 1,976 | 1.02 | 0.18 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Pejush Kumar Sahana | 1,612 | 0.83 | 0.14 | |
| Majority | 25,261 | 13.05 | 5.63 | ||
| Turnout | 1,93,629 | 88.00 | 2.69 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biswajit Kundu | 85,096 | 49.98 | ||
| CPI(M) | Sukul Chandra Sikdar | 72,459 | 42.56 | ||
| BJP | Dilip Mondal | 6,021 | 3.54 | ||
| Independent | Tapas Das | 2,053 | 1.21 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Pejush Kumar Sahana | 1,647 | 0.97 | ||
| PDS | Shibu Halder | 1,557 | 0.91 | ||
| BSP | Radheshyam Mandal | 1,437 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | 12,637 | 7.42 | |||
| Turnout | 1,70,270 | 90.69 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anjali Mondal | 90,046 | 59.74 | ||
| AITC | Asis Chakraborty | 42,999 | 28.53 | ||
| INC | Lakshman Kumar Roy | 15,665 | 10.39 | ||
| BSP | Rabindra Nath Halder | 2,027 | 1.34 | ||
| Majority | 47,047 | 31.21 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 79,401 | 54.29 | ||
| AITC | Sridhar Banerjee | 54,448 | 37.23 | ||
| BJP | Shankar Halder | 8,135 | 5.56 | ||
| PDS | Hemanta Mukherjee | 2,932 | 2.00 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jagannath Mondal | 1,349 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 24,953 | 17.06 | |||
| Turnout | 146,359 | 87.48 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 72,329 | 52.40 | ||
| INC | Lakshman Kumar Roy | 55,825 | 40.44 | ||
| BJP | Biswanath Ghosh | 6,400 | 4.64 | ||
| JMM | Baidyanath Murmu | 2,201 | 1.59 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jagannath Mondal | 729 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | Rabindranath Haldar | 225 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Ranu Goldar | 167 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | Sukanta Pal | 163 | 0.12 | ||
| Majority | 16,504 | 11.96 | |||
| Turnout | 140,100 | 88.57 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 64,560 | 54.43 | ||
| INC | Dhirendra Nath Chattopadhayay | 37,910 | 31.96 | ||
| BJP | Debasish Bhattacharaya | 13,941 | 11.75 | ||
| JMM | Soren Madhu | 1,337 | 1.13 | ||
| BSP | Ranu Goldar | 872 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 26,650 | 22.47 | |||
| Turnout | 120,489 | 83.76 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1987
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 59,092 | 60.32 | ||
| INC | Dhirendra Nath Chatterjee | 36,978 | 37.75 | ||
| Independent | Madhu Soren | 1,091 | 1.11 | ||
| Independent | Subodh Naskar | 619 | 0.63 | ||
| Independent | Ajoy Kumar Ghosh | 177 | 0.18 | ||
| Majority | 22,114 | 22.57 | |||
| Turnout | 99,397 | 82.15 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1982
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Anju Kar | 47,829 | 56.77 | ||
| INC | Sudhir Ghosh | 34,365 | 40.79 | ||
| Independent | Gopal Garai | 2,060 | 2.44 | ||
| Majority | 13,464 | 15.98 | |||
| Turnout | 85,798 | 82.53 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Guruprasad Sinha Roy | 31,826 | 56.06 | ||
| JP | Debendra Bejoy Ghosh | 13,074 | 23.03 | ||
| INC | Nurul Islam | 11,868 | 20.91 | ||
| Majority | 18,752 | 33.03 | |||
| Turnout | 57,621 | 64.49 | |||
| Swing to CPI(M) from INC | Swing | ||||
1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nubul Islam Molia | 62,476 | 97.81 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dilip Kumar Dubey | 952 | 1.49 | ||
| Independent | Soren Madhu | 444 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 61,524 | 96.32 | |||
| Turnout | 64,170 | 78.25 | |||
| Swing to INC from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Konar Harf Krishna | 31,896 | 54.45 | ||
| INC | Nurul Islam Molla | 24,930 | 42.56 | ||
| Jharkhand Party | Kanka Murmu | 1,754 | 2.99 | ||
| Majority | 6,966 | 11.89 | |||
| Turnout | 60,709 | 75.55 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1969
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Hare Krishna Konar | 29,384 | 56.98 | ||
| INC | Debendra Bejoy Ghosh | 22,188 | 43.02 | ||
| Majority | 7,196 | 13.96 | |||
| Turnout | 52,559 | 72.90 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | H. K. Konar | 22,128 | 47.58 | ||
| INC | D. B. Ghosh | 20,877 | 44.89 | ||
| PSP | N. K. Roy | 3,240 | 6.97 | ||
| Independent | K. Das | 266 | 0.57 | ||
| Majority | 1,251 | 2.69 | |||
| Turnout | 48,754 | 70.18 | |||
| Swing to CPI(M) from CPI | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Hare Krishna Konar | 23,924 | 53.36 | ||
| INC | Dehendra Bejoy Ghosh | 20,222 | 45.10 | ||
| Independent | Suresh Chandra Kumar | 690 | 1.54 | ||
| Majority | 3,702 | 8.26 | |||
| Turnout | 47,188 | 60.56 | |||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Hare Krishna Konar | 32,996 | 25.95 | ||
| CPI | Jamadar Majhi | 32,043 | 25.20 | ||
| INC | Baidyanath Majhi | 26,900 | 21.16 | ||
| INC | Rashbehari Sen | 22,084 | 17.37 | ||
| Independent | Anandagopal Kumar | 9,568 | 7.53 | ||
| Independent | Kalo Majhi | 2,062 | 1.62 | ||
| Independent | Dubraj Majhi | 1,492 | 1.17 | ||
| Majority | 5,143 | 4.04 | |||
| Turnout | 127,145 | 99.55 | |||
1951
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Baidyanath Santal | 21,120 | 22.49 | ||
| INC | Rash Behari Sen | 18,390 | 19.58 | ||
| CPI | Jamadar Majhi | 18,070 | 19.24 | ||
| KMPP | Ananda Gopal Kumar | 17,453 | 18.58 | ||
| ABJS | Krishna Kinkar Nandy | 11,092 | 11.81 | ||
| Independent | Hilaram Chattopadhyay | 2,364 | 2.52 | ||
| Independent | Kali Krishna Das | 1,823 | 1.94 | ||
| Independent | Radha Raman Sen | 1,379 | 1.47 | ||
| Independent | Pashu Santal | 1,291 | 1.37 | ||
| Independent | Kali Prasanna Chaudhury | 931 | 0.99 | ||
| Majority | 320 | 0.34 | |||
| Turnout | 93,913 | 88.18 | |||
References
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
