Krishnanagar Uttar (archaic spelling Krishnagar) is an assembly

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 constituency in Nadia district

Nadia District

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 in the India

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 of West Bengal

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

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, No. 83 Krishnanagar Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Krishnanagar municipality, and Bhandar Khola, Bhimpur, Asannagar, Dogachhi and Pora Gachha gram panchayat

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s of Krishnanagar I

Krishnanagar I (Community development block)

Krishnanagar I is an administrative division in Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Krishnanagar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Krishnanagar Road...

 community development block

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Krishnanagr Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 12 Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006 for the Krishnanagar East. seat.

1977-2006

Till 2006, Krishnanagar had two Vidhan Sabha constituencies Krishnagar East and Krishnagar West.

Krishnagar East

In the 2006 state assembly elections

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, Subinay Ghosh of CPI(M)

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 won the Krishnagar East assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Ramendranath Sarkar of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shibdas Mukherjee, representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress

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 in 1996 and 1991, defeated Radhanath Biswas of CPI(M) in 2001 and 1996, and Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1991. Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) defeated Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party

Janata Party

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 in 1982. Kashikanta Maitra of Janata Party defeated Sadhan Chattopadhyay of CPI(M) in 1977.

Krishnagar West

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Asoke Banerjee of CPI(M) won the Krishnagar West assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress. Sunil Kumar Ghosh of CPI(M) defeated Ujjal Biswas of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Biswarup Mukherjee of Congress in 1996 and Ujjal Biswas of Congress in 1991. Amritendu Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Gouri Sankar Dutta of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and Mohadeb Bhattacharya of Janata Party in 1977.

Krishnagar East

Kashi Kanta Maitra representing Congress won in 1972, contesting as an independent candidate won in 1971, and representing SSP

Samyukta Socialist Party

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 won in 1969 and 1967.

Krishnagar West

Shibdas Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972. Amritendu Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969 and 1967.

1951-1962 Krishnagar

Kashi Kanta Maitra of PSP

Praja Socialist Party

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 won the Krishnagar seat in 1962

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. Jagannath Majumdar of Congress won in 1957

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. In independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

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Bejoy Lal Chattopadhyay of Congress won the Krishnagar seat.