# Nabagram Assembly constituency

Nabagram is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 65 Nabagram Assembly constituency (SC) covers Nabagram community development block, and Niyallishpara Goaljan, Radharghat I, Radharghat II and Sahajadpur gram panchayats of Berhampore community development block.
Nabagram Assembly constituency is part of No. 9 Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1967 | Nabagram | A.K. Bakshi | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Nabagram | Birendra Narayan Roy | Independent |
| 1971 | Nabagram | Birendra Narayan Roy | Independent |
| 1972 | Nabagram | Aditya Charan Dutta | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Nabagram | Birendra Narayan Ray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Nabagram | Birendra Narayan Ray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Nabagram | Birendra Narayan Ray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Nabagram | Sisir Kumar Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Nabagram | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 2000^ | Nabagram | Nripen Chaudhuri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Nabagram | Nripen Chaudhuri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Nabagram | Mukul Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Nabagram | Kanai Chandra Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2016 | Nabagram | Kanai Chandra Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | Nabagram | Kanai Chandra Mondal | Trinamool Congress |
* ^ denotes by-election

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nabagram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Kanai Chandra Mondal | 100,455 | 48.18 | 14.55 |
| | BJP | Mohan Haldar | 64,922 | 31.14 | 23.94 |
| | CPI(M) | Kripalini Ghosh | 39,129 | 18.77 | 36.01 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,629 | 1.26 | 0.52 |
| | SUCI(C) | Barun Mandal | 1,381 | 0.66 | 0.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,533 | 17.04 | 4.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,08,516 | 82.95 | 1.39 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 assembly election, Kanai Chandra Mandol of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Dilip Saha of Trinamool Congress.
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Nabagram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Kanai Chandra Mondal | 99,545 | 55.80 |
| | AITC | Dilip Saha | 61,102 | 34.20 |
| | BJP | Susanta Marjit | 13,084 | 7.30 |
| | SP | Radha Madhab Mandal | 2,372 | 1.30 |
| | WPOI | Amit Mehena | 1,232 | 0.70 |
| | SUCI(C) | Babun Mandal | 1,143 | 0.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38,443 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,78,478 | 87.65 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 4.34 |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+CPIM vote percentages taken together in 2016.

### 2011

In the 2011 assembly election, Kanai Mondol of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Prabal Sarkar of Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Nabagram (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Kanai Chandra Mondal | 78,703 | 48.98 | −3.20 |
| | INC | Prabal Sarkar | 71,147 | 44.27 | +1.14# |
| | BJP | Dilip Halder | 4,489 | 2.05 | |
| | SDPI | Gurupada Das | 3,298 | | |
| | Independent | Anil Mondal | 3,057 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,694 | 87.65 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -4.34# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2006

In the 2006 assembly election, Mukul Mondal of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Rathin Ghosh of Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Nabagram (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Mukul Mondal | 74,594 | 52.18 |
| | INC | Rathin Ghosh | 52,018 | 43.13 |
| | AITC | Nirmal Kumar Dutta | 9,400 | 2.05 |
| | Independent | Rakhahari Mondal | 1,744 | |
| | Independent | Barun Mondal | 1,638 | |
| | Independent | Nazimul Islam | 1,533 | |
| | Independent | Gadadhar Mondal | 1,470 | |
| | Independent | Anil Mondal | 3,057 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,397 | 87.65 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -4.34# |
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2001

In the 2001 assembly election, Nripen Chaudhuri of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Arit Mazumder of Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Nabagram constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Nripen Chaudhuri | 65,609 | 49.46% |
| | INC | Arit Mazumder | 57,957 | 43.69% |
| | BJP | Abhiram Murmu | 5,016 | 3.78% |
| | Independent | Nipen Choudhury | 1,714 | 1.29% |
| | Independent | Sukumar Marjit | 1,367 | 1.03% |
| | Independent | Shib Sankar Hazra | 990 | 0.75% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,653 | 80.86% |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | -4.34# |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

### 2000 by-election

A by-election was held on 17 February 2000 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury who was elected as MP In Parliament from Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).
West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2000: Nabagram constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Nripen Chaudhuri | 62,648 | 49.72 |
| | INC | Shyamal Ray | 54,339 | 43.13 |
| | AITC | Nirmal Kumar Dutta | 8,707 | 6.91 |
| | Independent | Pranab Ghosh | 184 | 0.14 |
| | Independent | Debasish Sarkar | 122 | 0.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,309 | 6.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,27,186 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | +21.27 |

### 1996

In the 1996 election, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress defeated his nearest rival Muzaffar Hossain of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 1996: Nabagram constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury | 76,852 | 55.84% |
| | CPI(M) | Muzaffar Hossain | 56,523 | 41.07% |
| | BJP | Alauddin Shaikh | 2,671 | 1.94% |
| | Shiv Sena | Anath Bandhu Das | 898 | 0.65% |
| | BSP | Soumen Das | 478 | 0.35% |
| | JD(U) | Bankim Chandra Ghosh | 208 | 0.15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20,329 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,37,630 | 89.71% |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Mukul Mondal of CPI(M) won the Nabagram assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rathin Ghosh of Congress. Nripen Chaudhuri of CPI(M) defeated Arit Majumdar of Congress in 2001. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2000 by-elections, Nripen Chaudhuri of CPI(M) defeated Shyamal Ray of Congress. The by-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was Elected to Indian Parliament from Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress defeated Muzaffar Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996. Sisir Kumar Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress in 1991. Birendra Narayan Ray of CPI(M) defeated Pradip Majumdar of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and Durgapada Sinha of Janata Party in 1977. Later Mr. Pradip Majumdar became the Chairman of Berhampore Municipality, West Bengal. He fought the elections and emerged successfully to become the head of Berhampore Municipality.

### 1967–1972

Aditya Charan Dutta of Congress won in 1972. Birendra Narayan Roy, Independent, won in 1971 and 1969. A.K.Bakshi of Congress won in 1967. The Nabagram seat was not there prior to that.