# Kaliaganj Assembly constituency

Kaliaganj is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 34 Kaliaganj Assembly constituency (SC) covers Kaliaganj municipality, Kaliaganj community development block and Barua and Birghai gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block.
Kaliaganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | MLA | Party |
| 1962 | Syama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Syama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Syama Prasad Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Debendra Nath Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Debendra Nath Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Naba Kumar Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1982 | Naba Kumar Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | Ramani Kanti Debsarma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Ramani Kanti Debsarma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Pramatha Nath Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Pramatha Nath Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 2006 | Nani Gopal Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Pramatha Nath Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | Pramatha Nath Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 2019^ | Tapan Deb Singha | Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Soumen Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

In the 2021 election, Soumen Roy of BJP defeated his nearest rival Tapan Deb Singha of Trinamool Congress. Soumen Roy himself later defected to Trinamool Congress. He later rejoined the BJP.
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Soumen Roy | 116,768 | 48.71 | +5.17 |
| | AITC | Tapan Deb Singha | 94,948 | 39.61 | −5.04 |
| | INC | Pravash Sarkar | 16,770 | 7.00 | −1.64 |
| | Independent | Sudhir Sarkar | 4,004 | 1.67 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,007 | 1.25 | +0.21 |
| | SUCI(C) | Gopal Chunary | 1,073 | 0.45 | |
| | Independent | Shyama Sarkar | 781 | 0.33 | |
| | Independent | Dilip Chandra Ray | 552 | 0.23 | |
| | Independent | Alen Sarkar | 408 | 0.17 | |
| | AMB | Namala Kanta Sarkar | 387 | 0.16 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 239,726 | 88.80 | +7.76 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2019 bye-poll

A bye-poll was necessitated due to the death of the incumbent MLA, Pramatha Nath Ray. In this election, Tapan Deb Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of BJP.
2019 West Bengal state assembly bye- elections: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Tapan Deb Singha | 97,428 | 44.65 | +13.88 |
| | BJP | Kamal Chandra Sarkar | 95,014 | 43.54 | +30.84 |
| | INC | Dhitashri Roy | 18,857 | 8.64 | −43.94 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,273 | 1.04 | −0.61 |
| | Independent | Darbindu Sarkar | 1,868 | 0.86 | |
| | SP | Pradip Kumar Ray | 1,860 | 0.85 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Jagadish Rajbhar | 900 | 0.41 | −0.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 218,200 | 81.04 | −4.61 |
| | AITC gain from INC | AITC gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Indian National Congress defeated his nearest rival Basanta Roy of Trinamool Congress.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Pramatha Nath Ray | 112,868 | 52.58 | +4.99 |
| | AITC | Basanta Roy | 66,266 | 30.87 | |
| | BJP | Rupak Roy | 27,252 | 12.70 | +9.02 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,533 | 1.65 | |
| | BSP | Basudeb Debsharma | 1,850 | 0.86 | +0.04 |
| | Samajwadi Jan Parishad | Jiten Roy Sinha | 1,560 | 0.73 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Jagadish Rajbhar | 1,313 | 0.61 | +0.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 214,642 | 85.65 | −2.30 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kaliaganj (SC) constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Pramatha Nath Ray | 84,873 | 47.59 | −2.51 |
| | CPI(M) | Nani Gopal Roy | 77,583 | 43.51 | −1.46 |
| | BJP | Bhupati Roy | 6,563 | 3.68 | |
| | Independent | Hriday Chandra Sarkar | 3,302 | 1.85 | |
| | BSP | Basudeb Debsharma | 1,471 | 0.82 | |
| | Independent | Himangshu Roy | 1,251 | | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Jagadish Rajbhar | 894 | 0.5 | |
| | Independent | Sunil Barman | 817 | | |
| | Independent | Kanu Roy | 684 | | |
| | Independent | Sushila Barman | 486 | | |
| | Independent | Rabindranath Barman | 400 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178,324 | 87.95 | |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -1.15 | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) won the Kaliaganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pramatha Nath Ray of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pramathanath Ray of Congress defeated Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) in 2001 and 1996. Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) defeated Pramatha Nath Roy of Congress in 1991 and Naba Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987. Naba Kumar Roy of Congress defeated Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) in 1982 and 1977.

### 1962–1972

Debendra Nath Roy of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Syama Prasad Barman won the Kaliaganj seat in 1969, 1967 and 1962. Prior to that the Kaliaganj seat was not there. In 1957 and 1951 Raiganj was a joint seat. Hazi Badirudddin Ahmad and Syama Prasad Barman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1957. Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1951.