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Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nabadwip
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Nabadwip is located in West Bengal
Nabadwip
Nabadwip
Nabadwip is located in India
Nabadwip
Nabadwip
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°25′0″N 88°22′0″E / 23.41667°N 88.36667°E / 23.41667; 88.36667Coordinates: 23°25′0″N 88°22′0″E / 23.41667°N 88.36667°E / 23.41667; 88.36667
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Nadia
Constituency No 84
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 12. Krishnanagar
Electorate (year) 199,952 (2011)

Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 84 Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Nabadwip municipality, Nabadwip community development block, and Bhaluka and Joania gram panchayats of Krishnanagar I community development block.

Nabadwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency).

In the 2011 election, Pundarkshya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sumit Biswas of CPI(M).

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. On its own the Trinamool Congress vote percentage was +2.35% and the swing was 5.99%.

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See for details)


In the 2006 state assembly elections, Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress won the Nabadwip assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chhaya Sen Sharma of CPI (M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, Pundarikhsya Saha of Trinamool Congress defeated Jamuna Brahmachari of CPI (M). In 1996, Biswanath Mitra of CPI (M) defeated Kartick Chatterjee of Congress. In 1991 and 1987 Biswanath Mitra of CPI(M) defeated Satish Debnath of Congress. In 1982 and 1977 Debi Prosad Basu of CPI (M) defeated Sasthi Bhusan Pal of Congress.


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