Krishnaganj is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Nadia district

Nadia District

Nadia district is a district of the state of West Bengal, in the north east of India. It borders with Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Bardhaman district to the west, and Murshidabad district to the north....

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. Hanskhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hanskhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hanskhali was an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes. As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission Hanskhali ceases to exist from 2011...

 ceases to exist from 2011.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 88 Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Krishnaganj community development block

Community Development Block in India

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, and Badkulla-I, Badkulla-II, Betna Gobindapur, Dakshin Para I, Dakshin Para II, Gajna, Mayurhat I and Mayurhat II gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

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s of Hanskhali community development block.

Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 13 Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ranaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ranaghat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is in Nadia district in West Bengal...

 (SC).

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, Binay Krishna Biswas of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the 74 Krishnaganj (SC) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sushil Biswas 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. Sushil Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Bidhan Chandra Poddar of Trinamool Congress/Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 2001 and 1991. Nayan Chandra Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Mrinal Kanti Biswas of Congress in 1987. Jnanendranath Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Ananda Mohan Biswas of Congress in 1982 and Amulya Kumar Biswas of Janata Party

Janata Party

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in 1977. Prior to that the constituency did not exist.