Kalna is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Bardhaman district

Bardhaman District

'Bardhaman district is a district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Bardhaman, though it houses other important industrial towns like Durgapur and Asansol...

 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.

Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 264 Kalna (SC) assembly constituency covers Kalna municipality, Kalna II

Kalna II (community development block)

Kalna II is an administrative division in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kalna police station serves this block...

 community development block and Bagnapara, Hatkalna and Krishnadevpur gram panchayats of Kalna I

Kalna I (community development block)

Kalna I is an administrative division in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kalna police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Rangapara and Lichutala, Kalna...

 community development block. Nandai, Kankuria, Begpur, Atghoria Simlan, Dhatrigram and Sultanpur gram panchayats of Kalna I community development block are part of Purbasthali Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Purbasthali Dakshin is an assembly constituency in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:...

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Kalna (SC) assembly segment was part of Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Katwa Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal state in eastern India, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.-Election results:-Assembly segments:...

 prior to 2009. As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bardhaman Purba is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on Bardhaman in West Bengal...

 from 2009.

2011

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

1977-2006

Anjali Mondal of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the Kalna assembly seat in 2006

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, defeating her nearest rival Asis Chakraborty 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. Anju Kar of CPI(M) won the seat 2001, 1996, 1991, 1987 and 1982 defeating her nearest rivals, Sridhar Banerjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001, Lakshman Kumar Roy of Congress in 1996, Dhirendranath Chaterjee of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Sudhir Ghosh of Congress in 1982. Guruprasad Sinha Roy of CPI(M) won the seat in 1977 defeating Debendra Bejoy Ghosh of Janata Party

Janata Party

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 in 1977.

1951-1972

Nurul Islam Molla of Congress won the Kalna assembly seat in 1972. Hare Krishna Konar

Hare Krishna Konar

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 of CPI(M) won the seat in 1971, 1969, 1967 and 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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 (representing CPI). In 1957 and 1951, it was a double member seat. In 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

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, it was won by Hare Krishna Konar and Jamadar Majhi, both representing CPI

Communist Party of India

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. In independent India's first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

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, it was won by Baidyanath Santal and Rasbehari, both Congress.