Kaliaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

In the 2011 election, Pramatha Nath Ray of Congress defeated his nearest rival Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M).

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

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar Dinajpur district summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Indian National Congress	3	2
Trinamool Congress	2	2
Independent/ Rebel Congress	1	1
Forward Bloc	2	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	2
Communist Party of India	0	1

Note: New constituencies – 2 (See template talk page for details)

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[13] 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[12] and 1996.[11] Ramani Kanta Debsarma of CPI(M) defeated Pramatha Nath Roy of Congress in 1991[10] and Naba Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987.[9] Naba Kumar Roy of Congress defeated Nani Gopal Roy of CPI(M) in 1982[8] and 1977.[7][16]

Debendra Nath Roy of Congress won in 1972[6] and 1971.[5] Syama Prasad Barman won the Kaliaganj seat in 1969,[4] 1967[3] and 1962.[2] 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.[17] Syama Prasad Barman and Gulam Hamidur Rahman, both of Congress, won from Raiganj in 1951.[18]