In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahua Moitra | All India Trinamool Congress | 613652 | 0 | 1220 | 614872 | 45 | Winner |
| Kalyan Chaubey | Bharatiya Janata Party | 548248 | 0 | 3406 | 551654 | 40.37 | 1st Runner-up |
| Jha Shantanu | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 120016 | 0 | 206 | 120222 | 8.8 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Intaj Ali Shah | Indian National Congress | 38116 | 0 | 189 | 38305 | 2.8 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Khodabox Shaikh | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 8096 | 0 | 16 | 8112 | 0.59 | 4th Runner-up |
| Subimal Sengupta | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) | 7581 | 0 | 4 | 7585 | 0.56 | 5th Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 7484 | 0 | 24 | 7508 | 0.55 | 6th Runner-up |
| Nirapada Modak | Independent | 6512 | 0 | 0 | 6512 | 0.48 | 7th Runner-up |
| Uddhab Roy | Bahujan Samaj Party | 4166 | 0 | 33 | 4199 | 0.31 | 8th Runner-up |
| Ashok Agarwala (Lalu Da) | Independent | 2963 | 0 | 4 | 2967 | 0.22 | 9th Runner-up |
| Bhaskar Paul | Independent | 2279 | 0 | 3 | 2282 | 0.17 | 10th Runner-up |
| Jayanto Debnath | Aihra National Party | 2218 | 0 | 7 | 2225 | 0.16 | 11th Runner-up |
One of the 42 parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal, Krishnanagar Lok Sabha is a constituency of the Nadia district. 1,223,082 is the total electorate count in the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 12). Out of these 643,478 number of electorates are males and the remaining 579,604 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. It was before the 1957 elections and has a total of 1,224,000 electors. This constituency comprises of seven Vidhan Sabha segments all of which belong to the Nadia District. Krishnanagar is a town and the center of administration of the Nadia District. Located along the Jalangi River, it has an elevation of just 14 m. It is 100 km away from the state capital.
As per 2001 India census, it has a population of over 13,000 with around 12% of the population under the age of six. About 51% of the population is male and the sex ratio is 978 females per 1000 males. The average literacy rate of Krishnangar is over 88% with male literacy at 91% and female literacy rate of 85%. Bengali is the official language while English, Hindi and Urdu are widely used as well. Agriculture is the primary economic activity here with cultivation of rice and mangoes. Sugar Mills, cattle rearing and fishing are other important economic activities of the area. The National Highway NH-34 and the State Highway SH-11 are connected to the area.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Krishnanagar Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Krishnanagar parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Krishnanagar constituency is Shri Tapas Paul of AITC.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Tapas Paul | M | AITC | 438789 | Jha Shantanu | M | CPM | 367534 |
| 2009 | 12 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Paul,Shri Tapas | M | AITC | 443679 | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | M | CPM | 366293 |
| 2004 | 11 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Jyotirmoyee Sikdar | F | CPM | 397561 | Satya Brata Mookherjee | M | BJP | 377174 |
| 1999 | 11 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Satyabrata Mookherjee | M | BJP | 366954 | Dilip Chakraborty | M | CPM | 344720 |
| 1998 | 11 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Ajoy Mukhopadhyay | M | CPM | 372490 | Satyabrata Mookherjee | M | BJP | 331818 |
| 1996 | 11 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Ajoay Mukhopadhyay | M | CPM | 408389 | Sri Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya | M | INC | 369479 |
| 1991 | 11 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Ajoy Mukhopadhyay | M | CPM | 324508 | Jyotirmoy Bhattacharjee (Nitu) | M | INC | 264933 |
| 1984 | 11 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Renu Pada Das | M | CPM | 294657 | Sankar Das Banerji | M | INC | 289870 |
| 1980 | 11 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Renupada Das | M | CPM | 255568 | Sankar Das Banerji | M | INC(I) | 189377 |
| 1977 | 11 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Renupada Das | M | CPM | 198830 | Shibsankar Bandyopadhayay | M | INC | 107462 |
| 1971 | 10 | Krishnanagar | GEN | Renupada Das | M | CPM | 108872 | Ila Pal Chaudhuri | M | INC | 75241 |
| 1968 | Bye Pol | Krishnanagar | GEN | I.P.Chaoudhuri | M | INC | 134361 | S.S.Sanyal | M | IND | 92396 |
| 1967 | 10 | Krishnanagar | GEN | H. Chattopadhyay | M | IND | 155309 | C. P. Mukherjee | M | INC | 122512 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Krishnanagar Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Krishnanagar parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tehatta | Palashipara | Kaliganj |
| Nakashipara | Chapra | Krishnanagar Uttar |
| Nabadwip | ||
Last Updated on June 28, 2019