The assembly constituency
was won by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Satyajit Biswas who defeated Mrinal
Biswas (Mini) of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) in 2016. However, in
the 2019 by-election, Bhartiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Ashis Kumar Biswas won from
the seat. The seat, one of West Bengal’s 294
assembly constituencies, falls under the Ranaghat
Lok Sabha constituency.

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The Ranaghat
Lok Sabha constituency is currently held by Jagannath Sarkar of
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), who defeated Rupali
Biswas of TMC.

The Krishnaganj assembly constituency is reserved for
the Scheduled Caste (SC). It was a CPM stronghold till 2011. From 2011 to 2019,
the seat was held by the TMC. In the 2019 by-election, the seat was won by the
BJP and its Ashis Kumar Biswas is the sitting MLA.

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Here are a few details about
the Krishnaganj assembly seat

Name of the assembly
constituency, district: Krishnaganj, Nadia district

Lok Sabha constituency: Ranaghat

Polling date: April 17

2016 candidates: Satyajit
Biswas (TMC), Mrinal Biswas (Mini) (CPM)

2021 candidates: NA

Sitting MLA, party: Ashis
Kumar Biswas (BJP) (after 2019 by-election)

Winning margin in 2016: 30,866
votes

Runner up name, party: Pramatha Ranjan Bose (TMC) (in 2019 by-election)

Number of voters in 2016: 213,615

Percentage of votes polled
in 2016: 84.84%

Number of women voters in
2016: 104,788

Number of polling booths in 2015: 289