Krishnanagar Dakshin Assembly Constituency is set to vote in Phase 2 of 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, with the Election Commission of India announcing the following candidates in the fray.
- Ujjal Biswas (TMC)
- Sadhan Ghosh (BJP)
- Abdur Rahim Shaikh (INC)
- Susanta Kr Mondal (BSP)
- Labani Jangi (CPIMLL)
- Prabir Dey (SUCIC)
- Bomkesh Ghosh (IND)
- Keya Biswas (IND)
- Ekramul Sekh (IND)
- Ananda Modak (IND)
- Sanju Ghosh (IND)
Krishnanagar Dakshin is one of the 294 constituencies in the West Bengal Assembly and falls under Nadia district of South East Bengal region. The seat is reserved for the General category with 23.54% of the population belonging to the Scheduled Caste community and 1.75% of the population belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community. The constituency has 2,21,881 voters, including 1,15,553 men and 1,06,326 women. The overall literacy rate of Krishnanagar Dakshin is 75.58% according to the Census of India 2011.
Voting in Krishnanagar Dakshin will be held
on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, as part of Phase 2 polling, while counting is scheduled for Monday, May 4, 2026.
In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress won 215 of the state’s 294 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party secured 77. In the same election, Mekliganj was won by Adhikary Paresh Chandra of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), who defeated Dadhiram Ray of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a margin of 14,685 votes.
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