Karimpur Assembly constituency

Karimpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Karimpur
Constituency No. 77 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Karimpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
LS constituencyMurshidabad
Established1951
Total electors251,039
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

In line with the Delimitation Commission, No. 77 Karimpur Assembly constituency is composed of Karimpur I community development block and Dhoradaha I, Dhoradaha II, Murutia, Natidanga I, Natidanga II and Rahamatpur gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.[1]

Karimpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
Name of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Haripada ChattopadhyayKisan Mazdoor Praja Party[2]
1957Bijoy Lal ChattopadhyayINC[3]
1962Smarajit BandopadhyayINC[4]
1967Nalinaksha SanyalBangla Congress[5]
1969Nalinaksha SanyalINC[6]
1971Samarendra Nath SanyalCPI(M)[7]
1972Arabinda MandalINC[8]
1977Samarendra Nath SanyalCPI(M)[9]
1982Chitta Ranjan BiswasCPI(M)[10]
1987Chitta Ranjan BiswasCPI(M)[11]
1991Chitta Ranjan BiswasCPI(M)[12]
1996Chitta Ranjan BiswasCPI(M)[13]
2001Prafulla Kumar BhowmickCPI(M)[14]
2006Prafulla Kumar BhowmickCPI(M)[15]
2011Samarendranath GhoshCPI(M)[16]
2016Mahua MoitraAITC
2019[17]Bimalendu Sinha RoyAITC
2021Bimalendu Sinha RoyAITC

Election results

1951–1972

Arabinda Mandal of Congress won in 1972.[8] Samarendra Nath Sanyal of CPI(M) won in 1971.[7] Nalinaksha Sanyal of Bangla Congress / Congress won in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Samarjit Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1962.[4] Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay of Congress won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Haripada Chatterjee of KMPP won the Karimpur seat.[2]

1977-2006

In the 2006[15] and 2001[14] state assembly elections, Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick of CPI(M) won the Karimpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Arabinda Mondal of Congress and Chira Ranjan Mandal of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chitta Ranjan Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Chira Ranjan Mandal of Congress in 1996[13] and 1991,[12] and Arabinda Mandal of Congress in 1987[11] and 1982.[10] Samarendra Nath Sanyal of CPI(M) defeated Arabinda Mandal of Congress in 1977.[9][18]

2011

In the 2011 election, Samarendranath Ghosh of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Dr. Ramen Sarkar of All India Trinamool Congress

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Karimpur constituency[16][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)Samarendranath Ghosh82,24446.17-1.01
AITCDr. Ramen Sarkar77,15943.32-13.12
BJPIndrajit Mondal8,0984.55
IndependentRajib Sekh3,626
BSPSwapan Kumar Biswas2,628
IndependentBikash Chandra Biswas2,054
IUMLRejaul Sekh1,446
People's Democratic Conference of IndiaAbdulla Biswas86
Turnout178,11890.66

Rajib Sekh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.[20]

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

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCMahua Moitra90,98945.24+1.92
CPI(M)Samarendranath Ghosh75,00037.29-8.88
BJPSubhasis Bhattacharya23,30211.59+7.04
SHSMahitosh Sarkar4,5542.26N/A
WPOISahabuddin Mandal2,1401.06N/A
BSPJitendra Nath Halder1,7690.88-0.60
SUCI(C)Azad Rahaman1,1040.55N/A
IUMLRejaul Sekh7990.40-0.41
NOTANone of the above1,4490.72N/A
Majority15,9897.59
Turnout2,01,10688.53-2.13
Registered electors2,27,166

2019

Bye-election, 2019: Karimpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCBimalendu Sinha Roy1,03,27850.43+5.19
BJPJayprakash Majumdar79,36838.75+27.16
CPI(M)Golam Rabbi18,6279.09-28.20
NOTANone of the above1,5680.77+0.05
Majority23,91011.68+4.09
Turnout2,04,80784.72-4.00
Registered electors2,40,000

Due to Mahua Moitra resignation as MLA, By poll was held.[21] Bimalendu Sinha Roy won by 24,119 votes[22]


2021

West Bengal legislative Assembly elections, 2021: Karimpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCBimalendu Sinha Roy1,10,911
BJPSamarendra Nath Ghosh87,336
CPI(M)Pravas Majumdar17,185
NOTANone of the above
Majority23,575
Turnout
Registered electors


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