Karimpur Assembly constituency

Karimpur
Constituency No. 77 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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

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

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
1951 Haripada Chattopadhyay Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[2]
1957 Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay INC[3]
1962 Smarajit Bandopadhyay INC[4]
1967 Nalinaksha Sanyal Bangla Congress[5]
1969 Nalinaksha Sanyal INC[6]
1971 Samarendra Nath Sanyal CPI(M)[7]
1972 Arabinda Mandal INC[8]
1977 Samarendra Nath Sanyal CPI(M)[9]
1982 Chitta Ranjan Biswas CPI(M)[10]
1987 Chitta Ranjan Biswas CPI(M)[11]
1991 Chitta Ranjan Biswas CPI(M)[12]
1996 Chitta Ranjan Biswas CPI(M)[13]
2001 Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick CPI(M)[14]
2006 Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick CPI(M)[15]
2011 Samarendranath Ghosh CPI(M)[16]
2016 Mahua Moitra AITC
2019[17] Bimalendu Sinha Roy AITC
2021 Bimalendu Sinha Roy AITC

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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samarendranath Ghosh 82,244 46.17 -1.01
AITC Dr. Ramen Sarkar 77,159 43.32 -13.12
BJP Indrajit Mondal 8,098 4.55
Independent Rajib Sekh 3,626
BSP Swapan Kumar Biswas 2,628
Independent Bikash Chandra Biswas 2,054
IUML Rejaul Sekh 1,446
People's Democratic Conference of India Abdulla Biswas 86
Turnout 178,118 90.66

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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Mahua Moitra 90,989 45.24 +1.92
CPI(M) Samarendranath Ghosh 75,000 37.29 -8.88
BJP Subhasis Bhattacharya 23,302 11.59 +7.04
SHS Mahitosh Sarkar 4,554 2.26 N/A
WPOI Sahabuddin Mandal 2,140 1.06 N/A
BSP Jitendra Nath Halder 1,769 0.88 -0.60
SUCI(C) Azad Rahaman 1,104 0.55 N/A
IUML Rejaul Sekh 799 0.40 -0.41
NOTA None of the above 1,449 0.72 N/A
Majority 15,989 7.59
Turnout 2,01,106 88.53 -2.13
Registered electors 2,27,166

2019

Bye-election, 2019: Karimpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bimalendu Sinha Roy 1,03,278 50.43 +5.19
BJP Jayprakash Majumdar 79,368 38.75 +27.16
CPI(M) Golam Rabbi 18,627 9.09 -28.20
NOTA None of the above 1,568 0.77 +0.05
Majority 23,910 11.68 +4.09
Turnout 2,04,807 84.72 -4.00
Registered electors 2,40,000

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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bimalendu Sinha Roy 1,10,911
BJP Samarendra Nath Ghosh 87,336
CPI(M) Pravas Majumdar 17,185
NOTA None of the above
Majority 23,575
Turnout
Registered electors


References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Schedule for bye-elections to fill four casual vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies of Uttarakhand and West Bengal".
  18. ^ "69 Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  19. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Karimpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  20. ^ The Rebel Candidates in the Fray, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
  21. ^ "TMC, BJP gear up for bypoll challenge next". Hindustan Times. 30 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Karimpur (West Bengal) Assembly Bye-Election Results: TMC wins by 24,119 votes". 28 November 2019.
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