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'''Kandi Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Murshidabad district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kandi
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Kandi.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kandi Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = '''Gargi Das Ghosh'''
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| preceded_by = [[Apurba Sarkar]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baharampur]]
| constituency_no = 68
| established = 1951
| electors = 238,973
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

{{Pie chart
| value1 = 73.7
| value2 = 10.52
| value3 = 5.26
| value4 = 5.26
| value5 = 5.26
| label1 = [[Indian National Congress]] (14 times)
| label2 = [[Independent politician]] (2 times)
| label3 = [[Communist Party of India]] (1 time)
| label4 = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1 time)
| label5 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (1 time)
| color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}
| color2 = {{party color|Independent politician}}
| color3 = {{party color|Communist Party of India}}
| color4 = {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|color5 = {{party color|Bhartiya Janata Party}}
| caption = '''Most Successful Parties from Kandi Assembly'''
}}

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 68 Kandi Assembly constituency covers [[Kandi, Murshidabad|Kandi]] municipality, [[Kandi (community development block)|Kandi]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] (CDB), and Satui Chaurigachha [[gram panchayat]] of [[Berhampore (community development block)|Berhampore]] CDB.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 13 July 2013 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

Kandi Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 [[Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Goalbadan Trivedi
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Sudhir Mondal
|-
|Bimal Chandra Sinha
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|G. Trivedi
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|rowspan="4"|Atish Chandra Sinha
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|Syed Wahid Reza
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="3"|Atish Chandra Sinha
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Apurba Sarkar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|2019^
|Safiul Alam Khan (Bonu Khan)
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Apurba Sarkar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|Gargi Das Ghosh
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|}

* ^ {{ndash}} by-election

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kandi}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Gargi Das Ghosh|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=73,355|percentage=36.78|change={{Increase}}6.04}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Apurba Sarkar]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=63,020|percentage=31.60|change={{Decrease}} 19.56}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shamim Rana|party=Indian National Congress|votes=31,160|percentage=15.62|change={{Increase}}0.84}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Mesbahul khan (Saheb)|party=All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|votes=22,976|percentage=11.20|change={{New}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Syed Azizur Hossain (Nashim)|party=Independent|votes=1,623|percentage=0.81|change={{New}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rejaul Karim|party=Communist Party of India|votes=1,530|percentage=0.77|change={{New}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=2,932|percentage=1.47|change={{Decrease}}0.21}}

{{Election box majority||votes=10,335|percentage=5.19|change={{Increase}} 15.23}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=199,460|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = BJP
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kandi}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Apurba Sarkar]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 95,399
|percentage = 51.16
|change = {{increase}}15.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Goutam Roy
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 57,319
|percentage = 30.74
|change = {{increase}}19.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shafiul Islam Khan
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 27,555
|percentage = 14.78
|change = {{decrease}}33.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 3,131
|percentage = 1.68
|change = {{increase}}0.59
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 38,080
|percentage = 20.42
|change = {{increase}}7.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,86,481
|percentage = 78.03
|change = {{increase}}4.99
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019 by-election===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 elections in India#West Bengal|2019 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election]]: Kandi}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Shafiul Alam Khan
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 79,698
|percentage = 48.38
|change = {{decrease}}2.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Goutam Roy
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 58,578
|percentage = 35.56
|change = {{decrease}}2.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sanat Mondal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 18,693
|percentage = 11.34
|change = {{increase}}5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Debojyoti Roy
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 5,291
|percentage = 3.21
|change = {{New}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 1,799
|percentage = 1.09
|change = {{Decrease}}0.45
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21,120
|percentage = 12.82
|change = {{decrease}}0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,64,710
|percentage = 73.04
|change = {{decrease}}3.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kandi}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Apurba Sarkar]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 81,723
|percentage = 51.22
|change = {{increase}}5.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Santanu Sen
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = 60,943
|percentage = 38.2
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Binay Bhushan Das
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 9,317
|percentage = 5.84
|change = {{increase}}2.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = 2,464
|percentage = 1.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,780
|percentage = 13.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,59,553
|percentage = 76.64
|change = {{decrease}}4.27
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ainal Haque of CPI.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Kandi constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=68| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190157/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=68| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kandi| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Apurba Sarkar]]
|votes = 66,513
|percentage = 46.10
|change = {{increase}}13.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ainal Haque
|votes = 58,703
|percentage = 40.68
|change = {{increase}}7.64
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sahitya Pradip Sinha
|votes = 9,836
|percentage = 6.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dhananjoy Mandal
|votes = 4,351
|percentage = 3.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Amit Kumar Das
|votes = 1,429
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Manirul Islam
|votes = 1,254
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sasti Konai
|votes = 850
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Nazimul Islam
|votes = 736
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee|MLKSC]]
|candidate = Majibur Rahaman Sheikh
|votes = 615
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,44,287
|percentage = 80.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{decrease}}21.51
}}
{{Election box end}}

Sahitya Pradip Sinha, contesting as an independent, was reportedly backed by Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365076:murshidabad-birbhum-independents-pose-problems-for-official-candidates&catid=73:kolkata-plus&from_page=search |title=Murshidabad, Birbhum Independents pose problems for official candidates |publisher=The Statesman 6 April 2011 |access-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612082640/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365076%3Amurshidabad-birbhum-independents-pose-problems-for-official-candidates&catid=73%3Akolkata-plus&from_page=search |archive-date=12 June 2012 }}</ref>

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Rebel Congress (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006. Calculated only on the vote percentages secured by Apurba Sarakar in 2006 and 2011 the swing is +3.59%.</small>

===2006===
In the 2006 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress MP of [[Baharampur]], [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]] Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of CPI.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Kandi constituency<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=68| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120327190157/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=68| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 27 March 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kandi| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = [[Apurba Sarkar]]
|votes = 50,157
|percentage = 34.87
|change = {{decrease}}13.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Abdul Hamid
|votes = 47,525
|percentage = 33.04
|change = {{increase}}7.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Atish Chandra Sinha]]
|votes = 36,103
|percentage = 25.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Hari Prasad Chandra
|votes = 2,204
|percentage = 1.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Partha Mukherjee
|votes = 1,787
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Syed Fazle Alam
|votes = 1,532
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Safiuddin Sk.
|votes = 1184
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Uday Das
|votes = 996
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Narendra Narayan Roy
|votes = 893
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Babu Bagdhi
|votes = 884
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Shahzamal
|votes = 561
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 143,829
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = -21.51#
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Apurba Sarkar, Independent, won the 68 Kandi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. Apurba Sarkar, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury|Adhir Choudhury]] as a protest against the official Congress candidate [[Atish Chandra Sinha|Atish Sinha]].<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/bengal/story_6214010.asp| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120912213550/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/bengal/story_6214010.asp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 12 September 2012|title = Adhir beats Cong at home | publisher = The Telegraph 12 May 2006|access-date = 13 May 2011| location=Calcutta, India| date=12 May 2006}}</ref> He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110417/jsp/bengal/story_13864257.jsp | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120913234738/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110417/jsp/bengal/story_13864257.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 September 2012 |title = Didi turns up heat on dissidents | publisher = The Telegraph 17 April 2011|access-date = 25 May 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | first=Alamgir | last=Hussain | date=17 April 2011}}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Atish Chandra Sinha]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Chandan Sen of CPI in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Syed Wahid Reza of CPI in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Syed Wahid Reza of CPI defeated Bankim Trivedi of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Syed Abdur Razzaque of CPI in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and Jagadish Sinha of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp65.htm | title = 65 - Kandi Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Atish Chandra Sinha won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha, Independent, won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> G. Trivedi of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Kandi was a joint seat in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Sudhir Mondal and Bimal Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, won the seat jointly. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]] Goalbadan Trivedi of Congress won from the Kandi seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
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[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Kandi Assembly constituency - Revision history

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