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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

Year Name Party
1951 Haripada Chattopadhyay Template:Full party name with color
1957 Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay Template:Full party name with color
1962 Smarajit Bandopadhyay
1967 Nalinaksha Sanyal Template:Full party name with color
1969 Template:Full party name with color
1971 Samarendra Nath Sanyal Template:Full party name with color
1972 Arabinda Mandal Template:Full party name with color
1977 Samarendra Nath Sanyal Template:Full party name with color
1982 Chitta Ranjan Biswas
1987
1991
1996
2001 Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick
2006
2011 Samarendranath Ghosh
2016 Mahua Moitra Template:Full party name with color
2019^ Bimalendu Sinha Roy
2021
  • ^ denotes by-election

Election results

1951–1972

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

1977-2006

In the 2006[9] and 2001[10] 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[11] and 1991,[12] and Arabinda Mandal of Congress in 1987[13] and 1982.[14] Samarendra Nath Sanyal of CPI(M) defeated Arabinda Mandal of Congress in 1977.[15][16]

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 Template:Election box begin

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Rajib Sekh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.[17]

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

2016

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2019

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Due to Mahua Moitra resignation as MLA, By poll was held.[18] Bimalendu Sinha Roy won by 24,119 votes[19]


2021

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2026

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Delimitation Commission Order No. 18. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  2. General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. 69 Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  17. The Rebel Candidates in the Fray, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
  18. TMC, BJP gear up for bypoll challenge next. Hindustan Times(30 October 2019).
  19. Karimpur (West Bengal) Assembly Bye-Election Results: TMC wins by 24,119 votes(28 November 2019).

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