Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes.[2][3]

Karimganj
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentKripanath Mallah
Parliamentary PartyBJP
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952–present
StateAssam
Total Electors11,65,997[1]
Assembly Constituencies8

Assembly segments

Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[4]

Constituency number Name Party MLA Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
1 Ratabari

BJP

 Bijoy Malakar SC Karimganj
2 Patharkandi

BJP

 Krishnendu Paul None Karimganj
3 Karimganj North INC Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha None Karimganj
4 Karimganj South AIUDF Aziz Ahmed Khan None Karimganj
5 Badarpur INC Jamaluddin Ahmed None Karimganj
6 Hailakandi AIUDF Anwar Hussain Laskar None Hailakandi
7 Katlicherra AIUDF Suzam Uddin Laskar None Hailakandi
8 Algapur AIUDF Nizam Uddin Choudhury None Hailakandi

Members of Parliament


Year Winner Party
1962 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress
1967 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress
1971 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress
1977 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress
1980 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Sudarsan Das Indian Congress (Socialist)
1991 Dwarka Nath Das Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Dwarka Nath Das Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Nepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress
1999 Nepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress
2004 Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Indian National Congress
2009 Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Indian National Congress
2014 Radheshyam Biswas All India United Democratic Front
2019 Kripanath Mallah Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General elections 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Karimganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kripanath Mallah 4,73,046 44.62 +15.22
AIUDF Radheshyam Biswas 4,34,657 41.00 +0.09
INC Swarup Das 1,20,452 11.36 -14.18
AITC Chandan Das 4,870 0.46 N/A
SUCI(C) Probash Ch. Sarkar 1,166 0.11 -0.24
NOTA None of the above 6,555 0.62 +0.14
Majority 38,389 3.62 -7.89
Turnout 10,61,160 79.18 +3.11
BJP gain from AIUDF Swing +3.71

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General elections 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Karimganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIUDF Radheshyam Biswas 3,62,866 40.91 +4.17
BJP Krishna Das 2,60,772 29.40 +7.67
INC Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya 2,26,562 25.54 -12.35
AGP Rabindranath Choudhury 5,556 0.63 +0.63
AAP Tarun Kumar Das 3,658 0.41 N/A
Independent Sujit Mallick 3,437 0.39 N/A
SUCI(C) Probash Ch. Sarkar 3,114 0.35 +0.17
Independent Sajalendu Malakar 2,465 0.28 N/A
Independent Goutam Malakar 2,447 0.28 N/A
Independent Pradip Suklabaidya 2,392 0.27 N/A
SP Rinku Malakar 2,275 0.26 N/A
Independent Sabuj Das 1,974 0.22 N/A
Independent Sanjit Kumar Das 1,880 0.21 N/A
Independent Pintu Malakar 1,664 0.19 N/A
Independent Mahananda Das 1,592 0.18 N/A
NOTA None of the above 4,266 0.48 ---
Majority 102,094 11.51 +10.36
Turnout 8,87,782 76.14
AIUDF gain from INC Swing

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General elections 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Karimganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya 2,59,717 37.89
AIUDF Rajesh Mallah 2,51,797 36.73
BJP Sudhangshu Das 1,48,945 21.73
Majority 7,920 1.16
Turnout 6,85,420 64.13
INC hold Swing

General elections 2004
General Election, 2004: Karimganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya 321,059 47.81
BJP Parimal Suklabaidya 229,111 34.12
AGP Nepal Chandra Das 106,546 15.87
Independent Babul Ram Das 3,925 0.58
Independent Sushil Kumar Das 3,641 0.54
Independent Radha Kanta Tanty 2,862 0.43
Independent Lukendra Roy 2,386 0.36
Independent Babul Roy 1,960 0.29
Majority 91,948
Turnout 671,491 68.91
INC hold Swing

See also

References
  1. News 18 India lok Sabha election results
  2. India Today General election 2019 Karimganj Constituency
  3. First Post lok sabha 2019 exit poll
  4. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  5. Lok Sabha election 2019 results Karimganj
  6. The Sentinel. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

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