Karimganj
Lok Sabha constituency
Karimganj within the state of Assam
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
Assembly constituencies8
Established1952
Total electors11,65,997
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India, covering Karimganj and Hailakandi districts in the Barak Valley. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes.[1]

Assembly segments

Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Current assembly segments

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
121 Hailakandi None
122 Algapur - Katlicherra
123 Karimganj North
124 Karimganj South
125 Patharkandi
126 Ramkrishna Nagar SC

Previous assembly segments

No Name District Member Party
1 Ratabari (SC) Karimganj Bijoy Malakar BJP
2 Patharkandi Krishnendu Paul BJP
3 Karimganj North Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha Indian National Congress
4 Karimganj South Siddeque Ahmed Indian National Congress
5 Badarpur Abdul Aziz All India United Democratic Front
6 Hailakandi Hailakandi Zakir Hussain Laskar All India United Democratic Front
7 Katlicherra Suzam Uddin Laskar All India United Democratic Front
8 Algapur Nizam Uddin Choudhury All India United Democratic Front

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Karimganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kripanath Mallah 473,046 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

[3]

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

[4]

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

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