Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Karimpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Karimpur
Location in West Bengal
Karimpur
Karimpur (India)
Coordinates: 23°58′N 88°37′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNadia
Constituency No77
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency11. Murshidabad
Electorate (year)196,472 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 77 Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		Name of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Haripada ChattopadhyayKisan Mazdoor Praja Party[2]
1957Bijoy Lal ChattopadhyayINC[3]
1962Smarajit BandopadhyayINC[4]
1967Nalinaksha SanyalBangla Congress[5]
1969Nalinaksha SanyalINC[6]
1971Samarendra Nath SanyalCPI(M)[7]
1972Arabinda MandalINC[8]
1977Samarendra Nath SanyalCPI(M)[9]
1982Chitta Ranjan BiswasCPI(M)[10]
1987Chitta Ranjan BiswasCPI(M)[11]
1991Chitta Ranjan BiswasCPI(M)[12]
1996Chitta Ranjan BiswasCPI(M)[13]
2001Prafulla Kumar BhowmickCPI(M)[14]
2006Prafulla Kumar BhowmickCPI(M)[15]
2011Samarendranath GhoshCPI(M)[16]
2016Mahua MoitraAITMC
2019[17] Bimalendu Sinha Roy AITMC

Election results

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.[18]Bimalendu Sinha Roy won by 24,119 votes[19]

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

2011

In the 2011 election, Samarendranath Ghosh of 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][20]
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.[21]

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

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Nadia district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 13 11
Indian National Congress 1 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 8
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 1 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006

In 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][22]

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]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  16. "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. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tmc-bjp-gear-up-for-bypoll-challenge-next/story-NPodyVJc6nDIJ9sMwdbxdI.html
  19. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/karimpur-west-bengal-vidhan-sabha-assembly-bye-election-results-2019-live-winner-runner-up-6139910/
  20. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Karimpur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  21. The Rebel Candidates in the Fray, The Telegraph (print edition) 23 April 2011
  22. "69 Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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