Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency
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.
| Karimganj | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| Assembly constituencies | 8 |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 11,65,997 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 17th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent Kripanath Mallah | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Assembly segments
Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
Current assembly segments
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party | MLA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Hailakandi | None | Hailakandi | ||
| 122 | Algapur - Katlicherra | ||||
| 123 | Karimganj North | Karimganj | |||
| 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
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Hafeez Rashid Ahmed Choudhury | ||||
| BJP | Kripanath Mallah | ||||
| AIUDF | Sahabul Islam Choudhury | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2019
| 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 | |||
General elections 2014
| 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 | ||||
General elections 2009
| 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
| 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
- "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- Lok Sabha election 2019 results Karimganj
- The Sentinel. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
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