Islampur, West Bengal Assembly constituency
Islampur | |
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Constituency No. 29 for the All India Trinamool Congress | |
Elected year | 2021 |
Islampur Assembly constituency is an
Overview
As per orders of the
Islampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 5
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election Year | MLA | Party | |
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Islampur constituency | |||
1957 | Mohd. Afaque Choudhury | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | |||
1967 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | ||
1969 | |||
1971 | |||
1972 | |||
1977 | Independent Politician
| ||
1982 | Indian National Congress | ||
1987 | Md. Faruque Azam | Communist Party of India | |
1991 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
1996 | |||
2001 | Trinamool Congress | ||
2006 | Md. Faruque Azam | Communist Party of India | |
2011 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Trinamool Congress | |
2016 | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | Indian National Congress | |
2021 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Trinamool Congress |
Election results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC
|
Abdul Karim Chowdhury | 98,999 | |||
BJP | Dr. Saumyaroop Mandal | 62,691 | |||
INC | Sadikul Islam | 10,982 | |||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | 8,213 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
AITC hold | Swing |
2019 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC
|
Abdul Karim Chowdhury | 77,528 | 53.08 | +14.37 | |
BJP | Dr. Saumyaroop Mandal | 56,141 | 38.44 | +25.95 | |
INC | Muzaffar Hussain | 5,208 | 3.57 | -40.31 | |
CPI(M) | Shantiprokash Guhaneogi | 5,128 | 3.51 | N/A | |
Indian Democratic People's Party | Dr. Md. Tabibur Rahman | 652 | 0.45 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,391 | 0.95 | -0.35 | |
Majority | 21,387 | 14.64 | |||
Turnout | 1,46,048 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
AITC gain from INC
|
Swing |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | 65,559 | 43.88 | ||
AITC
|
Abdul Karim Chowdhury | 57,841 | 38.71 | ||
BJP | Saumyaroop Mandal | 18,668 | 12.49 | ||
JD(U) | Md Arsad | 1,521 | 1.01 | ||
BSP | Sefali Roy Mondal | 1,164 | 0.78 | ||
GJM | Altamas Choudhury | 1,069 | 0.71 | ||
SP | Abdus Subhan | 923 | 0.62 | ||
SUCI(C) | Dayal Singha | 716 | 0.48 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,943 | 1.30 | ||
Majority | 7,718 | 5.17 | |||
Turnout | 1,49,404 | 79.36 | |||
Registered electors | 1,88,269 | ||||
AITC
|
Swing |
2011
In the 2011 election, Abdul Karim Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sayeda Farhat Afroz of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC
|
Abdul Karim Chowdhury | 49,326 | 41.48 | +2.34# | |
CPI(M) | Sayeda Farhat Afroz | 38,054 | 32.00 | -13.21 | |
Independent | Kanaia Lal Agarwal | 20,870 | 17.55 | ||
BJP | Nepal Dutta | 5,772 | 4.85 | ||
Independent | Md. Nadeem Akhter | 2,941 | |||
BSP | Umar Ali | 1,944 | |||
Turnout | 118,907 | 79.28 | |||
AITC gain from CPI(M)
|
Swing | 15.55# |
Kanaia Lal Agarwal, Chairman of Islampur municipality, run by the Congress, was the rebel Congress candidate who contested as an Independent from Islampur. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for him.[4]
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages, as there was a rebel Congress candidate.
1977-2006
In the
1951
Although Islampur constituency was formed in West Bengal in 1977, it was a constituency in independent India's first election in 1951, when the area was part of Bihar. Chowdhary Mohamad Afaque of Congress won the Islampur seat in 1951.[13]
See also
- Bengali language Movement (North Dinajpur)
References
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- ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Islampur. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress 'soldiers'". The Telegraph, 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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- ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ "28 - Islampur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data – Constituency No. 194. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.