Karimpur Assembly constituency

Karimpur
Constituency No. 77 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Karimpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Lok Sabha constituency	Murshidabad
Established	1951
Total electors	251,039
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Samarendranath Ghosh
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

Karimpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

In line with the Delimitation Commission, No. 77 Karimpur Assembly constituency is composed of 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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1951	Haripada Chattopadhyay	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay	Indian National Congress
1962	Smarajit Bandopadhyay	Indian National Congress
1967	Nalinaksha Sanyal	Bangla Congress
1969	Nalinaksha Sanyal	Indian National Congress
1971	Samarendra Nath Sanyal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972	Arabinda Mandal	Indian National Congress
1977	Samarendra Nath Sanyal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982	Chitta Ranjan Biswas
1987
1991
1996
2001	Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick
2006	Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick
2011	Samarendranath Ghosh
2016	Mahua Moitra	Trinamool Congress
2019^	Bimalendu Sinha Roy
2021	Bimalendu Sinha Roy
2026	Samarendranath Ghosh	Bharatiya Janata Party

^ denotes by-election

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2026			43.68%
2021			50.07%
2019^			50.43%
2016			45.24%
2011			46.17%
2006			47.18%
2001			46.82%
1996			47.56%
1991			47.63%
1987			55.04%
1982			54.86%
1977			43.36%
1972			60.98%
1971			47.65%
1969			33.72%
1967			68.95%
1962			47.30%
1957			55.99%
1951			48.44%

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Samarendranath Ghosh	105,234	43.68	+4.25
	AITC	Soham Chakraborty	95,049	39.45	−10.62
	CPI(M)	Prabhas Majumdar	19,334	8.03	+0.27
	INC	Pooja Roy Chowdhury	10,854	4.51
	AJUP	Samsun Nahar Khatun Sekh	5,733	2.38
	NOTA	None of the above	1,140	0.47	−0.13
Majority			10,185	4.23	−6.41
Turnout			240,916	94.92	+6.68
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2021

West Bengal legislative Assembly elections, 2021: Karimpur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Bimalendu Sinha Roy	110,911	50.07
	BJP	Samarendranath Ghosh	87,336	39.43
	CPI(M)	Pravas Majumdar	17,185	7.76
	NOTA	None of the above	1,328	0.6
Majority			23,575	10.64
Turnout			221,506	88.24

2019

Bye-election, 2019: Karimpur^[4]
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.^[4] Bimalendu Sinha Roy won by 24,119 votes^[5]

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Mahua Moitra	90,989	45.24
	CPI(M)	Samarendranath Ghosh	75,000	37.29
	BJP	Subhasis Bhattacharyya (Ananda)	23,302	11.59
	SS	Mahitosh Sarkar	4,554	2.26
	WPOI	Sahabuddin Mandal	2,140	1.06
	BSP	Jitendra Nath Halder	1,769	0.88
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,449	0.72
	SUCI(C)	Azad Rahaman	1,104	0.55
	IUML	Rejaul Sekh	799	0.40
Majority			15,989	7.95
Turnout			201,106	88.53
	Swing to AITC from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Samarendranath Ghosh	82,244	46.17
	AITC	Dr. Ramendra Nath Sarkar	77,159	43.32
	BJP	Indrajit Mondal	8,098	4.55
	Independent	Rajib Sekh	3,626	2.04
	BSP	Swapan Kumar Biswas	2,628	1.48
	Independent	Bikash Chandra Biswas	2,054	1.15
	IUML	Rejaul Sekh	1,446	0.81
	PDCI	Abdulla Biswas	863	0.48
Majority			5,085	2.85
Turnout			178,118	90.62
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick	74,036	47.18
	INC	Arabinda Mandal	54,161	34.51
	AITC	Chira Ranjan Mandal	20,298	12.93
	Independent	Azad Sekh	5,158	3.29
	BSP	Jitendranath Halder	3,286	2.09
Majority			19,875	12.67
Turnout			156,939
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick	62,398	46.82
	AITC	Chira Ranjan Mondal	55,580	41.71
	BJP	Tapan Baran Mitra	11,137	8.36
	Independent	Azad Seikh	4,147	3.11
Majority			6,818	5.11
Turnout			133,537	80.68
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Chittaranjan Biswas	64,561	47.56
	INC	Chira Ranjan Mandal	44,215	32.57
	BJP	Nabakumar Mondal	24,865	18.32
	Independent	Asutosh Pal	1,181	0.87
	Independent	Iman Mondal	342	0.25
	Independent	Sudhansu Kumar Biswas	299	0.22
	AIIC(T)	Tamesh Pal	291	0.21
Majority			20,346	14.99
Turnout			138,370	86.94
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Chitta Ranjan Biswas	53,349	47.63
	INC	Chira Ranjan Mandal	33,316	29.74
	BJP	Karuan Kumar Saha	22,892	20.44
	JP	Abdur Rashid Biswas	1,372	1.22
	Independent	Dhanapati Mandal	581	0.52
	Independent	Rakebuddin Mandal	498	0.44
Majority			20,033	17.89
Turnout			114,221	81.94
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Biswas Chittaranjan (Anandapally)	51,941	55.04
	INC	Arabinda Mandal	41,865	44.37
	Independent	Chittaranjan Biswas (Rahamatpur Colony)	556	0.59
Majority			10,076	10.67
Turnout			96,303	85.08
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Chittaranjan Biswas	46,135	54.86
	INC	Arabinda Mandal	37,961	45.14
Majority			8,174	9.72
Turnout			85,585	88.16
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Samarendra Nath Sanyal	23,905	43.36
	INC	Arabindra Mandal	12,147	22.03
	JP	Naresh Narayan Biswas	8,769	15.90
	Independent	Nalinaksha Sanyal	4,208	7.63
	Independent	Sudhansu Sekhar Biswas	3,348	6.07
	IUML	Hazi Abuzar Ghaffari Mondal	2,757	5.00
Majority			11,758	21.33
Turnout			56,178	72.81
	Swing to CPI(M) from INC		Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Arabinda Mandal	27,557	60.98
	CPI(M)	Samarendra Nath Sanyal	16,019	35.45
	Independent	Kazi Saidul Islam Biswas	1,611	3.57
Majority			11,538	25.53
Turnout			46,463	63.26
	Swing to INC from CPI(M)		Swing

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Samarendra Nath Sanyal	22,489	47.65
	INC	Nalinaksha Sanyal	11,143	23.61
	WBSML	Hazi Abuzar Ghaffari Mondal	9,649	20.44
	Bangla Congress	Sunil Ranjan Biswas	2,704	5.73
	INC(O)	Naresh Narayan Biswas	1,212	2.57
Majority			11,346	24.04
Turnout			50,000	69.17
	Swing to CPI(M) from INC		Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Nalinaksha Sanyal	16,248	33.72
	CPI(M)	Samarendra Nath Sanyal	16,198	33.61
	Independent	Sankardas Banerji	14,506	30.10
	PBI	Mohan Kali Biswas	1,235	2.56
Majority			50	0.11
Turnout			49,704	73.96
	Swing to INC from Bangla Congress		Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Bangla Congress	N. Sanyal	32,144	68.95
	INC	S. Banerjee	10,436	22.39
	Independent	N. N. Biswas	4,038	8.66
Majority			21,708	46.56
Turnout			50,357	75.39
	Swing to Bangla Congress from INC		Swing

1962

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Samarajit Bandyopadhyay	18,342	47.30
	Independent	Nalinaksha Sanyal	15,790	40.72
	Independent	Biswanath Agarwalla	3,254	8.39
	ABJS	Sahadeb Biswas	1,389	3.58
Majority			2,552	6.58
Turnout			41,958	54.25
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay	17,035	55.99
	Independent	Satyendra Nath Choudhury	5,714	18.78
	PSP	Haripada Chattopadhyay	3,359	11.04
	Independent	Mrigendra Mohan Ray	2,683	8.82
	Independent	Lakshmi Narayan Biswas	1,078	3.54
	Independent	Nirendra Nath Roy	555	1.82
Majority			11,321	37.21
Turnout			30,424	51.14
	Swing to INC from KMPP		Swing

1951

1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KMPP	Haripada Chatterjee	9,050	48.44
	INC	Tarak Das Bandopadhya	7,832	41.92
	Independent	Nirendra Nath Roy	1,247	6.67
	Independent	Haran Chandra Sarkar	553	2.96
Majority			1,218	6.52
Turnout			18,682	34.33
	KMPP win (new seat)

References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
"West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
"West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
"TMC, BJP gear up for bypoll challenge next". Hindustan Times. 30 October 2019.
"Karimpur (West Bengal) Assembly Bye-Election Results: TMC wins by 24,119 votes". 28 November 2019.