Karimganj North Assembly constituency

Karimganj North Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Karimganj North
Constituency No. 123 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Karimganj
LS constituency	Karimganj
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2021

Karimganj North (constituency number 3) is one of the 5 constituencies located in Karimganj district.^[2][3] Karimganj North is part of Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency along with 7 other assembly segments, namely, Patharkandi, Karimganj South, Ratabari and Badarpur in Karimganj district, Hailakandi, Katlicherra and Algapur in Hailakandi district.

Members of Legislative Assembly since 1957

• 1957: Ranendra Mohan Das, Praja Socialist Party
• 1962: Rathindra Nath Sen, Independent
• 1967: Rathindra Nath Sen, Independent
• 1972: Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury, Indian National Congress
• 1978: Nishith Ranjan Das, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1983: Ketaki Prasad Dutta, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Sirajul Hoque Choudhury, Independent
• 1991: Mission Ranjan Das, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1996: Sirajul Hoque Choudhury, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2000: Mission Ranjan Das, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2001: Mission Ranjan Das, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2006: Mission Ranjan Das, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2011: Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Indian National Congress
• 2021: Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha,^[4] Indian National Congress

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Karimganj North^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha	45,289	34.62
	BJP	Mission Ranjan Das	44,821	34.21
	AIUDF	Sahabul Islam Choudhury	34,207	26.15
	Independent	Nazrul Islam Choudhury	1,704	1.30
	Independent	Abdul Ahad Choudhury	1,052	0.80
	Independent	Moinuddin	708	0.54
	SUCI(C)	Arunangshu Bhattacharjee	468	0.35
	Independent	Muhsin Alam	420	0.32
	Independent	Sibir Ahmed	265	0.20
	BGP	Bikash Kanti Roy	253	0.19
	Independent	Deepan Nath	241	0.18
	Independent	Kaysar Ahmed Choudhury	237	0.18
	Independent	Amjad Hussain	161	0.12
	Independent	Tajuddin Choudhury	144	0.11
	Independent	Arun Das	137	0.10
	NOTA	None of the above	674	0.51
Majority			468	0.41
Turnout			1,30,781	76.26
Registered electors			1,71,472
	INC hold		Swing

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
4. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
5. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.