Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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 community development block.

Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 11 Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency).

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

Rajib Sekh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.

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

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

1977-2006

In 2006 and 2001 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 and 1991,and Arabinda Mandal of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Samarendra Nath Sanyal of CPI(M) defeated Arabinda Mandal of Congress in 1977.

1951–1972

Arabinda Mandal of Congress won in 1972. Samarendra Nath Sanyal of CPI(M) won in 1971. Nalinaksha Sanyal of Bangla Congress / Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Samarjit Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1962. Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay of Congress won in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951, Haripada Chatterjee of KMPP won the Karimpur seat.