Islampur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

Islampur
Constituency No. 29 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Islampur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituencyRaiganj
Established1957
Total electors202,385
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2026
Most Successful parties from Islampur assembly
  1. Indian National Congress (10 times) (55.6%)
  2. All India Trinamool Congress (5 times) (27.8%)
  3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2 times) (11.1%)
  4. Independent (1 time) (5.55%)

Islampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 29 Islampur Assembly constituency covers Islampur municipality, and Agdimti Khanti, Gaisal I, Gaisal II, Gunjaria, Islampur, Matikunda I, Matikunda II, Panditpota I, Panditpota II, Ramganj I and Ramganj II gram panchayats of Islampur community development block.[1]

Islampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year MLA Party
Islampur constituency
1957 Mohd. Afaque Choudhury Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Abdul Karim Chowdhury
1969
1971
1972
1977 Independent
1982 Indian National Congress
1987 Md. Faruque Azam Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 Abdul Karim Chowdhury Indian National Congress
1996
2001 Trinamool Congress
2006 Md. Faruque Azam Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 Abdul Karim Chowdhury Trinamool Congress
2016 Kanaia Lal Agarwal Indian National Congress
2019^ Abdul Karim Chowdhury Trinamool Congress
2021
2026 Kanaia Lal Agarwal

^By Election

Election results

2026


In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Kanaia Lal Agarwal of TMC defeated his nearest rival Chitrajit Roy of BJP by 40,063 votes.


2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Islampur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Agarwal Kanaia Lal 108,117 58.14 Decrease0.77
BJP Chitrajit Roy 68,054 36.6 Decrease0.28
CPI(M) Md. Sami Khan 4,237 2.28
NOTA None of the above 2,020 1.09 Decrease0.07
INC Guddy Riaz 1,391 0.75 Decrease1.29
Majority 40,063 21.54 Decrease0.49
Turnout 185,961 91.88 Increase14.52
AITC hold Swing 0.24

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Islampur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Abdul Karim Chowdhary 100,131 58.91
BJP Dr. Saumyaroop Mandal 62,691 36.88
INC Sadikul Islam 3,461 2.04
NOTA None of the above 1,976 1.16
Majority 37,440 22.03
Turnout 169,974 77.36
AITC hold Swing

2019 bypoll

2019 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Islampur
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

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Islampur constituency
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
INC gain from AITC Swing


2011

In the 2011 election, Abdul Karim Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sayeda Farhat Afroz of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Islampur constituency[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.[5]

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages, as there was a rebel Congress candidate.


2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[6] Md. Faruque of CPI(M) won the Islampur assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Karim Chowdhary representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[7] and Congress in 1996[8] and 1991[9] defeated Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M). Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress in 1987.[10] Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress/ Independent defeated Md. Faiukazam of CPI(M) in 1982[11] and Goutam Gupta, Independent, in 1977.[12][13]


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.[14]


See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). west Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "28 - Islampur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data – Constituency No. 194. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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