| Islampur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 29 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Islampur Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 219,728 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Islampur Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inUttar Dinajpur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 29 Islampur Assembly constituency coversIslampur municipality, and Agdimti Khanti, Gaisal I, Gaisal II, Gunjaria, Islampur, Matikunda I, Matikunda II, Panditpota I, Panditpota II, Ramganj I and Ramganj IIgram panchayats ofIslampurcommunity development block.[1]
Islampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 5Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofDarjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| 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 | 36308 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| AITCgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| INCgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Abdul Karim Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sayeda Farhat Afroz of CPI(M).
| 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 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(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.
In the2006 state assembly elections,[5] Md. Faruque ofCPI(M) won the Islampur assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Abdul Karim Chowdhary ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Karim Chowdhary representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[6] and Congress in 1996[7] and 1991[8] defeated Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M). Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress in 1987.[9] Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress/ Independent defeated Md. Faiukazam of CPI(M) in 1982[10] and Goutam Gupta, Independent, in 1977.[11][12]
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]
