| Karandighi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 32 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Karandighi Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Raiganj |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 262,583 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Karandighi Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inUttar Dinajpur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 32 Karandighi Assembly constituency coversDalkhola Municipality and Altapur I, Altapur II, Dalkhola II, Domhana, Karandighi I, Karandighi II, Lahutara I, Lahutara II, SIMA Anandapur, Raniganj, Rasakhowa I and Rasakhowa IIgram panchayats ofKarandighicommunity development block.[1]
Karandighi Assembly constituency is part of No. 5Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Mohinuddin Mokhtar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Phanis Chandra Sinha | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Haji Sajjad Hussain | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Suresh Chandra Sinha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1971 | Haji Sajjad Hussain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | Suresh Chandra Singha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Haji Sajjad Hussain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Suresh Chandra Singha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 2001 | Gokul Roy | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Manodeb Singha | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Goutam Paul | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
In the 2021 elections, Goutam Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Subhas Chandra Sinha of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Goutam Paul | 116,597 | 54.70 | +25.26 | |
| BJP | Subhas Chandra Sinha | 79,968 | 37.52 | +21.90 | |
| AIFB | Md. Hafizul Iqbal | 9,146 | 4.29 | −23.40 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,449 | 1.15 | −1.21 | |
| Independent | Benoy Kumar Das | 1,269 | 0.60 | ||
| BSP | Harun Rashid | 1,139 | 0.53 | −2.04 | |
| Independent | Subhas Chandra Sinha | 693 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Abdullah | 632 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Dinesh Chandra Singha | 537 | 0.25 | ||
| AMB | Biswajit Sinha | 271 | 0.13 | ||
| BMP | Santhapan Hasdak | 231 | 0.11 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Shanti Lal Singha | 207 | 0.10 | −0.36 | |
| Turnout | 213,136 | 81.17 | −0.46 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 elections, Manodeb Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Gokul Behari Roy of AIFB.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Manodeb Singha | 54,599 | 29.44 | ||
| AIFB | Gokul Behari Roy | 51,367 | 27.69 | −10.30 | |
| Independent | Sk. Samsul | 35,547 | 19.16 | ||
| BJP | Abdul Jalil | 28,978 | 15.62 | +12.94 | |
| BSP | Nirod Bandhu Biswas | 4,762 | 2.57 | −0.33 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,376 | 2.36 | ||
| SP | Abdul Mahid Hossain | 2,030 | 1.09 | ||
| Independent | Sushanta Kumar Das | 1,628 | 0.88 | ||
| Independent | Rehena Khatun | 1,357 | 0.73 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Shanti Lal Singha | 846 | 0.46 | ||
| Turnout | 185,490 | 81.63 | −0.61 | ||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections, Gokul Behari Roy of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Subhas Goswami of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Gokul Behari Roy | 57,023 | 37.99 | −7.08 | |
| INC | Subhas Goswami | 51,245 | 34.14 | −8.13 | |
| Independent | Md. Hafizul Iqbal | 24,272 | 16.17 | ||
| BSP | Nirod Bandhu Biswas | 4,355 | 2.90 | ||
| BJP | Arshad Alam | 4,020 | 2.68 | ||
| Independent | Bablu Soren | 2,437 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Muktar Ahamed | 2,232 | |||
| JD(U) | Hem Ranjan Mandal | 1,605 | |||
| Independent | Binoy Kumar Das | 1,124 | |||
| Independent | Dinesh Chandra Singha | 972 | |||
| Independent | Purna Chandra Singha | 815 | |||
| Turnout | 150,100 | 82.24 | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | 1.05 | |||
In the2006[4] and 2001[5] state assembly elections, Gokul Roy ofForward Bloc won the Karandighi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Haji Sajjad Hussain ofCongress. Contests in most elections were among multiple candidates but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc defeated Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress in 1996.[6] Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress defeated Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc in 1991.[7] Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc defeated Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress in 1987[8] and 1982.[9] Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress defeated Amarendra Nath Singha ofJanata Party in 1977.[10][11]
Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Suresh Chandra Sinha of Forward Bloc won in 1969.[14] H.S. Hussain ofPSP won in 1967.[15] Phanis Chandra Sinha of Congress won in1962[16] and1957.[17] In independent India's first election in 1951 the area was part of Bihar and Mohinuddin Mokhtar of Congress won the Karandighi seat.[18]
