| Kumarganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 38 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kumarganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Dakshin Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Balurghat |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 203,986 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kumarganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inDakshin Dinajpur district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 38 Kumarganj Assembly constituency coversKumarganjcommunity development block and Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon and Udaygram panchayats ofGangarampur community development block.[1]
Kumarganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 6Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | M. Bose | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Abinash Basu | Bangla Congress | |
| 1971 | Probodh Kumar Singha Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Jamini Kishore Mojumdar | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | Dwijendra Nath Roy | ||
| 1987 | Dwijendra Mondal | ||
| 1991 | Dwijendra Nath Roy | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Mafuja Khatun | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Mahmuda Begum | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Toraf Hossain Mandal | ||
| 2021 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Toraf Hossain Mandal | 89,763 | 53.00 | ||
| BJP | Manas Sarkar | 60,396 | 35.00 | ||
| INC | Chaudhuri Nargis Banu | 17,478 | 10.00 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Ranajit Deb | 1,215 | 1.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,125 | 1.00 | ||
| Kamatapur Peoples Party (United) | Rubel Sarkar | 951 | 1.00 | ||
| Majority | 29,367 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections,Mahmuda Begum of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rivalMafuja Khatun of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Mahmuda Begum | 62,212 | 46.93 | +0.98# | |
| CPI(M) | Mafuja Khatun | 57,994 | 43.75 | −4.98 | |
| BJP | Sanjib Chandra Roy | 6,592 | 4.97 | ||
| People's Democratic Conference of India | Abdullah Shaikh | 2,247 | |||
| Independent | Khajer Mondal | 2,209 | |||
| BSP | Ranendra Nath Mali | 1,296 | |||
| Turnout | 132,550 | 89.1 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 5.96# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006[4] and 2001[5] state assembly elections,Mafuja Khatun ofCPI(M) won the Kumarganj assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals Ahmad Ali Sardar and Nani Gopal Roy, both ofTrinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dwijendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Parinita Singha Roy of Congress in 1996[6] and Prabodh Kumar Singha Roy of Congress in 1991.[7] Dwijendra Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Afrabuddin Sarkar of Congress in 1987.[8] Dwijendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sekhar Kumar Dasgupta of Congress in 1982.[9] Jamini Kishore Mojumdar of CPI(M) defeated Khalil Sayed of Congress in 1977.[10][11]
Probodh Kumar Singha Roy of Congress won 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Abinash Basu ofBangla Congress won in 1969.[14] M.Bose of Congress won in 1967.[15]
