Islampur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For its namesake municipal town, see Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur. For its namesake community development block, see Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block). For disambiguation, see Islampur.

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

Islampur
Constituency No. 29 for the West 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 Abdul Karim Chowdhury
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

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

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

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Islampur

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			8,213
Turnout
Registered electors
	AITC hold		Swing

2019 by-election

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^[2][3]

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.^[4]

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[5] 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^[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]

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.^[13]

See also

• Bengali language Movement (North Dinajpur)