Islampur, West Bengal Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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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 | 202,385 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | .svg){kind=logo} All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2026 |
- Indian National Congress (10 times) (55.6%)
- All India Trinamool Congress (5 times) (27.8%)
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) (2 times) (11.1%)
- Independent (1 time) (5.55%)
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Agarwal Kanaia Lal | 108,117 | 58.14 |  0.77 | |
| BJP | Chitrajit Roy | 68,054 | 36.6 | 0.28 | |
| CPI(M) | Md. Sami Khan | 4,237 | 2.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,020 | 1.09 | 0.07 | |
| INC | Guddy Riaz | 1,391 | 0.75 | 1.29 | |
| Majority | 40,063 | 21.54 | 0.49 | ||
| Turnout | 185,961 | 91.88 |  14.52 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | 0.24 | |||
2021
2019 bypoll
| 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
| 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).
| 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]