Kandi Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Kandi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
- Indian National Congress (14 times) (73.7%)
- Independent politician (2 times) (10.5%)
- Communist Party of India (1 time) (5.26%)
- All India Trinamool Congress (1 time) (5.26%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (5.26%)
| Kandi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 68 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kandi Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Murshidabad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Baharampur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 238,973 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Apurba Sarkar |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 68 Kandi Assembly constituency covers Kandi municipality, Kandi community development block (CDB), and Satui Chaurigachha gram panchayat of Berhampore CDB.[1]
Kandi Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Goalbadan Trivedi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Sudhir Mondal | ||
| Bimal Chandra Sinha | |||
| 1962 | Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha | ||
| 1967 | G. Trivedi | ||
| 1969 | Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha | Independent politician | |
| 1971 | Atish Chandra Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Syed Wahid Reza | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | Atish Chandra Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Apurba Sarkar | Independent politician | |
| 2011 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2019^ | Safiul Alam Khan | ||
| 2021 | Apurba Sarkar | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2026 | Gargi Das Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gargi Das Ghosh | 73,355 | 36.78 |  6.04 | |
| AITC | Apurba Sarkar | 63,020 | 31.6 |  19.56 | |
| INC | Shamim Rana | 31,160 | 15.62 | 0.84 | |
| AIMIM | Mesbahul Islam Khan | 22,976 | 11.52 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,932 | 1.47 | 0.21 | |
| Majority | 10,335 | 5.18 | 15.24 | ||
| Turnout | 199,460 | 85.19 | 7.16 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Apurba Sarkar | 95,399 | 51.16 | 15.6 | |
| BJP | Goutam Roy | 57,319 | 30.74 | 19.4 | |
| INC | Shafiul Islam Khan | 27,555 | 14.78 | 33.6 | |
| Independent | Syed Azizur Hossain | 1,769 | 0.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,131 | 1.68 | ||
| Majority | 38,080 | 20.42 | |||
| Turnout | 186,481 | 78.03 | |||
| AITC gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2019 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shafiul Alam Khan | 79,698 | 48.38 | 2.84 | |
| AITC | Goutam Roy | 58,578 | 35.56 | 2.64 | |
| BJP | Sanat Mondal | 18,693 | 11.34 | 5.5 | |
| CPI | Debojyoti Roy | 5,291 | 3.21 |  | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,799 | 1.09 | 0.45 | |
| Majority | 21,120 | 12.82 | 0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,64,710 | 73.04 | 3.6 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Apurba Sarkar | 81,723 | 51.22 | 5.12 | |
| AITC | Santanu Sen | 60,943 | 38.2 | New | |
| BJP | Binay Bhushan Das | 9,317 | 5.84 | 2.82 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,464 | 1.54 | ||
| Majority | 20,780 | 13.02 | |||
| Turnout | 1,59,553 | 76.64 | 4.27 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ainal Haque of CPI.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Apurba Sarkar | 66,513 | 46.10 | 13.59 | |
| CPI | Ainal Haque | 58,703 | 40.68 | 7.64 | |
| Independent | Sahitya Pradip Sinha | 9,836 | 6.82 | ||
| BJP | Dhananjoy Mandal | 4,351 | 3.02 | ||
| BSP | Amit Kumar Das | 1,429 | |||
| CPI(ML)L | Manirul Islam | 1,254 | |||
| Independent | Sasti Konai | 850 | |||
| JD(U) | Nazimul Islam | 736 | |||
| MLKSC | Majibur Rahaman Sheikh | 615 | |||
| Turnout | 1,44,287 | 80.91 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 21.51 |
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Sahitya Pradip Sinha, contesting as an independent, was reportedly backed by Trinamool Congress.[5]
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Rebel Congress (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006. Calculated only on the vote percentages secured by Apurba Sarakar in 2006 and 2011 the swing is +3.59%.
2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections[6] Apurba Sarkar, Independent, won the 68 Kandi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of CPI. Apurba Sarkar, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Atish Sinha.[7] He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.[8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Chandan Sen of CPI in 2001,[9] Syed Wahid Reza of CPI in 1996[10] and 1991.[11] Syed Wahid Reza of CPI defeated Bankim Trivedi of Congress in 1987.[12] Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Syed Abdur Razzaque of CPI in 1982[13] and Jagadish Sinha of Janata Party in 1977.[14][15]
1972
Atish Chandra Sinha won in 1972[16] and 1971.[17] Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha, Independent, won in 1969.[18] G. Trivedi of Congress won in 1967.[19] Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1962.[20] Kandi was a joint seat in 1957.[21] Sudhir Mondal and Bimal Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, won the seat jointly. In independent India's first election in 1951 Goalbadan Trivedi of Congress won from the Kandi seat.[22]