# Karimpur Assembly constituency

Karimpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

In line with the Delimitation Commission, No. 77 Karimpur Assembly constituency is composed of Karimpur I community development block and Dhoradaha I, Dhoradaha II, Murutia, Natidanga I, Natidanga II and Rahamatpur gram panchayats of Karimpur II CD Block.
Karimpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 11 Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Haripada Chattopadhyay | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |
| 1957 | Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay | INC |
| 1962 | Smarajit Bandopadhyay | INC |
| 1967 | Nalinaksha Sanyal | Bangla Congress |
| 1969 | Nalinaksha Sanyal | INC |
| 1971 | Samarendra Nath Sanyal | CPI(M) |
| 1972 | Arabinda Mandal | INC |
| 1977 | Samarendra Nath Sanyal | CPI(M) |
| 1982 | Chitta Ranjan Biswas | CPI(M) |
| 1987 | Chitta Ranjan Biswas | CPI(M) |
| 1991 | Chitta Ranjan Biswas | CPI(M) |
| 1996 | Chitta Ranjan Biswas | CPI(M) |
| 2001 | Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick | CPI(M) |
| 2006 | Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick | CPI(M) |
| 2011 | Samarendranath Ghosh | CPI(M) |
| 2016 | Mahua Moitra | AITC |
| 2019 | Bimalendu Sinha Roy | AITC |
| 2021 | Bimalendu Sinha Roy | AITC |

## Election results
### 1951–1972

Arabinda Mandal of Congress won in 1972. Samarendra Nath Sanyal of CPI(M) won in 1971. Nalinaksha Sanyal of Bangla Congress / Congress won in 1969 and 1967. Samarjit Bandopadhyay of Congress won in 1962. Bijoy Lal Chattopadhyay of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Haripada Chatterjee of KMPP won the Karimpur seat.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Prafulla Kumar Bhowmick of CPI(M) won the Karimpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Arabinda Mondal of Congress and Chira Ranjan Mandal of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi-cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Chitta Ranjan Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Chira Ranjan Mandal of Congress in 1996 and 1991, and Arabinda Mandal of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Samarendra Nath Sanyal of CPI(M) defeated Arabinda Mandal of Congress in 1977.

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Samarendranath Ghosh of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) defeated his nearest rival Dr. Ramen Sarkar of All India Trinamool Congress
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Karimpur constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Samarendranath Ghosh | 82,244 | 46.17 | −1.01 |
| | AITC | Dr. Ramen Sarkar | 77,159 | 43.32 | −13.12 |
| | BJP | Indrajit Mondal | 8,098 | 4.55 | |
| | Independent | Rajib Sekh | 3,626 | | |
| | BSP | Swapan Kumar Biswas | 2,628 | | |
| | Independent | Bikash Chandra Biswas | 2,054 | | |
| | IUML | Rejaul Sekh | 1,446 | | |
| | People's Democratic Conference of India | Abdulla Biswas | 86 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 178,118 | 90.66 | |
Rajib Sekh, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Karimpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Mahua Moitra | 90,989 | 45.24 | +1.92 |
| | CPI(M) | Samarendranath Ghosh | 75,000 | 37.29 | −8.88 |
| | BJP | Subhasis Bhattacharya | 23,302 | 11.59 | +7.04 |
| | SHS | Mahitosh Sarkar | 4,554 | 2.26 | N/A |
| | WPOI | Sahabuddin Mandal | 2,140 | 1.06 | N/A |
| | BSP | Jitendra Nath Halder | 1,769 | 0.88 | −0.60 |
| | SUCI(C) | Azad Rahaman | 1,104 | 0.55 | N/A |
| | IUML | Rejaul Sekh | 799 | 0.40 | −0.41 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,449 | 0.72 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,989 | 7.59 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,01,106 | 88.53 | −2.13 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,27,166 | | |

### 2019

Bye-election, 2019: Karimpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Bimalendu Sinha Roy | 1,03,278 | 50.43 | +5.19 |
| | BJP | Jayprakash Majumdar | 79,368 | 38.75 | +27.16 |
| | CPI(M) | Golam Rabbi | 18,627 | 9.09 | −28.20 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,568 | 0.77 | +0.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,910 | 11.68 | +4.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,04,807 | 84.72 | −4.00 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,40,000 | | |
Due to Mahua Moitra resignation as MLA, By poll was held. Bimalendu Sinha Roy won by 24,119 votes

### 2021

West Bengal legislative Assembly elections, 2021: Karimpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | AITC | Bimalendu Sinha Roy | 1,10,911 |
| | BJP | Samarendra Nath Ghosh | 87,336 |
| | CPI(M) | Pravas Majumdar | 17,185 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,575 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |