# Islampur, West Bengal Assembly constituency

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

## 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.
Islampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). 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 | Mohd. Afaque Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Independent Politician |
| 1982 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1987 | Md. Faruque Azam | Communist Party of India |
| 1991 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | Indian National Congress |
| 2001 | Abdul Karim Chowdhury | 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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,213 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing |

### 2019 by-election

2019 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Islampur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 21,387 | 14.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,46,048 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | AITC gain from INC | AITC gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Islampur constituency :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,718 | 5.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,404 | 79.36 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,88,269 | |
| | INC gain from AITC | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 118,907 | 79.28 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | 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.
.# 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, 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 and Congress in 1996 and 1991 defeated Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M). Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress in 1987. Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress/ Independent defeated Md. Faiukazam of CPI(M) in 1982 and Goutam Gupta, Independent, in 1977.

### 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.