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{{About|the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India|its namesake municipal town|Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|its namesake community development block|Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)|disambiguation|Islampur (disambiguation){{!}}Islampur}}
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|name = Islampur 
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|settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
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|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 29
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 150,195 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 188,269 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 219,728 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>

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'''Islampur Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. There is a vidhan sabha segment named Islampur in [[Islampur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency|Maharashtra]] as well.

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 29 Islampur Assembly constituency covers [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur|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 panchayat]]s of [[Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (Community development block)|Islampur]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 30 June 2014 | work = west Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Islampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Election Year
!MLA
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| colspan="4" |'''[[Islampur, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Islampur]] constituency'''
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Mohd. Afaque Choudhury'''
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="6" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Abdul Karim Chowdhury|'''Abdul Karim Chowdhury''']]
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|'''Md. Faruque Azam'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Abdul Karim Chowdhury|'''Abdul Karim Chowdhury''']]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|'''Md. Faruque Azam'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| '''[[Abdul Karim Chowdhury]]'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
| [[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| '''Kanaia Lal Agarwal'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| '''[[Abdul Karim Chowdhury]]'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Trinamool Congress}}"|
| [[Trinamool Congress]]
|}

==Election results==
===2021 election===
{{Election box begin
|title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Islampur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Abdul Karim Chowdhury]]|votes=98999|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dr. Saumyaroop Mandal|votes=90787|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate= Sadikul Islam|votes=10982|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=8213|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Abdul Karim Chowdhury
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019 by-election===
{{Election box begin
|title=2019 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Islampur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Abdul Karim Chowdhury]]|votes=77,528|percentage=53.08|change=+14.37}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dr. Saumyaroop Mandal|votes=56,141|percentage=38.44|change=+25.95}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Muzaffar Hussain|votes=5,208|percentage=3.57|change=-40.31}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Shantiprokash Guhaneogi|votes=5,128|percentage=3.51|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Indian Democratic People's Party
|candidate = Dr. Md. Tabibur Rahman
|votes = 652
|percentage = 0.45
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,391|percentage=0.95|change=-0.35}}
{{Election box majority||votes=21,387|percentage=14.64|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,46,048|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Islampur constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kanaia Lal Agarwal
|votes = 65,559
|percentage = 43.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Abdul Karim Chowdhury]]
|votes = 57,841
|percentage = 38.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Saumyaroop Mandal
|votes = 18,668
|percentage = 12.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Md Arsad
|votes = 1,521
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sefali Roy Mondal
|votes = 1,164
|percentage = 0.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
|candidate = Altamas Choudhury
|votes = 1,069
|percentage = 0.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Abdus Subhan
|votes = 923
|percentage = 0.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Dayal Singha
|votes = 716
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,943
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,718
|percentage = 5.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,49,404
|percentage = 79.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,88,269
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Abdul Karim Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sayeda Farhat Afroz of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Islampur constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=29|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Islampur| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Abdul Karim Chowdhury]]
|votes = 49,326
|percentage = 41.48
|change = +2.34#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Sayeda Farhat Afroz
|votes = 38,054
|percentage = 32.00
|change = -13.21
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kanaia Lal Agarwal
|votes = 20,870
|percentage = 17.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Nepal Dutta
|votes = 5,772
|percentage = 4.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Nadeem Akhter
|votes = 2,941
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Umar Ali
|votes = 1,944
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 118,907
|percentage = 79.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 15.55#
}}
{{Election box end}}

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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/siliguri/story_13859959.jsp|title = Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress ‘soldiers’ | publisher = The Telegraph, 16 April 2011 |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>

<small>.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages, as there was a rebel Congress candidate.</small>
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Md. Faruque of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Islampur assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Abdul Karim Chowdhary of [[All India Trinamool Congress|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<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Congress in 1996<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1991<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> defeated Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M). Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress in 1987.<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress/ Independent defeated Md. Faiukazam of CPI(M) in 1982<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Goutam Gupta, Independent, in 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp28.htm | title = 28 - Islampur Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===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.<ref name="bharvidhansabha1951">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_BIHAR.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data – Constituency No. 194 |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Bengali language Movement (North Dinajpur)]]

==References==
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{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
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