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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Assam}}<br />
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency<br />
|image = [[File:Karimganj Lok Sabha 2008.svg|300px]]<br />
|caption = Karimganj within the state of Assam<br />
|Existence = 1952<br />
|CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|CurrentMP = [[Kripanath Mallah]]<br />
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]<br />
|State = [[Assam]]<br />
|AssemblyConstituencies = 8<br />
|Electorate = 11,65,997<br />
|Reservation=SC}}<br />
'''Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 14 [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies in [[Assam]] state in north-eastern [[India]], covering [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]] and [[Hailakandi district|Hailakandi]] districts in the [[Barak Valley]]. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/assam/karimganj India Today General election 2019 Karimganj Constituency]</ref><br />
<br />
==Assembly segments==<br />
Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf<br />
|title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies<br />
|access-date=2008-10-05<br />
|work=Assam<br />
|publisher=Election Commission of India<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf<br />
|archive-date=2006-05-04<br />
}}</ref><br />
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"<br />
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number<br />
!width="150px"|Name<br />
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)<br />
! width="150px" |District<br />
!width="150px"|Party<br />
!width="150px"|MLA<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Ratabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ratabari]]<br />
|[[Scheduled Caste|SC]]<br />
|[[Karimganj District|Karimganj]]<br />
| bgcolor=#FF9933|<br />
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
|[[Bijoy Malakar]]<br />
|-<br />
|2 <br />
|[[Patharkandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patharkandi]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Karimganj District|Karimganj]]<br />
| bgcolor=#FF9933|<br />
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
|[[Krishnendu Paul]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Karimganj North (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimganj North]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Karimganj District|Karimganj]]<br />
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Karimganj South (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimganj South]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Karimganj District|Karimganj]]<br />
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|[[Siddeque Ahmed]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Badarpur (Assam Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Badarpur]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Karimganj District|Karimganj]]<br />
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|[[All India United Democratic Front|<span style="color:white;">AIUDF</span>]]<br />
|[[Abdul Aziz (Indian politician)|Abdul Aziz]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Hailakandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hailakandi]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Hailakandi District|Hailakandi]]<br />
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|[[All India United Democratic Front|<span style="color:white;">AIUDF</span>]]<br />
|[[Zakir Hussain Laskar]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Katlicherra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katlicherra]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Hailakandi District|Hailakandi]]<br />
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|[[All India United Democratic Front|<span style="color:white;">AIUDF</span>]]<br />
|[[Suzam Uddin Laskar]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Algapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Algapur]]<br />
|None<br />
|[[Hailakandi District|Hailakandi]]<br />
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|[[All India United Democratic Front|<span style="color:white;">AIUDF</span>]]<br />
|[[Nizam Uddin Choudhury]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Members of Parliament==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Year<br />
! Winner<br />
! colspan=2|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[Nihar Ranjan Laskar]]<br />
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00BFFF" |<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]<br />
| bgcolor=#0EF4E1|<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]<br />
|Sudarsan Das<br />
| bgcolor=#00FF00|<br />
|[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Dwarka Nath Das]]<br />
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933" |<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Nepal Chandra Das]]<br />
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#00BFFF" |<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|[[Radheshyam Biswas]]<br />
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|<br />
|[[All India United Democratic Front]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
|[[Kripanath Mallah]]<br />
| bgcolor=#FF9933|<br />
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
===General elections 2019===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Karimganj]]}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Kripanath Mallah]]|votes=4,73,046|percentage=44.62|change=+15.22}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India United Democratic Front|candidate=[[Radheshyam Biswas]]|votes=4,34,657|percentage=41.00|change=+0.09}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Swarup Das|votes=1,20,452|percentage=11.36|change=-14.18}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Chandan Das|votes=4,870|percentage=0.46|change=N/A}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Probash Ch. Sarkar|votes=1,166|percentage=0.11|change=-0.24}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=6,555|percentage=0.62|change=+0.14}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=38,389|percentage=3.62|change=-7.89}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,61,160|percentage=79.18|change=+3.11}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = All India United Democratic Front<br />
|swing = +3.71<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<ref>[http://www.elections.in/assam/parliamentary-constituencies/karimganj.html Lok Sabha election 2019 results Karimganj]</ref><br />
<br />
===General elections 2014===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Karimganj]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India United Democratic Front|candidate=[[Radheshyam Biswas]]|votes=3,62,866|percentage=40.91|change=+4.17}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Krishna Das (politician)|Krishna Das]]|votes=2,60,772|percentage=29.40|change=+7.67}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya]]|votes=2,26,562|percentage=25.54|change=-12.35}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Asom Gana Parishad|candidate=Rabindranath Choudhury|votes=5,556|percentage=0.63|change=+0.63}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Tarun Kumar Das|votes=3,658|percentage=0.41|change=N/A}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sujit Mallick|votes=3,437|percentage=0.39|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Probash Ch. Sarkar|votes=3,114|percentage=0.35|change=+0.17}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sajalendu Malakar|votes=2,465|percentage=0.28|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Goutam Malakar|votes=2,447|percentage=0.28|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Pradip Suklabaidya|votes=2,392|percentage=0.27|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=Rinku Malakar|votes=2,275|percentage=0.26|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sabuj Das|votes=1,974|percentage=0.22|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sanjit Kumar Das|votes=1,880|percentage=0.21|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Pintu Malakar|votes=1,664|percentage=0.19|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mahananda Das|votes=1,592|percentage=0.18|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=4,266|percentage=0.48|change=---}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=102,094|percentage=11.51|change=+10.36}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,87,782|percentage=76.14|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| |winner = All India United Democratic Front<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<ref>''The Sentinel''. ''[http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=187083&dtP=2014-03-28&ppr=1 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100520/http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=187083&dtP=2014-03-28&ppr=1 |date=2015-09-24 }}''</ref><br />
<br />
===General elections 2009===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Karimganj]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya]]|votes=2,59,717|percentage=37.89 |change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India United Democratic Front|candidate=Rajesh Mallah|votes=2,51,797|percentage=36.73|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sudhangshu Das|votes=1,48,945|percentage=21.73|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=7,920|percentage=1.16|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=6,85,420|percentage=64.13|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
| |winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===General elections 2004===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Karimganj (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Karimganj]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| |party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya]]<br />
|votes = 321,059<br />
|percentage = 47.81<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Parimal Suklabaidya]]<br />
|votes = 229,111<br />
|percentage = 34.12<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| |party = Asom Gana Parishad<br />
|candidate = [[Nepal Chandra Das]]<br />
|votes = 106,546<br />
|percentage = 15.87<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| |party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Babul Ram Das<br />
|votes = 3,925<br />
|percentage = 0.58<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| |party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Sushil Kumar Das<br />
|votes = 3,641<br />
|percentage = 0.54<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| |party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Radha Kanta Tanty<br />
|votes = 2,862<br />
|percentage = 0.43<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| |party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Lukendra Roy<br />
|votes = 2,386<br />
|percentage = 0.36<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| |party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Babul Roy<br />
|votes = 1,960<br />
|percentage = 0.29<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
| |votes = 91,948<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
| |votes = 671,491<br />
|percentage = 68.91<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
| |winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Karimganj district]]<br />
* [[2019 Indian general election in Assam]]<br />
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/assam/karimganj/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Karimganj lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]<br />
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