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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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'''Islampur (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maharashtra]] as well.
 
==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 29 Islampur (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha 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==
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
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|[[1951 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1951]]*||Islampur||Chowdhary Mohammad Afaque ||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=bharvidhansabha1951>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_BIHAR.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar | work= Constituency-wise Data – Constituency No. 194 |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
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|1977||||[[Abdul Karim Chowdhury|Abdul Karim Chowdhary]]||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Chowdhari Md. Abdulkarim||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Md. Faruque Azam||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
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|1991||||Abdul Karim Chowdhary||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
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|1996||||Abdul Karim Chowdhary||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Abdul Karim Chowdhary||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
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|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Md. Faruque||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Abdul Karim Chowdhary||All India Trinamool Congresst<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>
|}
.* The area was in Bihar at the time of election.
 
==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=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dr. Saumyaroop Mandal|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate= Sadikul Islam|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
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===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=}}
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser  = Indian National Congress
|swing  =
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{{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  =
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{{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/><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>}}
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{{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    =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Umar Ali
  |votes      = 1,944
  |percentage =
  |change    =
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{{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/> 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/> and Congress in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> defeated Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M). Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress/ Independent defeated Md. Faiukazam of CPI(M) in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Goutam Gupta, Independent, in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><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/>
== See also ==
* [[Bengali language Movement (North Dinajpur)]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{West Bengal elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district]]

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