Karimganj North Assembly constituency

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Karimganj North
Constituency No. 123 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
District Karimganj
LS constituency Karimganj
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year 2021

Karimganj North Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly. [1]

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Karimganj North (constituency number 3) is one of the 5 constituencies located in Karimganj district. [2] [3] Karimganj North is part of Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency along with 7 other assembly segments, namely, Patharkandi, Karimganj South, Ratabari and Badarpur in Karimganj district, Hailakandi, Katlicherra and Algapur in Hailakandi district.

Members of Legislative Assembly since 1957

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Karimganj North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha 45,289 34.62
BJP Mission Ranjan Das44,82134.21
AIUDF Sahabul Islam Choudhury34,20726.15
Independent Nazrul Islam Choudhury1,7041.30
Independent Abdul Ahad Choudhury1,0520.80
Independent Moinuddin7080.54
SUCI(C) Arunangshu Bhattacharjee4680.35
Independent Muhsin Alam4200.32
Independent Sibir Ahmed2650.20
BGPBikash Kanti Roy2530.19
Independent Deepan Nath2410.18
Independent Kaysar Ahmed Choudhury2370.18
Independent Amjad Hussain1610.12
Independent Tajuddin Choudhury1440.11
Independent Arun Das1370.10
NOTA None of the above6740.51
Majority4680.41
Turnout 1,30,78176.26
Registered electors 1,71,472
INC hold Swing

24°52′26″N92°21′36″E / 24.874°N 92.360°E / 24.874; 92.360

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