Karimganj North | |
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Constituency No. 3 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Northeast India |
State | Assam |
District | Karimganj |
LS constituency | Karimganj |
Established | 1951 |
Reservation | None |
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]
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha | 45,289 | 34.62 | ||
BJP | Mission Ranjan Das | 44,821 | 34.21 | ||
AIUDF | Sahabul Islam Choudhury | 34,207 | 26.15 | ||
Independent | Nazrul Islam Choudhury | 1,704 | 1.30 | ||
Independent | Abdul Ahad Choudhury | 1,052 | 0.80 | ||
Independent | Moinuddin | 708 | 0.54 | ||
SUCI(C) | Arunangshu Bhattacharjee | 468 | 0.35 | ||
Independent | Muhsin Alam | 420 | 0.32 | ||
Independent | Sibir Ahmed | 265 | 0.20 | ||
BGP | Bikash Kanti Roy | 253 | 0.19 | ||
Independent | Deepan Nath | 241 | 0.18 | ||
Independent | Kaysar Ahmed Choudhury | 237 | 0.18 | ||
Independent | Amjad Hussain | 161 | 0.12 | ||
Independent | Tajuddin Choudhury | 144 | 0.11 | ||
Independent | Arun Das | 137 | 0.10 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 674 | 0.51 | ||
Majority | 468 | 0.41 | |||
Turnout | 1,30,781 | 76.26 | |||
Registered electors | 1,71,472 | ||||
INC hold | Swing |
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