Karimganj Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste community, the Karimganj Parliamentary constituency is one of the most politically vibrant and historic Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam. The total number of electorates in the Karimganj Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 1) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,068,811 of which 562,597 are males and 506,214 are females.It is spread across the entire district of Karimganj, which is an administrative district of Assam.

The historically rich city of Karimganj is also the administrative headquarters of the district, besides being the municipal board and main town of the eponymous district. Karimganj played a pivotal role during the anti-British struggle for independence in the country, especially during the Partition phase, when Karimganj was reorganized to become part of the new country of East Pakistan. The Karimganj district, as we know it today, became a district in Assam only in the year 1983. This parliamentary constituency is situated on the south-western regions of the state, and is an entry point to the state of Tripura. With a population of over 12 lakh people, the Karimganj Parliamentary constituency is one of the most influential centres of trade and commerce in the state, owing to its expansive river ports, which act as a bridge between India and Bangladesh. Eight Assembly constituencies, which are further divided into 96 Gram Panchayats, make up the Karimganj Parliamentary constituency. The total number of voters in the constituency, according to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, is 6,85,420.

Karimganj Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Candidate	Party	EVM Votes	Postal Votes	Total Votes	% of Votes	Status
Kripanath Mallah	Bharatiya Janata Party	471946	1100	473046	44.62	Winner
Radheshyam Biswas	All India United Democratic Front	434519	138	434657	41	1st Runner-up
Swarup Das	Indian National Congress	120293	159	120452	11.36	2nd Runner-up
NOTA	None Of The Above	6548	7	6555	0.62	3rd Runner-up
Chandan Das	All India Trinamool Congress	4848	22	4870	0.46	4th Runner-up
Satyajit Das	Independent	2986	2	2988	0.28	5th Runner-up
Harilal Rabidas	Independent	2821	1	2822	0.27	6th Runner-up
Parikshit Roy	Independent	2765	0	2765	0.26	7th Runner-up
Nikhil Ranjan Das	Hindusthan Nirman Dal	2518	1	2519	0.24	8th Runner-up
Raju Das	Independent	2107	4	2111	0.2	9th Runner-up
Ramnarayan Suklabaidya	Independent	1795	0	1795	0.17	10th Runner-up
Rabindra Chandra Das	Independent	1714	5	1719	0.16	11th Runner-up
Ajoy Kumar Sarkar	All India Forward Bloc	1537	1	1538	0.15	12th Runner-up
Probash Chandra Sarkar	Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist)	1165	1	1166	0.11	13th Runner-up
Anupam Singha	Independent	1057	12	1069	0.1	14th Runner-up

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Karimganj Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Karimganj parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Karimganj constituency is Radheshyam Biswas of AUDF.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Radheshyam Biswas	M	AUDF	362866	Krishna Das	M	BJP	260772
2009	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Suklabaidya,Shri Lalit Mohan	M	INC	259717	Rajesh Mallah	M	AUDF	251797
2004	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya	M	INC	321059	Parimal Sukla Baidya	M	BJP	229111
1999	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Nepal Chandra Das	M	INC	336799	Parimal Suklabaidya	M	BJP	294540
1998	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Nepal Chandra Das	M	INC	288643	Swapan Kumar Das	M	BJP	278175
1996	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Dwaraka Nath Das	M	BJP	224229	Sabita Das	M	INC	191480
1991	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Dwarka Nath Das	M	BJP	231810	Jatindra Chandra Das	M	JD	182057
1985	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Sudarsan Das	M	ICS	230823	Nihar Ranjan Laskar	M	INC	156402
1980	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Nihar Ranjan Laskar	M	INC(I)	130933	Kamdeb Das	M	CPM	58146
1977	1	Karimganj	(SC)	Nihar Ranjan Laskar	M	INC	127454	Lilamoy Das	M	BLD	97154
1971	2	Karimganj	(SC)	Nihar Ranjan Laskar	M	INC	149328	Harinarayan Rabidas	M	CPM	27582
1967	2	Karimganj	(SC)	N. R. Laskar	M	INC	171048	M. Choudhury	M	IND	94125
1962	2	Karimganj	(SC)	Nihar Ranjan Laskar	M	INC	112584	Mukteswar Choudhury	M	IND	62059