Karandighi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 32 Karandighi Assembly constituency covers Dalkhola Municipality and Altapur I, Altapur II, Dalkhola II, Domhana, Karandighi I, Karandighi II, Lahutara I, Lahutara II, SIMA Anandapur, Raniganj, Rasakhowa I and Rasakhowa II gram panchayats of Karandighi community development block.
Karandighi Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Year NameParty1951Mohinuddin Mokhtar1957Phanis Chandra Sinha19621967Haji Sajjad Hussain1969Suresh Chandra Sinha1971Haji Sajjad Hussain197219771982Suresh Chandra Singha19871991Haji Sajjad Hussain1996Suresh Chandra Singha2001Gokul Roy200620112016Manodeb Singha2021Goutam Paul2026Biraj Biswas
Election results 2026
In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Biraj Biswas of BJP defeated his nearest rival outgoing mla Goutam Paul of TMC by 19869 votes.
2021
In the 2021 elections, Goutam Paul of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Subhas Chandra Sinha of BJP.
2016 In the 2016 elections, Manodeb Singha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Gokul Behari Roy of AIFB.
2011 In the 2011 elections, Gokul Behari Roy of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Subhas Goswami of Congress.
2006 In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Gokul Roy of Forward Bloc won the Karandighi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress. Contests in most elections were among multiple candidates but only winners and runners-up are being mentioned. Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc defeated Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress in 1996. Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress defeated Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc in 1991. Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc defeated Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress defeated Amarendra Nath Singha of Janata Party in 1977.
1972 Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Suresh Chandra Sinha of Forward Bloc won in 1969. H.S. Hussain of PSP won in 1967. Phanis Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 the area was part of Bihar and Mohinuddin Mokhtar of Congress won the Karandighi seat.
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