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Kandi Assembly constituency

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Kandi
Constituency No. 68 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Kandi Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMurshidabad
Lok Sabha constituencyBaharampur
Established1951
Total electors238,973
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Kandi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 68 Kandi Assembly constituency covers Kandi municipality, Kandi community development block (CDB), and Satui Chaurigachha gram panchayat of Berhampore CDB.[1]

Kandi Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name Party
1951 Goalbadan Trivedi Indian National Congress
1957 Sudhir Mondal
Bimal Chandra Sinha
1962 Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha
1967 G. Trivedi
1969 Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha Independent politician
1971 Atish Chandra Sinha Indian National Congress
1972
1977
1982
1987 Syed Wahid Reza Communist Party of India
1991 Atish Chandra Sinha Indian National Congress
1996
2001
2006 Apurba Sarkar Independent politician
2011 Indian National Congress
2016
2019^ Safiul Alam Khan (Bonu Khan)
2021 Apurba Sarkar Trinamool Congress
  • ^ – by-election

Election results

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2026

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC
BJP
INC
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Apurba Sarkar 95,399 51.16 Increase15.6
BJP Goutam Roy 57,319 30.74 Increase19.4
INC Shafiul Islam Khan 27,555 14.78 Decrease33.6
NOTA None of the above 3,131 1.68 Increase0.59
Majority 38,080 20.42 Increase7.6
Turnout 1,86,481 78.03 Increase4.99
AITC gain from INC Swing

2019 by-election

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2019 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Kandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shafiul Alam Khan 79,698 48.38 Decrease2.84
AITC Goutam Roy 58,578 35.56 Decrease2.64
BJP Sanat Mondal 18,693 11.34 Increase5.5
CPI Debojyoti Roy 5,291 3.21 New
NOTA None of the above 1,799 1.09 New
Majority 21,120 12.82 Decrease0.2
Turnout 1,64,710 73.04 Decrease3.6
INC hold Swing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kandi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Apurba Sarkar 81,723 51.22 Increase5.12
AITC Santanu Sen 60,943 38.2 New
BJP Binay Bhushan Das 9,317 5.84 Increase2.82
NOTA None of the above 2,464 1.54 New
Majority 20,780 13.02
Turnout 1,59,553 76.64 Decrease4.27
INC hold Swing

2011

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In the 2011 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ainal Haque of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kandi constituency[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Apurba Sarkar 66,513 46.10 Increase13.59
CPI Ainal Haque 58,703 40.68 Increase7.64
Independent Sahitya Pradip Sinha 9,836 6.82
BJP Dhananjoy Mandal 4,351 3.02
BSP Amit Kumar Das 1,429
CPI(ML)L Manirul Islam 1,254
Independent Sasti Konai 850
JD(U) Nazimul Islam 736
MLKSC Majibur Rahaman Sheikh 615
Turnout 1,44,287 80.91
INC hold Swing Decrease21.51

Sahitya Pradip Sinha, contesting as an independent, was reportedly backed by Trinamool Congress.[4]

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Rebel Congress (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006. Calculated only on the vote percentages secured by Apurba Sarakar in 2006 and 2011 the swing is +3.59%.

2006

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In the 2006 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress MP of Baharampur, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Kandi constituency[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Apurba Sarkar 50,157 34.87 Decrease13.87
CPI Abdul Hamid 47,525 33.04 Increase7.64
INC Atish Chandra Sinha 36,103 25.10
Independent Hari Prasad Chandra 2,204 1.53
AITC Partha Mukherjee 1,787
CPI(ML)L Syed Fazle Alam 1,532
Independent Md. Safiuddin Sk. 1184
Independent Uday Das 996
Independent Narendra Narayan Roy 893
Independent Babu Bagdhi 884
Independent Md. Shahzamal 561
Turnout 143,829
INC hold Swing -21.51#

1977–2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections[6] Apurba Sarkar, Independent, won the 68 Kandi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of CPI. Apurba Sarkar, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Atish Sinha.[7] He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.[8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Chandan Sen of CPI in 2001,[9] Syed Wahid Reza of CPI in 1996[10] and 1991.[11] Syed Wahid Reza of CPI defeated Bankim Trivedi of Congress in 1987.[12] Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Syed Abdur Razzaque of CPI in 1982[13] and Jagadish Sinha of Janata Party in 1977.[14][15]

1951–1972

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Atish Chandra Sinha won in 1972[16] and 1971.[17] Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha, Independent, won in 1969.[18] G. Trivedi of Congress won in 1967.[19] Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1962.[20] Kandi was a joint seat in 1957.[21] Sudhir Mondal and Bimal Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, won the seat jointly. In independent India's first election in 1951 Goalbadan Trivedi of Congress won from the Kandi seat.[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kandi. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Murshidabad, Birbhum Independents pose problems for official candidates". The Statesman 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  5. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kandi. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Adhir beats Cong at home". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 12 May 2006. 12 May 2006. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  8. ^ Hussain, Alamgir (17 April 2011). "Didi turns up heat on dissidents". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph 17 April 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  9. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  10. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  11. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  12. ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  13. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  14. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  15. ^ "65 - Kandi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  18. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  19. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  20. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  21. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  22. ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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