Islampur 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. 29 Islampur Assembly constituency covers Islampur municipality, and Agdimti Khanti, Gaisal I, Gaisal II, Gunjaria, Islampur, Matikunda I, Matikunda II, Panditpota I, Panditpota II, Ramganj I and Ramganj II gram panchayats of Islampur community development block.
Islampur Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)
Members of the Legislative Assembly YearMLAPartyIslampur constituency1957Mohd. Afaque Choudhury 19621967Abdul Karim Chowdhury196919711972197719821987Md. Faruque Azam1991Abdul Karim Chowdhury 1996 2001 2006Md. Faruque Azam2011 Abdul Karim Chowdhury2016 Kanaia Lal Agarwal2019^Abdul Karim Chowdhury20212026 Kanaia Lal Agarwal ^By Election
Election results 2026
In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Kanaia Lal Agarwal of TMC defeated his nearest rival Chitrajit Roy of BJP by 40,063 votes.
2021
2019 bypoll
2016
2011 In the 2011 election, Abdul Karim Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sayeda Farhat Afroz of CPI(M).
Kanaia Lal Agarwal, Chairman of Islampur municipality, run by the Congress, was the rebel Congress candidate who contested as an Independent from Islampur. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for him.
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) vote percentages, as there was a rebel Congress candidate.
2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, Md. Faruque of CPI(M) won the Islampur assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Karim Chowdhary representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Congress in 1996 and 1991 defeated Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M). Md. Faruque Azam of CPI(M) defeated Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress in 1987. Abdul Karim Chowdhary of Congress/ Independent defeated Md. Faiukazam of CPI(M) in 1982 and Goutam Gupta, Independent, in 1977.
1951 Although Islampur constituency was formed in West Bengal in 1977, it was a constituency in independent India's first election in 1951, when the area was part of Bihar. Chowdhary Mohamad Afaque of Congress won the Islampur seat in 1951.
See also Bengali language Movement (North Dinajpur)
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