KARIMPUR
Assembly seat no. 77 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2016
MAHUA MOITRA
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2016
15,989
7.95% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
CPMSAMARENDRANATH GHOSH
- Votes
- 75,000
- Vote share
- 37.29%
- Behind by
- 15,989
Electors
2,27,166
Total votes polled
2,01,106
Valid votes
2,01,106
NOTA votes
1,449
0.72% of votes polled
Turnout
88.5%
Full result, 2016
8 candidates · 2,01,106 valid votes
MAHUA MOITRAAITCwon
90,989
45.2%
SAMARENDRANATH GHOSHCPM
75,000
37.3%
SUBHASIS BHATTACHARYYA(ANANDA)BJP
23,302
11.6%
MAHITOSH SARKARSHS
4,554
2.3%
SAHABUDDIN MANDALWPOI
2,140
1.1%
JITENDRA NATH HALDERBSP
1,769
0.9%
AZAD RAHAMANSUCI
1,104
0.6%
REJAUL SEKHIUML
799
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Samarendranath Ghosh | BJP | 1,05,234 | 43.68% | Soham Chakraborty | 10,185 |
| 2021 | Bimalendu Sinha Roy | AITC | 1,10,911 | 50.07% | Samarendranath Ghosh | 23,575 |
| 2016 | MAHUA MOITRA | AITC | 90,989 | 45.24% | SAMARENDRANATH GHOSH | 15,989 |
| 2011 | SAMARENDRANATH GHOSH | CPM | 82,244 | 46.17% | DR. RAMENDRA NATH SARKAR | 5,085 |
| 2006 | PRAFULLA KUMAR BHOWMICK | CPM | 74,036 | 47.18% | ARABINDA MANDAL | 19,875 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the KARIMPUR assembly constituency in 2026?
Samarendranath Ghosh (BJP) won KARIMPUR in 2026, by a margin of 10,185 votes.
Which party has won KARIMPUR the most times?
CPM, with 9 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has KARIMPUR gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2026.
Who has won KARIMPUR the most times?
PRAFULLA KUMAR BHOWMICK, with 2 wins between 2001 and 2006.
