Karimganj is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Barak Valley of Assam and is located in North East India. Karimganj Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 76.68%. There are 11,65,997 voters of which 6,15,198 are male and 5,50,799 are female and 0 voters of the third gender.
Radheshyam Biswas of AIUDF (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating BJP. AIUDF polled 3,62,866 of the total of 8,86,920 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Karimganj goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 76.14%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 1 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 8 |
| Reservation for | Scheduled Caste |
| Number of Voters | 11,65,997 |
| Number of Male Voters | 6,15,198 |
| Number of Female Voters | 5,50,799 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIUDF | INC |
| Turnout % | 76.14% | 64.13% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,02,094 | 7,920 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.51% | 1.16% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIUDF | INC |
| Turnout % | 76.14% | 64.13% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,02,094 | 7,920 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.51% | 1.16% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 473046 | 44.62% | Kripanath MallahWinner |
| AIUDF | 434657 | 41.00% | Radheshyam Biswas |
| INC | 120452 | 11.36% | Swarup Das |
| NOTA | 6555 | 0.62% | Nota |
| AITC | 4870 | 0.46% | Chandan Das |
| IND | 2988 | 0.28% | Satyajit Das |
| IND | 2822 | 0.27% | Harilal Rabidas |
| IND | 2765 | 0.26% | Parikshit Roy |
| HND | 2519 | 0.24% | Nikhil Ranjan Das |
| IND | 2111 | 0.20% | Raju Das |
| IND | 1795 | 0.17% | Ramnarayan Suklabaidya |
| IND | 1719 | 0.16% | Rabindra Chandra Das |
| AIFB | 1538 | 0.15% | Ajoy Kumar Sarkar |
| SUCI | 1166 | 0.11% | Probash Chandra Sarkar |
| IND | 1069 | 0.10% | Anupam Singha |
