About Karimganj South Assembly Constituency
Karimganj South is constituency No. 4 of Assam legislative assembly. It is situated in Karimganj district and comes under the Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. According to the Election Commission of India, this constituency has 1,44,103 registered voters. It comprises 75,329 male and 68,774 female registered voters.
The Congress won this seat in the 2011 Assembly elections. Siddeque Ahmed, the winning Congress candidate, got 45,395 votes. The nearest contender was Ekbal Hussain of Trinamool Congress who got 22,282 votes. The winning margin was 23,113, that is, 22.11% of the total valid votes. The voter turnout was 72.56 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Karimganj South Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Karimganj South assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender |
Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
|---|
| 2011 | 4 | Karimganj South | GEN | Siddeque Ahmed | M | INC | 45395 | Ekbal Hussain | M | AITC | 22282 |
| 2006 | 4 | Karimganj South | GEN | Siddeque Ahmed | M | IND | 29007 | Sipra Goon | F | BJP | 21372 |
| 2001 | 4 | Karimganj South | GEN | Siddeque Ahmed | M | SAP | 31639 | Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury | M | INC | 28280 |
| 1996 | 4 | Karimganj South | GEN | Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury | M | INC | 43158 | Biswarup Bhattacharjee | M | BJP | 30008 |
| 1991 | 4 | Karimganj South | GEN | Pranab Kumar Nath | M | BJP | 24020 | Makbul Ali | M | AGP | 23280 |
| 1985 | 4 | Karimganj South | GEN | Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury | M | INC | 24002 | Nikhil Kanti Das | M | IND | 20554 |
| 1983 | 4 | Karimganj South | GEN | Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury | M | INC | 24328 | Abdul Khalique Talukdar | M | IND | 19922 |
| 1978 | 4 | Karimganj South | GEN | Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury | M | INC | 19047 | Nikhil Kanti Das | M | IND | 12988 |
| 1972 | 7 | Karimganj South | (SC) | Sudarsan Das | M | INC | 19020 | Gopesh Namasudra | M | CPI | 10626 |
| 1967 | 7 | Karimganj South | (SC) | P. Choudhury | M | INC | 17559 | G. Namasudra | M | IND | 13992 |
| 1962 | 6 | Karimganj South | GEN | Abdul Munim Chowdhury | M | INC | 9881 | Jajneswar Das | M | CPI | 6914 |
| 1960 | By Polls | Karimganj South | GEN | Moulvi.M.Ali | M | INC | 6344 | J. Das | M | COM | 6142 |
| 1957 | 5 | Karimganj South | GEN | Abdul Hamid Chowdhury | M | INC | 13402 | Nanigopal Swami | M | IND | 11382 |
Last Updated on August 06, 2021