Patharkandi Assembly constituency

Patharkandi
Patharkandi
Constituency No. 2 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
	Krishnendu Paul, the present MLA of Patharkandi
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Barak Valley
State	Assam
District	Karimganj
LS constituency	Karimganj
Established	1951–present
Total electors	190,434
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Krishnendu Paul
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Patharkandi Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 8 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election	Member		Tenure
2021	Krishnendu Paul	BJP	2016-Incumbent
2016	Krishnendu Paul	BJP	2016-Incumbent
2011	Monilal Gowala	INC	2011-16
2006	Kartik Sena Sinha	BJP	2006-11
2001	Monilal Gowala	INC	2001-06
1996	Shukhendu Shekhar Dutta	BJP	1996-01
1991	Madhusudhan Tiwari	BJP	1991-96
1985	Monilal Gowala	INC	1985-91
1983	Moin Uddin	IND	1983-85
1978	Md Fokhrul Islam	IND	1978-83
1972	Biswanath Upadhyaya	INC	1972-78
1967	Motilal Kanoo	IND	1967-72
1962	Ramdeb Malah	INC	1962-67
1957	Biswanath Upadhyaya	IND	1957-62
1951	Gopesh Namasudra	CPI	1951-57

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election : Patharkandi^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishnendu Paul	74,846	49.66%	+11.73
	INC	Sachin Sahoo	70,379	46.70%	+20.58
	Independent	Shihab Uddin Ahmed	1,020	0.68%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,288	0.85%	+0.02
Margin of victory			4,467	2.99%	-4.56
Turnout			149,419	78.51%	-0.68
	BJP hold		Swing	+11.73

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Patharkandi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishnendu Paul	46,544	37.93	+29.08
	AIUDF	Dr. Debendra Kumar Sinha	37,276	30.38	-8.85
	INC	Moni Lal Gowala	32,048	26.12	-16.14
	CPI(M)	Kripesh Ranjan Dasgupta	1,638	1.33	-4.53
	Independent	Kabir Ahmed	892	0.72	N/A
	Independent	Rahimuddin Ahmed	743	0.60	N/A
	SP	Misbaqueuddin	599	0.48	-0.09
	SUCI(C)	Debangshu Nath	509	0.41	-0.31
	Independent	Asaduddin Ahmed	501	0.40	N/A
	Independent	Nitai Dey	495	0.40	N/A
	Independent	Nihar Ranjan Deb Nath	419	0.34	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,030	0.83	N/A
Majority			9,268	7.55	+4.52
Turnout			1,22,694	79.19	+3.18
Registered electors			1,54,924
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Patharkandi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Monilal Gowala	44,986	42.26	+19.01
	AIUDF	Kartik Sena Sinha	41,762	39.23	+4.83
	BJP	Sukhendu Shekhar Dutta	9,424	8.85	-28.11
	CPI(M)	Kripesh Ranjan Dasgupta	6,234	5.86	N/A
	Independent	Nikhil Kumar Sen	1,417	1.33	N/A
	AITC	Rupam Nandi Purkayastha	1,267	1.19	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Debangshu Nath	764	0.72	N/A
	SP	Mainuddin Choudhury	602	0.57	N/A
Majority			3,224	3.03	+0.47
Turnout			1,06,456	76.01	+2.72
Registered electors			1,40,057
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Patharkandi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kartik Sena Sinha	37,220	36.96
	AIUDF	K. M. Baharul Islam	34,640	34.40
	INC	Monilal Gowala	23,410	23.25
	Independent	Debangshu Nath	1,601	1.59
	JD(S)	Moinul Haque	1,442	1.43
	AGP	Nandeswar Mukherjee	899	0.89
	Independent	Abdul Hamid	866	0.86
	Independent	Tajuddin	622	0.62
Majority			2,580	2.56
Turnout			1,00,700	73.29
Registered electors			1,37,403
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

"Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.