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2024 Lok Sabha Election Results

Karimganj Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024

Kripanath Mallah of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Karimganj constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, securing 545,093 votes and defeating Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury of the Indian National Congress by 18,360 votes.

Karimganj Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024

Karimganj Election Result Highlights: Kripanath Mallah of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Karimganj constituency by 18360 Votes.


In Karimganj Constituency 2024 Lok Sabha Election Results, Kripanath Mallah of the Bharatiya Janata Party is declared the winner, securing 545093 votes and surpassing Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury of the Indian National Congress by 18360 votes.

 

S.No. Candidate Name                        Party                                                 Total Votes % of Votes
1 Kripanath Mallah Bharatiya Janata Party 545093 47.53
2 Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury Indian National Congress 526733 45.93
3 Sahabul Islam Choudhury All India United Democratic Front 29205 2.55
4 Jibesh Deb Independent 7109 0.62

 

Karimganj, located in Assam and bordering Bangladesh with the Kushiyara River as a natural boundary, has a predominantly rural population, with 91.89% of its nearly 20 lakh residents living in rural areas, according to the 2011 census. The election for this constituency was successfully held on April 26th, with a voter turnout of 80.48 percent.

 

The first Lok Sabha election in Karimganj was held in 1962, as no elections took place in 1952 and 1957. In the inaugural 1962 election, Congress candidate Nihar Ranjan Laskar won by a record 50,525 votes and continued his winning streak for the next five elections. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Kripanath defeated AIUDF's Radheshyam Biswas in the Karimganj seat.