Karandighi

Karandighi is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.OverviewAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 32 Karandighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Altapur I, Altapur II, Dalkhola I, Dalkhola II, Domhana, Karandighi I, Karandighi II, Lahutara I, Lahutara II, Raniganj, Rasakhowa I and Rasakhowa II gram panchayats of Karandighi community development blockKarandighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).Members of Legislative Assembly.* This area was in Bihar when elections were heldElection results2011In the 2011 elections, Gokul Behari Roy of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Subhas Goswami of Congress.1977–2006In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Gokul Roy of Forward Bloc won the Karandighi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc defeated Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress in 1996. Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress defeated Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc in 1991. Suresh Chandra Singha of Forward Bloc defeated Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress in 1987 and 1982. Haji Sajjad Hussain of Congress defeated Amarendra Nath Singha of Janata Party in 1977.