The constituency was held by All India Ahead Bloc’s Gokul Roy between 2001 and 2016
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The Meeting/Vidhan Sabha constituency of Karandighi is positioned within the Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal. It falls underneath the Raiganj constituency. It got here into existence as a legislative meeting constituency of West Bengal in 2011 after the implementation of the suggestions of the Delimitation Fee of India.
The constituency covers Rasakhowa-II, Rasakhowa-I, Altapur-I, Altapur-II, Raniganj, Dalkhola-I, Dalkhola-II, Lahutara-I, Lahutara-II, Domhana, Karandighi-II and Karandighi-I gram panchayats of Karandighi group improvement block.
As per the voter checklist of 2019, there are 2,46,509 electorates and 243 polling stations on this constituency. Voter turnout was 81.66 % within the 2016 meeting election.
Previous election outcomes and winners
Within the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Meeting election, Trinamool Congress’s Manodeb Sinha gained the Karandighi seat. The constituency was held by All India Ahead Bloc’s Gokul Roy between 2001 and 2016.
The Karandighi meeting constituency is residence to a complete of three,63,899 folks, of which 89.85 % is rural and 10.15 % is city inhabitants..
The Karandighi Meeting constituency is predicted to go to polls in April or Could 2021, as a part of the West Bengal Meeting election 2021.
The West Bengal Meeting polls shall be held to elect a complete of 294 Members of Legislative Meeting (MLAs).
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