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Karimganj, Assam — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Karimganj (Assam) was won by Kripanath Mallah (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 38,389 votes over Radheshyam Biswas. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Karimganj, Assam, from 1962 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1962–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress 112,584 50.1% Mukteswar Choudhury (Independent) 50,525 (22.5 pts)
1967 N. R. Laskar Indian National Congress 171,048 58.7% M. Choudhury (Independent) 76,923 (26.4 pts)
1971 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress 149,328 73.4% Harinarayan Rabidas (CPI (Marxist)) 121,746 (59.8 pts)
1977 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress 127,454 54.6% Lilamoy Das (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 30,300 (13.0 pts)
1980 Nihar Ranjan Laskar Congress (I) 130,933 49.6% Kamdeb Das (CPI (Marxist)) 72,787 (27.6 pts)
1984-85 (phased) Sudarsan Das ICS 230,823 47.1% Nihar Ranjan Laskar (Indian National Congress) 74,421 (15.2 pts)
1991 Dwarka Nath Das Bharatiya Janata Party 231,810 39.2% Jatindra Chandra Das (Janata Dal) 49,753 (8.4 pts)
1996 Dwaraka Nath Das Bharatiya Janata Party 224,229 33.1% Sabita Das (Indian National Congress) 32,749 (4.8 pts)
1998 Nepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress 288,643 39.7% Swapan Kumar Das (Bharatiya Janata Party) 10,468 (1.4 pts)
1999 Nepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress 336,799 49.6% Parimal Suklabaidya (Bharatiya Janata Party) 42,259 (6.2 pts)
2004 Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Indian National Congress 321,059 47.8% Parimal Sukla Baidya (Bharatiya Janata Party) 91,948 (13.7 pts)
2009 Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Indian National Congress 259,717 37.9% Rajesh Mallah (AUDF) 7,920 (1.2 pts)
2014 Radheshyam Biswas AIUDF 362,866 40.9% Krishna Das (Bharatiya Janata Party) 102,094 (11.5 pts)
2019 Kripanath Mallah Bharatiya Janata Party 473,046 44.9% Radheshyam Biswas (AIUDF) 38,389 (3.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress 112,584 50.1%
Mukteswar Choudhury Independent 62,059 27.6%
Nitai Chand Patni Independent 49,939 22.2%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
N. R. Laskar Indian National Congress 171,048 58.7%
M. Choudhury Independent 94,125 32.3%
D. Mamasudra Bharatiya Jana Sangh 26,149 9.0%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress 149,328 73.4%
Harinarayan Rabidas CPI (Marxist) 27,582 13.5%
Gopesh Namasudra Independent 13,809 6.8%
Radha Kanta Tanti SUC 6,496 3.2%
Jogendra Chandra Sirkar Congress (O) 6,343 3.1%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress 127,454 54.6%
Lilamoy Das Bharatiya Lok Dal 97,154 41.6%
Radhakanta Tanty SUC 5,835 2.5%
Ananta Kumar Bardhan Independent 2,953 1.3%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nihar Ranjan Laskar Congress (I) 130,933 49.6%
Kamdeb Das CPI (Marxist) 58,146 22.0%
Sabita Das Janata Party 47,137 17.9%
Ramdeb Malah Congress (U) 27,781 10.5%

1984-85 (phased)

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sudarsan Das ICS 230,823 47.1%
Nihar Ranjan Laskar Indian National Congress 156,402 31.9%
Radha Kanta Tanty Independent 49,578 10.1%
Jadbab Rajbhar Independent 17,618 3.6%
Jitendra Mohan Das Independent 15,563 3.2%
Gopesh Namasudra Independent 10,140 2.1%
Chinu Rani Roy Independent 9,545 1.9%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dwarka Nath Das Bharatiya Janata Party 231,810 39.2%
Jatindra Chandra Das Janata Dal 182,057 30.8%
Narayan Chandra Das Asom Gana Parishad 66,190 11.2%
Sudarshan Das Indian National Congress 55,787 9.4%
Chinurani Roy (W) Independent 13,968 2.4%
Sudhanshu Ranjan Roy ICS(SCS) 11,718 2.0%
Radhakanta Tanty Independent 6,435 1.1%
Yadav Rajbhar Independent 4,926 0.8%
Radhey Shyam Biswas Janata Party 4,756 0.8%
Lakshmi Nivashkalowar Independent 4,262 0.7%
Brajalal Rabidas Independent 3,907 0.7%
Pravhat Kumar Malakar Independent 2,021 0.3%
Sunil Das Independent 1,899 0.3%
Maya Sarkar (W) Independent 1,590 0.3%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dwaraka Nath Das Bharatiya Janata Party 224,229 33.1%
Sabita Das Indian National Congress 191,480 28.2%
Narayan Chandra Das Asom Gana Parishad 183,415 27.1%
Nepal Chandra Das Independent 52,307 7.7%
Subal Chandra Das Janata Dal 14,163 2.1%
Jadav Rajbhor Independent 5,233 0.8%
U C Das AIIC(T) 3,741 0.6%
Narayan Chandra Das Independent 2,258 0.3%
Benode Das Independent 1,192 0.2%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress 288,643 39.7%
Swapan Kumar Das Bharatiya Janata Party 278,175 38.3%
Gautam Das Asom Gana Parishad 143,378 19.7%
Sanat Kumar Biswas Samajwadi Party 12,487 1.7%
Radha Kanta Tanty Independent 2,142 0.3%
Haripada Suklabaidya Independent 1,180 0.2%
Lilamay Das Independent 1,074 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nepal Chandra Das Indian National Congress 336,799 49.6%
Parimal Suklabaidya Bharatiya Janata Party 294,540 43.3%
Kushikanta Das CPI (Marxist) 34,250 5.0%
Himadri Kumar Roy Samajwadi Party 5,817 0.9%
Sunil Ranjan Roy Nationalist Congress Party 3,362 0.5%
Nepal Chandra Das Independent 2,886 0.4%
Sudarshan Bardhan AMB 1,391 0.2%
Radhakanta Tanty Independent 661 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Indian National Congress 321,059 47.8%
Parimal Sukla Baidya Bharatiya Janata Party 229,111 34.1%
Nepal Chandra Das Asom Gana Parishad 106,546 15.9%
Babul Ram Das Independent 3,926 0.6%
Sushil Kumar Das Independent 3,641 0.5%
Radha Kanta Tanty Independent 2,862 0.4%
Lukendra Roy Independent 2,386 0.4%
Babul Roy Independent 1,960 0.3%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Indian National Congress 259,717 37.9%
Rajesh Mallah AUDF 251,797 36.7%
Sudhangshu Das Bharatiya Janata Party 148,945 21.7%
Milon Singha Independent 4,773 0.7%
Himangshu Kumar Das Independent 4,249 0.6%
Rajesh Chandra Roy Independent 3,064 0.4%
Uttam Nomosudra Independent 2,591 0.4%
Sital Prasad Dusad Independent 2,484 0.4%
Ranjan Namasudra Independent 1,475 0.2%
Probhash Ch. Sarkar Independent 1,245 0.2%
Malati Roy Independent 1,151 0.2%
Joy Das Independent 1,120 0.2%
Bijon Roy Independent 1,053 0.2%
Bijoy Malakar Independent 915 0.1%
Debasish Das Independent 841 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Radheshyam Biswas AIUDF 362,866 40.9%
Krishna Das Bharatiya Janata Party 260,772 29.4%
Lalit Mohon Suklabaidya Indian National Congress 226,562 25.5%
Rabindra Nath Choudhury Asom Gana Parishad 5,556 0.6%
None Of The Above Independent 4,266 0.5%
Tarun Kumar Das Aam Aadmi Party 3,658 0.4%
Sujit Mallick Independent 3,437 0.4%
Probash Ch. Sarkar SUCI(C) 3,114 0.4%
Sajalendu Malakar Independent 2,465 0.3%
Goutam Malakar Independent 2,447 0.3%
Pradip Suklabaidya Independent 2,392 0.3%
Rinku Malakar Samajwadi Party 2,275 0.3%
Sabuj Das Independent 1,974 0.2%
Sanjit Kumar Das Independent 1,880 0.2%
Pintu Malakar Independent 1,664 0.2%
Mahananda Das Independent 1,592 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kripanath Mallah Bharatiya Janata Party 473,046 44.9%
Radheshyam Biswas AIUDF 434,657 41.3%
Swarup Das Indian National Congress 120,452 11.4%
Chandan Das All India Trinamool Congress 4,870 0.5%
Satyajit Das Independent 2,988 0.3%
Harilal Rabidas Independent 2,822 0.3%
Parikshit Roy Independent 2,765 0.3%
Nikhil Ranjan Das HND 2,519 0.2%
Raju Das Independent 2,111 0.2%
Ramnarayan Suklabaidya Independent 1,795 0.2%
Rabindra Chandra Das Independent 1,719 0.2%
Ajoy Kumar Sarkar AIFB 1,538 0.1%
Probash Chandra Sarkar SUCI(C) 1,166 0.1%
Anupam Singha Independent 1,069 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1962: Indian National Congress margin 22.5 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 26.4 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 59.8 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 13.0 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 27.6 pts 1984-85 (phased): ICS margin 15.2 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.4 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 4.8 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 1.4 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 6.2 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 13.7 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 1.2 pts 2014: AIUDF margin 11.5 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 3.6 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984-85 (phased) 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Karimganj has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), ICS, Bharatiya Janata Party, AIUDF.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Karimganj in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Kripanath Mallah (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Karimganj, Assam, in 2019 with 473,046 votes (44.9%), a margin of 38,389 votes over Radheshyam Biswas.

Which parties have won Karimganj since 1962?

Since 1962, Karimganj has been won by: AIUDF, Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), ICS, Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Karimganj?

The closest result on record for Karimganj was 2009, when Indian National Congress beat AUDF by just 7,920 votes (1.2 percentage points).

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