{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Kandi | type = SLA | map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Kandi.map}} | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kandi Assembly Constituency | map_alt = | mla = Gargi Das Ghosh | party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}} | latest_election_year = 2026 | preceded_by = Apurba Sarkar | state = West Bengal | district = Murshidabad | loksabha_cons = Baharampur | constituency_no = 68 | established = 1951 | electors = 238,973 | reservation = None | abolished = }}
'''Kandi Assembly constituency''' is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
{{Pie chart | value1 = 73.7 | value2 = 10.52 | value3 = 5.26 | value4 = 5.26 | value5 = 5.26 | label1 = Indian National Congress (14 times) | label2 = Independent politician (2 times) | label3 = Communist Party of India (1 time) | label4 = All India Trinamool Congress (1 time) | label5 = Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) | color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}} | color2 = {{party color|Independent politician}} | color3 = {{party color|Communist Party of India}} | color4 = {{party color|Trinamool Congress}} |color5 = {{party color|Bhartiya Janata Party}} | caption = '''Most Successful Parties from Kandi Assembly''' }}
==Overview== As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 68 Kandi Assembly constituency covers Kandi municipality, Kandi community development block (CDB), and Satui Chaurigachha gram panchayat of Berhampore CDB.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 13 July 2013 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>
Kandi Assembly constituency is part of No. 10 Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency.<ref name =delimitation/>
== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Name !colspan=2|Party |- |1951 |Goalbadan Trivedi |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}} |- |rowspan="2"|1957 |Sudhir Mondal |- |Bimal Chandra Sinha |- |1962 |Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha |- |1967 |G. Trivedi |- |1969 |Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha |{{Full party name with color|Independent}} |- |1971 |rowspan="4"|Atish Chandra Sinha |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}} |- |1972 |- |1977 |- |1982 |- |1987 |Syed Wahid Reza |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |- |1991 |rowspan="3"|Atish Chandra Sinha |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |- |1996 |- |2001 |- |2006 |rowspan="3"|Apurba Sarkar |{{Full party name with color|Independent}} |- |2011 |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |- |2016 |- |2019^ |Safiul Alam Khan |- |2021 |Apurba Sarkar |{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}} |- |2026 |Gargi Das Ghosh |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |}
*^ denotes by-election
==Election results== === 2026 === {{Election box begin|title=2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kandi<ref name="election2026">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2026/27 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Gargi Das Ghosh |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:73355}} |percentage = 36.78 |change = {{increase}}6.04 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Apurba Sarkar |party = Trinamool Congress |votes = {{formatnum:63020}} |percentage = 31.6 |change = {{decrease}}19.56 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Shamim Rana |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:31160}} |percentage = 15.62 |change = {{increase}}0.84 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Mesbahul Islam Khan |party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen |votes = {{formatnum:22976}} |percentage = 11.52 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:2932}} |percentage = 1.47 |change = {{decrease}}0.21 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:10335}} |percentage = 5.18 |change = {{decrease}}15.24 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:199460}} |percentage = 85.19 |change = {{increase}}7.16 }} {{Election box gain with party link | |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Trinamool Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2021 === {{Election box begin|title=2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kandi<ref name="election2021">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14106-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021-including-ac-56-58/ |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Apurba Sarkar |party = Trinamool Congress |votes = {{formatnum:95399}} |percentage = 51.16 |change = {{increase}}15.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Goutam Roy |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:57319}} |percentage = 30.74 |change = {{increase}}19.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Shafiul Islam Khan |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:27555}} |percentage = 14.78 |change = {{decrease}}33.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Syed Azizur Hossain |votes = {{formatnum:1769}} |percentage = 0.95 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:3131}} |percentage = 1.68 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:38080}} |percentage = 20.42 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:186481}} |percentage = 78.03 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link | |winner = Trinamool Congress |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2019 bypoll === {{Election box begin|title=2019 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Kandi}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate = Shafiul Alam Khan |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 79,698 |percentage = 48.38 |change = {{decrease}}2.84 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate = Goutam Roy |party = Trinamool Congress |votes = 58,578 |percentage = 35.56 |change = {{decrease}}2.64 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate = Sanat Mondal |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 18,693 |percentage = 11.34 |change = {{increase}}5.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate = Debojyoti Roy |party = Communist Party of India |votes = 5,291 |percentage = 3.21 |change = {{New}} }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate = None of the above |party = None of the above (India) |votes = 1,799 |percentage = 1.09 |change = {{Decrease}}0.45 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 21,120 |percentage = 12.82 |change = {{decrease}}0.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 1,64,710 |percentage = 73.04 |change = {{decrease}}3.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2016 === {{Election box begin|title=2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kandi}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |candidate = Apurba Sarkar |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 81,723 |percentage = 51.22 |change = {{increase}}5.12 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Santanu Sen |party = Trinamool Congress |votes = 60,943 |percentage = 38.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Binay Bhushan Das |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 9,317 |percentage = 5.84 |change = {{increase}}2.82 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = None of the above |party = None of the above (India) |votes = 2,464 |percentage = 1.54 |change = }} {{Election box majority | |votes = 20,780 |percentage = 13.02 |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 1,59,553 |percentage = 76.64 |change = {{decrease}}4.27 }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2011 === In the 2011 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ainal Haque of CPI.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kandi constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="vidhansabha2011"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Apurba Sarkar |votes = 66,513 |percentage = 46.10 |change = {{increase}}13.59 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India |candidate = Ainal Haque |votes = 58,703 |percentage = 40.68 |change = {{increase}}7.64 }} {{Election box candidate |party = Independent |candidate = Sahitya Pradip Sinha |votes = 9,836 |percentage = 6.82 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Dhananjoy Mandal |votes = 4,351 |percentage = 3.02 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Amit Kumar Das |votes = 1,429 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |candidate = Manirul Islam |votes = 1,254 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate |party = Independent |candidate = Sasti Konai |votes = 850 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Janata Dal (United) |candidate = Nazimul Islam |votes = 736 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate |party = MLKSC |candidate = Majibur Rahaman Sheikh |votes = 615 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 1,44,287 |percentage = 80.91 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}21.51 }} {{Election box end}}
Sahitya Pradip Sinha, contesting as an independent, was reportedly backed by Trinamool Congress.<ref name="election2011">{{cite web |url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365076:murshidabad-birbhum-independents-pose-problems-for-official-candidates&catid=73:kolkata-plus&from_page=search |title = Murshidabad, Birbhum Independents pose problems for official candidates |publisher = The Statesman 6 April 2011 |access-date= 5 June 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120612082640/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365076%3Amurshidabad-birbhum-independents-pose-problems-for-official-candidates&catid=73%3Akolkata-plus&from_page=search |archive-date= 12 June 2012 }}</ref>
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Rebel Congress (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006. Calculated only on the vote percentages secured by Apurba Sarakar in 2006 and 2011 the swing is +3.59%.</small>
=== 2006 === In the 2006 state assembly elections<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Apurba Sarkar, Independent, won the 68 Kandi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of CPI. Apurba Sarkar, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by Adhir Choudhury as a protest against the official Congress candidate Atish Sinha.<ref name="election2012-1">{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/bengal/story_6214010.asp| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120912213550/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/bengal/story_6214010.asp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 12 September 2012|title = Adhir beats Cong at home | publisher = The Telegraph 12 May 2006|access-date = 13 May 2011| location=Calcutta, India| date=12 May 2006}}</ref> He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.<ref name="election2012-2">{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110417/jsp/bengal/story_13864257.jsp | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120913234738/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110417/jsp/bengal/story_13864257.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 September 2012 |title = Didi turns up heat on dissidents | publisher = The Telegraph 17 April 2011|access-date = 25 May 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | first=Alamgir | last=Hussain | date=17 April 2011}}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Chandan Sen of CPI in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Syed Wahid Reza of CPI in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Syed Wahid Reza of CPI defeated Bankim Trivedi of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Syed Abdur Razzaque of CPI in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and Jagadish Sinha of Janata Party in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp65.htm | title = 65 - Kandi Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>
=== 1972 === Atish Chandra Sinha won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha, Independent, won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> G. Trivedi of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha of Congress won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Kandi was a joint seat in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref> Sudhir Mondal and Bimal Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, won the seat jointly. In independent India's first election in 1951 Goalbadan Trivedi of Congress won from the Kandi seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
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