Patharkandi Assembly constituency

Patharkandi Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 6 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Political Party	Tenure
2021	Krishnendu Paul		BJP	2016-Incumbent
2016
2011	Monilal Gowala		INC	2011-16
2006	Kartik Sena Sinha		BJP	2006-11
2001	Monilal Gowala		INC	2001-06
1996	Shukhendu Shekhar Dutta		BJP	1996-01
1991	Madhusudhan Tiwari	1991-96
1985	Monilal Gowala		INC	1985-91
1983	Moin Uddin		IND	1983-85
1978	Md Fokhrul Islam	1978-83
1972	Biswanath Upadhyaya		INC	1972-78
1967	Motilal Kanoo		IND	1967-72
1962	Ramdeb Malah		INC	1962-67
1957	Biswanath Upadhyaya		IND	1957-62
1951	Gopesh Namasudra		CPI	1951-57

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election : Patharkandi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishnendu Paul	74,846	49.66%	+11.73
	INC	Sachin Sahoo	70,379	46.70%	+20.58
	Independent	Shihab Uddin Ahmed	1,020	0.68%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,288	0.85%	+0.02
Margin of victory	4,467	2.99%	−4.56
Turnout	149,419	78.51%	−0.68
	BJP hold	Swing	+11.73

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Patharkandi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishnendu Paul	46,544	37.93	+29.08
	AIUDF	Dr. Debendra Kumar Sinha	37,276	30.38	−8.85
	INC	Moni Lal Gowala	32,048	26.12	−16.14
	CPI(M)	Kripesh Ranjan Dasgupta	1,638	1.33	−4.53
	Independent	Kabir Ahmed	892	0.72	N/A
	Independent	Rahimuddin Ahmed	743	0.60	N/A
	SP	Misbaqueuddin	599	0.48	−0.09
	SUCI(C)	Debangshu Nath	509	0.41	−0.31
	Independent	Asaduddin Ahmed	501	0.40	N/A
	Independent	Nitai Dey	495	0.40	N/A
	Independent	Nihar Ranjan Deb Nath	419	0.34	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,030	0.83	N/A
Majority	9,268	7.55	+4.52
Turnout	1,22,694	79.19	+3.18
Registered electors	1,54,924
	BJP gain from INC	Swing

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Patharkandi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Monilal Gowala	44,986	42.26	+19.01
	AIUDF	Kartik Sena Sinha	41,762	39.23	+4.83
	BJP	Sukhendu Shekhar Dutta	9,424	8.85	−28.11
	CPI(M)	Kripesh Ranjan Dasgupta	6,234	5.86	N/A
	Independent	Nikhil Kumar Sen	1,417	1.33	N/A
	AITC	Rupam Nandi Purkayastha	1,267	1.19	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Debangshu Nath	764	0.72	N/A
	SP	Mainuddin Choudhury	602	0.57	N/A
Majority	3,224	3.03	+0.47
Turnout	1,06,456	76.01	+2.72
Registered electors	1,40,057
	INC gain from BJP	Swing

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Patharkandi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kartik Sena Sinha	37,220	36.96
	AIUDF	K. M. Baharul Islam	34,640	34.40
	INC	Monilal Gowala	23,410	23.25
	Independent	Debangshu Nath	1,601	1.59
	JD(S)	Moinul Haque	1,442	1.43
	AGP	Nandeswar Mukherjee	899	0.89
	Independent	Abdul Hamid	866	0.86
	Independent	Tajuddin	622	0.62
Majority	2,580	2.56
Turnout	1,00,700	73.29
Registered electors	1,37,403
	BJP gain from INC	Swing