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Jalpaiguri Assembly constituency
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| Jalpaiguri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 17 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Jalpaiguri Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Jalpaiguri |
| LS constituency | Jalpaiguri |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 262,500 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Jalpaiguri is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 17 Jalpaiguri Assembly constituency (SC) covers Jalpaiguri municipality, and Arabinda, Bahadur, Boalmari Nandanpur, Garalbari, Kharia, Kharija Berubari I, Kharija Berubari II, Mondalghat, Nagar Berubari and South Berubari gram panchayats of Jalpaiguri community development block,[1]
Jalpaiguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Election results
[edit]2021 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pradip Kumar Barma | 95,668 | 42% | ||
| BJP | Sujit Singha | 94,727 | 42% | ||
| INC | Sukhbilas Barma | 24,228 | 11% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
2016 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sukhbilas Barma | 94553 | |||
| AITC | Dharitri Mohan Roy | 89396 | |||
| BJP | Tapan Roy | 16029 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
2011
[edit]In the 2011 elections, Sukh Bilas Barma of Congress defeated his nearest rival Gobinda Chandra Roy of AIFB.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sukhbilas Barma | 86,273 | 48.64 | −2.37# | |
| AIFB | Gobinda Chandra Roy | 75,222 | 42.41 | −1.32 | |
| BJP | Sisir Kanti Mondal | 6,108 | 3.44 | ||
| BSP | Jiban Krishna Majumder | 3,213 | |||
| Independent | Laxmi Kanta Roy | 2,773 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Haribhakta Sardar | 1,930 | |||
| AMB | Mahadeb Chandra Das | 1,844 | |||
| Turnout | 177,363 | 85.43 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | -1.05# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
[edit]In the 2006 state assembly elections,[4] Deba Prasad Roy of Congress won the Jalpaiguri assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gobinda Roy of Forward Bloc. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[5] Gobinda Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Anupam Sen representing Trinamool Congress. Anupam Sen representing Congress defeated of Sudhansu Majumdar of Forward Bloc in 1996[6] and Nirmal Kumar Bose of Forward Bloc in 1991,[7] Nirmal Kumar Bose of Forward Bloc defeated Anupam Sen of Congress in 1987[8] and 1982,[9] and Devendra Mohan Sarkar of Janata Party in 1977.[10][11]
1951–1972
[edit]Anupam Sen of Congress won in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Naresh Chandra Chakraborty of CPI won in 1969.[14] Khagendra Nath Dasgupta of Congress won in 1967[15] and 1962.[16] Prior to that Jalpaiguri was a joint seat. Sarojendra Deb Raikut and Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, both of Congress, won in 1957.[17] In independent India's first election in 1951, Ashrumati Devi and Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, both of Congress, won.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jalpaiguri. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "20 - Jalpaiguri Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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