Alipurduars Assembly constituency

West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency

Alipurduars

Constituency No. 12 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Interactive Map Outlining Alipurduars Assembly Constituency

Constituency details
Country| India
Region| East India
State| West Bengal
District| Alipurduar
Lok Sabha constituency| Alipurduars
Established| 1951
Total electors| 260,652
Reservation| None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent

Suman Kanjilal

Party| All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year| 2021

Alipurduars Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 12 Alipurduars Assembly constituency covers Alipurduar municipality, Alipurduar Railway Junction, Banchukamari, Chakowakheti, Mathura, Parorpar, Patlakhawa, Shalkumar I, Shalkumar II, Tapsikhata, Vivekananda II, Vivekananda I gram panchayats of Alipurduar I community development block, and Chaporerpar I, Chaporerpar II, and Tatpara II gram panchayats of Alipurduar II community development block.[1]

Alipurduars Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[1]

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election  | Name  | Party

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1951 | Pijush Kanti Mukherjee |  | Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 | Nani Bhattacharya |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
1969
1971 | Narayan Bhattacharya |  | Indian National Congress
1972
1977 | Nani Bhattacharya |  | Revolutionary Socialist Party
1982
1987
1991 | Nirmal Das
1996
2001
2006
2011 | Debaprasad Roy |  | Indian National Congress
2016 | Sourav Chakraborty |  | All India Trinamool Congress
2021 | Suman Kanjilal |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

## Election results

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### 1951–1972

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Narayan Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1971 and 1972. Nani Bhattacharya of RSP won in 1967 and 1969. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won in 1957 and 1962. In independent India's first election in 1951, it was a joint seat. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee and Dhirandra Brahma Mandal, both from Congress, won.

### 1977-2006

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Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Nirmal Das of RSP defeated Sourav Chakraborty of Congress, Prasanta Narayan Majumdar of Trinamool Congress, Manindralal Rakshit of Congress and Biswa Ranjan Sarkar of Congress, respectively. Nani Bhattacharya of RSP defeated Debabrata Chatterjee of Congress in 1987, Pallab Ghosh of Congress in 1982 and Narayan Bhattachary of Congress in 1977.

### 2011

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In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Debaprasad Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kshiti Goswami of RSP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Alipurduars constituency  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| INC | Debaprasad Roy  | 79,605  | 46.02  | Winner
| RSP | Kshiti Goswami  | 72,822  | 42.10  |
| BJP | Manik Chandra Saha  | 8,238  | 4.76  |
| Independent | Santosh Kumar Balo  | 3,072  | 1.78  |
| JMM | Manohar Bhagat  | 1,864  | 1.08  |
| SUCI(C) | Abhijit Roy  | 1,508  | 0.87  |
| CPI(ML)L | Chanchal Kumar Das  | 1,438  | 0.83  |
| Independent | Parimal Roy  | 1,396  | 0.81  |
| Independent | Sanjit Das  | 1,301  | 0.75  |
| BSP | Mantu Barman  | 1,195  | 0.69  |
| Rashtriya Deshaj Party  | Bishwanath Gop  | 530  | 0.31  |
Majority | 6,783  | 3.92  |
Turnout | 1,72,969  | 86.04  |
| INC gain from RSP | Swing |  |

### 2016

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In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sourav Chakraborty of TMC defeated his nearest rival Biswaranjan Sarkar of Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Alipurduars constituency  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| AITC | Sourav Chakraborty  | 89,695  | 44.09  | Winner
| INC | Biswaranjan Sarkar  | 77,737  | 38.21  |
| BJP | Kushal Chatterjee  | 20,098  | 9.88  |
| RSP | Nirmal Das  | 7,324  | 3.60  |
| SUCI(C) | Alokesh Das  | 2,308  | 1.13  |
| AMB | Dalendra Nath Ray  | 1,341  | 0.66  |
| Independent | Santosh Kumar Balo  | 989  | 0.49  |
| BSP | Gouri Roy  | 974  | 0.48  |
| None of the Above | None of the Above  | 2,980  | 1.46  |
Majority | 11,958  | 5.88  |
Turnout | 2,03,446  | 86.16  |
| AITC gain from INC | Swing |  |

### 2021

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In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Suman Kanjilal of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sourav Chakraborty of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Alipurduars constituency  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Suman Kanjilal  | 107,333  | 48.19  | Winner
| AITC | Sourav Chakraborty  | 91,326  | 41.00  |
| INC | Debprosad Roy  | 15,651  | 7.03  |
| Independent | Nikhil Chandra Raibir  | 2,351  | 1.06  |
| Independent | Rinku Ghosh  | 1,393  | 0.63  |
| SUCI(C) | Pijush Kanti Sarma  | 1,111  | 0.5  |
| Independent | Ashim Roy  | 696  | 0.31  |
| Independent | Kushal Kumar Roy  | 620  | 0.28  |
| Independent | Abinash Das  | 270  | 0.12  |
| None of the Above | None of the Above  | 1,981  | 0.89  |
Turnout | 2,22,732  |  |
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

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Alipurduar district topics

General|

* Buxa Tiger Reserve
* Buxa Fort
* Chilapata Forests
* Dooars
* Dooars-Terai tea gardens
* Jaldapara National Park
* North Bengal
* Terai
* Western Duars

Municipalities|

* Alipurduar

Community development blocks|

| Alipurduar subdivision|

* Madarihat-Birpara
* Alipurduar I
* Alipurduar II
* Falakata
* Kalchini
* Kumargram

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Higher education|

* Alipurduar College

Rivers|

* Dharla
* Jaldhaka
* Teesta
* Torsha
* Kaljani

Transport|

* NH 17
* NH 31
* NH 317
* NH 27
* New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line
* New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section

Railway stations|

* Alipurduar Junction
* Buxa Road
* Samuktala Road Junction

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Alipurduars

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Kumargram
* Kalchini
* Alipurduars
* Falakata
* Madarihat

See also|

* Cities, towns and locations in Alipurduar district
* Villages in Alipurduar district

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