Jalpaiguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jalpaiguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Jalpaiguri
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jalpaiguri
Location in West Bengal
Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri (India)
Coordinates: 26°31′N 88°44′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictJalpaiguri
Constituency No17
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
Electorate (year)207,619 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 17 Jalpaiguri (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951JalpaiguriAshrumati DeviIndian National Congress[2]
Khagendra Nath DasguptaIndian National Congress[2]
1957Sarojendra Deb RaikutIndian National Congress[3]
Khagendra Nath DasguptaIndian National Congress[3]
1962Khagendra Nath DasguptaIndian National Congress[4]
1967Khagendra Nath DasguptaIndian National Congress[5]
1969Naresh Chandra ChakrabortyCommunist Party of India[6]
1971Anupam SenIndian National Congress[7]
1972Anupam SenIndian National Congress[8]
1977Nirmal Kumar BoseAll India Forward Bloc[9]
1982Nirmal Kumar BoseAll India Forward Bloc[10]
1987Nirmal Kumar BoseAll India Forward Bloc[11]
1991Anupam SenIndian National Congress[12]
1996Anupam SenIndian National Congress[13]
2001Gobinda RoyAll India Forward Bloc [14]
2006Debaprasad RoyIndian National Congress[15]
2011Sukh Bilas BarmaIndian National Congress[16]

2016 Election
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jalpaiguri (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukh Bilas Barma 94553
AITC Dharitri Mohan Roy 89396
BJP Tapan Roy 16029
Turnout

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Sukh Bilas Barma of Congress defeated his nearest rival Gobinda Chandra Roy of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Jalpaiguri (SC) constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sukh Bilas 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
Amra Bangalee 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.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Jalpaiguri district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 3 2
Congress 3 2
GJM-backed Independent 1 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 3

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] 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,[14] Gobinda Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Anupam Sen representing Trinamool Congress. Anupam Sen representing Congress defeated of Sudhansu Majumdar of Forward Bloc in 1996[13] and Nirmal Kumar Bose of Forward Bloc in 1991,[12] Nirmal Kumar Bose of Forward Bloc defeated Anupam Sen of Congress in 1987[11] and 1982,[10] and Devendra Mohan Sarkar of Janata Party in 1977.[9][18]

1951–1972

Anupam Sen of Congress won in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Naresh Chandra Chakraborty of CPI won in 1969.[6] Khagendra Nath Dasgupta of Congress won in 1967[5] and 1962.[4] Prior to that Jalpaiguri was a joint seat. Sarojendra Deb Raikut and Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, both of Congress, won in 1957.[3] In independent India's first election in 1951, Ashrumati Devi and Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, both of Congress, won.[2]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Jalpaiguri. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  18. "20 - Jalpaiguri Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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