Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dabgram-Phulbari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dabgram-Phulbari Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Dabgram-Phulbari Dabgram-Phulbari (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°43′01″N88°26′13″E / 26.71694°N 88.43694°E / 26.71694; 88.43694 Coordinates: 26°43′01″N88°26′13″E / 26.71694°N 88.43694°E / 26.71694; 88.43694
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Constituency No	19
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
Electorate (year)	209,696 (2011) [1] 260,690 (2016) [2] 310,354 (2021) [3]
Government
• Incumbent	Sikha Chatterjee (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Delimitation Commission has abolished the Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and formed the new Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 19 Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation and Dabgram I, Dabgram II, Fulbari I and Fulbari II gram panchayats of Rajganj community development block, ^[5]

Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). ^[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Dabgram-Phulbari	Goutam Deb	All India Trinamool Congress [6]
2016	Dabgram-Phulbari	Goutam Deb	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Dabgram-Phulbari	Sikha Chatterjee	Bharatiya Janata Party

For MLAs from the area prior to 2011 see Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2021 Election

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dabgram-Phulbari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sikha Chatterjee	1,29,088	49.85
	AITC	Goutam Deb	1,01,495	39.19
	CPI (M)	Dilip Singh	17,998	6.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,379	1.3
Turnout

2016 Election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dabgram-Phulbari constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Goutam Deb	105,769	47.489%	-0.81%
	CPI (M)	Dilip Singh	81,958	36.798%	-5.09%
	BJP	Rathindra Bose	26,195	11.761%	+5.7%
	Independent	Subhas Biswas	2,180
	BSP	Sanjiban Sarkar	1,409
	SUCI(C)	Abul Kashem	1017
	Amra Bangalee	Dulal Sarkar	914
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,283
Turnout			222,725

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Goutam Deb of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dilip Singh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dabgram-Phulbari constituency ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Goutam Deb	84,649	48.29
	CPI (M)	Dilip Singh	73,413	41.88
	BJP	Dulal Kanti Das	10,623	6.06
	Independent	Subash Biswas	2,347	1.34
	BSP	Sanjiban Sarkar	1,423	0.81
	Independent	Nitu Jai Pritam	1,173
	Indian People's Forward Bloc	Shambhu Nath Roy	926
	AMB	Bapan Ghosh	742
Majority			11,236	6.41
Turnout			175,296	83.57
	AITC win (new seat)

References

1. "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
2. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
3. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
4. "Minister loses rural votebank - CPM worried about Asok's redrawn constituency Avijit Sinha - The Telegraph". Darjeeling Times.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
5. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dabgram-Phulbari. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 June 2011.