Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency

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Dabgram-Phulbari
Constituency No. 19 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Jalpaiguri
LS constituency Jalpaiguri
Established2011
Total electors310,354
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2021

Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 19 Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly 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, [1]

Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty Affiliation
2011 Goutam Deb All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Sikha Chatterjee Bharatiya Janata Party

For MLAs from the area prior to 2011 see Kranti Assembly constituency

Election results

2021 Election

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dabgram-Phulbari
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sikha Chatterjee 129,088 49.85
AITC Goutam Deb 1,01,49539.19
CPI(M) Dilip Singh17,9986.95
NOTA None of the Above3,3791.3
Turnout

2016 Election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dabgram-Phulbari constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Goutam Deb 105,769 47.489% -0.81%
CPI(M) Dilip Singh81,95836.798%-5.09%
BJP Rathindra Bose26,19511.761%+5.7%
Independent Subhas Biswas2,180
BSP Sanjiban Sarkar1,409
SUCI(C) Abul Kashem1017
Amra Bangalee Dulal Sarkar914
NOTA None of the Above3,283
Turnout 222,725

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 [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Goutam Deb 84,649 48.29
CPI(M) Dilip Singh73,41341.88
BJP Dulal Kanti Das10,6236.06
IndependentSubash Biswas2,3471.34
BSP Sanjiban Sarkar1,4230.81
IndependentNitu Jai Pritam1,173
Indian People's Forward Bloc Shambhu Nath Roy926
AMB Bapan Ghosh742
Majority11,2366.41
Turnout 175,29683.57
AITC win (new seat)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dabgram-Phulbari. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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