Jalpaiguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jalpaiguri
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jalpaiguri Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°31′N88°44′E / 26.517°N 88.733°E / 26.517; 88.733 Coordinates: 26°31′N88°44′E / 26.517°N 88.733°E / 26.517; 88.733
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Constituency No	17
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
Electorate (year)	208,102 (2011) [1] 241,740 (2016) [2] 262,500 (2021) [3]

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.

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, ^[4]

Jalpaiguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Jalpaiguri	Ashrumati Devi	Indian National Congress [5]
		Khagendra Nath Dasgupta	Indian National Congress [5]
1957		Sarojendra Deb Raikut	Indian National Congress [6]
		Khagendra Nath Dasgupta	Indian National Congress [6]
1962		Khagendra Nath Dasgupta	Indian National Congress [7]
1967		Khagendra Nath Dasgupta	Indian National Congress [8]
1969		Naresh Chandra Chakraborty	Communist Party of India [9]
1971		Anupam Sen	Indian National Congress [10]
1972		Anupam Sen	Indian National Congress [11]
1977		Nirmal Kumar Bose	All India Forward Bloc [12]
1982		Nirmal Kumar Bose	All India Forward Bloc [13]
1987		Nirmal Kumar Bose	All India Forward Bloc [14]
1991		Anupam Sen	Indian National Congress [15]
1996		Anupam Sen	Indian National Congress [16]
2001		Gobinda Roy	All India Forward Bloc [17]
2006		Debaprasad Roy	Indian National Congress [18]
2011		Sukhbilas Barma	Indian National Congress [19]
2016		Sukhbilas Barma	Indian National Congress

2021 Election

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jalpaiguri (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sukhbilas Barma
	AITC	Pradip Kumar Barma
	BJP	Sujit Singha
Turnout

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 ^{[19] [20]}

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
	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

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[18] 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, ^[17] Gobinda Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Anupam Sen representing Trinamool Congress. Anupam Sen representing Congress defeated of Sudhansu Majumdar of Forward Bloc in 1996 ^[16] and Nirmal Kumar Bose of Forward Bloc in 1991, ^[15] Nirmal Kumar Bose of Forward Bloc defeated Anupam Sen of Congress in 1987 ^[14] and 1982, ^[13] and Devendra Mohan Sarkar of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[12] [21]}

1951–1972

Anupam Sen of Congress won in 1972 ^[11] and 1971. ^[10] Naresh Chandra Chakraborty of CPI won in 1969. ^[9] Khagendra Nath Dasgupta of Congress won in 1967 ^[8] and 1962. ^[7] Prior to that Jalpaiguri was a joint seat. Sarojendra Deb Raikut and Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, both of Congress, won in 1957. ^[6] In independent India's first election in 1951, Ashrumati Devi and Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, both of Congress, won. ^[5]

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