Kumargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal. For 2. its namesake village, see Kumargram, Alipurduar. For 3.its namesake community development block, see Kumargram.

Kumargram
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kumargram Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Kumargram Kumargram (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°36′50″N89°49′30″E / 26.61389°N 89.82500°E / 26.61389; 89.82500 Coordinates: 26°36′50″N89°49′30″E / 26.61389°N 89.82500°E / 26.61389; 89.82500
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Alipurduar
Constituency No	10
Type	Reserved for ST
Lok Sabha constituency	2 Alipurduars (ST)
Electorate (year)	205,554 (2011) [1] 243,359 (2016) [2] 272,924 (2021) [3]
Government
• Incumbent	Manoj Kumar Oraon (Bharatiya Janata Party)

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 10 Kumargram (ST) covers Kumargram community development block and Bhatibari, Kohinoor, Mahakalguri Parokata, Samuktala, Tatpara I and Turturi gram panchayats in Alipurduar II community development block. ^[4]

Kumargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

List of members of Legislative Assembly: ^[5]

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.		Party Affiliation
1967	Pjush Kanti Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
1969
1971
1972	Debabrata Chatterjee
1977	John Arther Baxla		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1982	Subodh Oraon
1987
1991	Salib Toppo
1996
2001	Dasrath Tirkey
2006
2011
2014 (by-election)	Manoj Kumar Oraon
2016	James Kujur		All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Manoj Kumar Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Kumar Oraon of BJP defeated his nearest rival Leos Kujur of TMC. ^[5]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Oraon	1,11,974	48.16	Winner
	AITC	Leos Kujur	1,00,973	43.43
	RSP	Kishor Minz	11,253	4.84
	Independent	Aron Murmu	1,781	0.77
	Kamtapur People's Party	Shrilal Oron	1,651	0.71
	JD(U)	Kalawati Chik Baraik	1,399	0.60
	Independent	Shailen Marandi	740	0.32
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,718	1.17
Turnout			2,32,489
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, James Kujur of TMC defeated his nearest rival Manoj Kumar Oraon of RSP.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	James Kujur	77,668	37.27	Winner
	RSP	Manoj Kumar Oraon	71,515	34.32
	BJP	Leos Kujur	45,137	21.66
	JMM	Vinay Kr. Minj	3,296	1.58
	BSP	Eliash Narjinary	2,737	1.31
	SUCI(C)	Ram Oraon	2,179	1.05
	None of the Above	None of the Above	5,874	2.82
Majority			6,153	2.95
Turnout			2,08,406	85.64
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing

2014 Bye election

In the bye-elections held in 2014, Manoj Kumar Oraon of RSP defeated Joachim Baxla of AITC by 2,667 votes.

2014 West Bengal Legislative Assembly bye- election: Kumargram (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Manoj Kumar Oraon	65,634	34.79
	AITC	Joachim Baxla	62,967	33.38
	BJP	Binod Minj	44,039	23.34
	INC	Clement Dungdung	16,020	8.49
	NOTA	None of the above	4,377
Majority			2,677	1.35
Turnout			197,414	96.04
	RSP hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Dasrath Tirkey of RSP defeated his nearest rival Joachim Baxla of Trinamool Congress.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Dasrath Tirkey	71,545	40.84	Winner
	AITC	Joachim Baxla	58,964	33.66
	JMM	Vinay Kumar Minj	18,784	10.72
	BJP	Hopna Soren	12,488	7.13
	Independent	Hira Charan Narjinari	4,687	2.68
	Independent	Sanjib Kumar Narjinari	2,960	1.69
	BSP	Eliash Narjinary	2,782	1.59
	Independent	Khulu Saren	1,751	1.00
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Sushila Lakra	1,220	0.70
Majority			12,581	7.18
Turnout			1,75,181	85.22
	RSP hold		Swing

1977-2006

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dasrath Tirkey of RSP defeated Swapan Kujur and Paresh Chandra Das respectively, both Trinamool Congress. Salib Toppo of RSP defeated Krishna Chik Baraik of Congress in 1996 and Dudsai Topp of Congress in 1991. Subodh Oraon of RSP defeated Khagendra Nath Thakur of Congress in 1987. Subodh Oraon of RSP defeated Dutsai Toppo of Congress in 1982. John Arther Baxla of RSP defeated Konda Bhagat of Congress in 1977.

1967-1972

Debabrata Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that the Kumargram seat was not there. In 1962 and 1957, Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won from the Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency). In independent India's first election in 1951, Alipurduars was a joint seat. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee and Dhirandra Nath Brahma Mandal won from there.

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. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
5. "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2021.