Siliguri Assembly constituency

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Siliguri
Constituency No. 26 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Siliguri Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Darjeeling
Lok Sabha constituency Darjeeling
Established1951
Total electors228,406
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2021

Siliguri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 26 Siliguri Assembly constituency covers ward nos. 1 to 30 and 45 to 47 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. [1]

Siliguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election YearMLAParty
Siliguri-Kurseong
1951 Tenzing Wangdi Indian National Congress
George Mahbert Subba Independent
Siliguri Constituency
1957 Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar Communist Party of India
Tenzing Wangdi Indian National Congress
1962 Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee
1967 Arun Kumar Moitra
1969Prem Thapa Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1971Arun Kumar Moitra Indian National Congress
1972
1977Biren Bose Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987Gour Chakraborty
1991 Ashok Bhattacharya
1996
2001
2006
2011 Rudra Nath Bhattacharya Trinamool Congress
2016 Ashok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021 Shankar Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation are covered by Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency

Election results

2021 Election

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Shankar Ghosh of BJP defeated his nearest rival Omprakash Mishra of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shankar Ghosh 89,370 50.03
AITC Omprakash Mishra53,78430.11
CPI(M) Ashok Bhattacharya 28,83516.14
None of the Above None of the Above2,0741.16
Majority35,58619.92
Turnout 1,78,650
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016 Election

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Bhaichung Bhutia of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Ashok Bhattacharya 78,054 46.36 Winner
AITC Bhaichung Bhutia 63,98238.00
BJP Gita Chatterjee19,30011.46
GRC Rabindra Rai9240.55
BSP Haridas Thakur8320.49
JMM Mahendra Kumar Jain6180.36
Independent Md. Zafar Eqbal4990.29
AMB Vishwjeet Chatterji4910.29
SUCI(C) Tanmay Dutta4390.26
ABHM Dasarath Karmakar3340.19
None of the Above None of the Above2,8771.71
Majority14,0728.36
Turnout 1,68,35080.66
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

2011 Election

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Rudra Nath Bhattacharya of TMC defeated his nearest rival Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Rudra Nath Bhattacharya 72,019 48.08 Winner
CPI(M) Ashok Bhattacharya 67,01344.73
BJP Arun Prasad Sarker6,0694.05
IndependentHardwar Singh1,3100.87
BSP Shankar Das1,0540.70
LJP Hiralal Paswan1,0280.69
AMB Khushi Ranjan Mondal8040.54
JD(U) Adhir Singha5030.34
Majority5,0063.34
Turnout 1,49,80081.28
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Siliguri assembly seat defeating Nantu Paul of Congress, Prasanta Nandy of Trinamool Congress, Sankar Malakar of Congress and Prasanta Nandy of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gour Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Prasanta Nandy of Congress in 1987. Biren Bose of CPI(M) defeated Krishnendra Narayan Chowdhury and Arun Kumar Moitra, both of Congress, in 1982 and 1977, respectively.

1951–1972

Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Prem Thapa of IGL won in 1969. Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1967. Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee of Congress won in 1962. In 1957, the Siliguri seat was a joint seat with one reserved for scheduled tribes. Satendra Narayan Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Kurseong-Siliguri was a joint seat. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress and George Mahbert, Independent, won in 1951.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.