Tufanganj Assembly constituency

Tufanganj
Constituency No. 9 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Tufanganj Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
LS constituency	Alipurduars
Established	1951
Total electors	234,311
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Malati Rava Roy
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Tufanganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 9 Tufanganj Assembly constituency covers Tufanganj municipality, Tufanganj II community development block, and Andaran Fulbari I, Balabhut, Dhalpal I, Nakkatigachh gram panchayats of Tufanganj I community development block. ^[1]

Tufanganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.		Party Affiliation
1952	Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Jiban Krishna Dey		Communist Party of India
1967	Sankar Sen Ishore		Indian National Congress
1969	Akshay Kumar Barma
1971	Sisir Isore
1972
1977	Manindra Nath Barma		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991	Debendranath Barman
1996	Puspa Chandra Das
2001
2006	Alaka Barman
2011	Arghya Roy Pradhan		All India Trinamul Congress
2016	Fazal Karim Miah
2021	Malati Rava Roy		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Malati Rava Roy of BJP defeated her nearest rival Pranab Kumar Dey of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Malati Rava Roy	1,14,503	54.69	Winner
	AITC	Pranab Kumar Dey	83,305	39.79
	INC	Rabin Roy	5,973	2.85
	Independent	Sushil Chandra Das	1,461	0.70
	Independent	Prahallad Layek	601	0.29
	Independent	Dhananjay Barman	552	0.26
	SUCI(C)	Bhola Saha	491	0.23
	AMB	Jiban Kumar Saha	423	0.20
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,069	0.99
Turnout			2,09,378
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Fazal Karim Miah of TMC defeated his nearest rival Shyamal Chowdhury of Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Fazal Karim Miah	85,052	44.21	Winner
	INC	Shyamal Chowdhury	69,782	36.27
	BJP	Bivas Sen Ishore	30,048	15.62
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Mandal	1,958	1.02
	KPP	Nubash Barman	1,744	0.91
	SUCI(C)	Santana Datta	1,320	0.69
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,498	1.30
Majority			15,270	7.94
Turnout			1,92,402	90.09
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Arghya Roy Pradhan of TMC defeated his nearest rival Dhananjoy Rava of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arghya Roy Pradhan	73,721	45.02	Winner
	CPI(M)	Dhanonjoy Rava	67,539	41.24
	BJP	Bimal Kumar Sarkar	17,220	10.52
	Independent	Shiben Barman	2,817	1.72
	Independent	Ganesh Dakua	2,463	1.50
Majority			6,182	3.78
Turnout			1,63,760	89.37
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1972-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Alaka Barman of CPI(M) won the 9 Tufanganj (SC) Assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Malati Rava (Ray) of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Puspa Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Sachindra Chandra Das representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and representing Congress in 1996. Debendranath Barman of CPI(M) defeated Mahesh Chandra Barman of Congress in 1991. Manindranath Barma of CPI(M) defeated Sisir Isore of Congress in 1987, Sankar Sen Ishore of Congress in 1982 and Surendra Narayan Roy Kungar of Congress in 1977.

1957-1972

During 1967 to 1972 Tufanganj was a reserved seat for SC. Sisir Isore of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Akshay Kumar Barma of Congress won in 1969. I.S.Sen of Congress won in 1967. In 1962 and 1957, it was an open seat. Jiban Krishna Dey of CPI won in 1962. Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker of Congress won in 1957.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.