Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency

Alipurduars WB-2
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Alipurduars Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Tufanganj Kumargram Kalchini Alipurduars Falakata Madarihat Nagrakata
Established	1977
Total electors	1,470,911 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent John Barla
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Alipurduar in West Bengal. While five assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency are in Alipurduar district, one segment is in Cooch Behar district and one segment is in Jalpaiguri district. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 2 Alipurduars, reserved for Scheduled tribes (ST), is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009: ^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party (as of 2024)
9	Tufanganj	Cooch Behar	Malati Rava Roy		BJP
10	Kumargram (ST)	Alipurduar	Manoj Kumar Oraon		BJP
11	Kalchini (ST)		Bishal Lama		BJP
12	Alipurduars		Suman Kanjilal		AITC
13	Falakata (SC)		Dipak Barman		BJP
14	Madarihat (ST)		Manoj Tigga		BJP
21	Nagrakata (ST)	Jalpaiguri	Puna Bhengra		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Name [3]	Party
Till 1977 : Constituency did not exist
1977	Pius Tirkey		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996	Joachim Baxla
1998
1999
2004
2009	Manohar Tirkey
2014	Dasrath Tirkey		Trinamool Congress
2019	John Barla		Bharatiya Janata Party

General election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Alipurduar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Tigga
	AITC	Prakash Chik Baraik
	RSP	Mili Oraon
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout				79.76	4.03
Void election result			Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Alipurduars

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	John Barla	750,804	54.40	+27.10
	AITC	Dasrath Tirkey	506,815	36.72	+7.26
	RSP	Mili Oraon	54,010	3.91	-23.81
	INC	Mohanlal Basumata	27,427	1.99	-7.50
	NOTA	None of the above	21,175	1.53	-0.09
Majority			243,989	17.68
Turnout			1,381,176	83.79	+0.61
Registered electors			1,648,383
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+9.92

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Alipurduars ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dasrath Tirkey	3,62,453	29.46	+0.32
	RSP	Manohar Tirkey	3,41,056	27.72	-13.50
	BJP	Birendra Bara Oraon	3,35,857	27.30	+5.90
	INC	Joseph Munda	1,16,718	9.49	+9.49
	BSP	Eliash Narjinary	11,039	0.90
	Independent	Paul Dexion Khariya	10,450	0.85
	Independent	Kapin Ch. Boro	7,676	0.63
	SUCI(C)	Subash Chik Baraik	7,131	0.58
	RJSP	Ishabela Kujur	5,961	0.49
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Bilkan Bara	5,340	0.44
	None of the Above	None of the Above	19,885	1.62	---
Majority			21,397	1.74	-10.34
Turnout			13,32,409	83.18
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing	-6.43

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Alipurduars ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Manohar Tirkey	384,890	41.22
	AITC	Paban Kumar Lakra	272,068	29.14
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	199,843	21.40
	Independent	Joachim Baxla	18,855	2.02
	Independent	Pauldexion Khariya	16,856	1.81
	BSP	Elias Narjinary	14,155	1.52
	SWJP	Bilkan Bara	9,659	1.03
	Independent	Thaddeus Lakra	8,750	0.94
	Independent	Kamal Lama	8,658	0.93
Turnout			933,734	75.96
	RSP hold		Swing

General elections 1977-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1977	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Tuna Oraon	Indian National Congress [6]
1980	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Tuna Oraon	Indian National Congress (I) [7]
1984	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Philip Minj	Indian National Congress [8]
1989	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Denis Lakra	Indian National Congress [9]
1991	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Philip Minj	Indian National Congress [10]
1996	Joachim Baxla	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Pius Tirkey	Indian National Congress [11]
1998	Joachim Baxla	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Dhirendra Narjinarai	Bharatiya Janata Party [12]
1999	Joachim Baxla	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Dhirendra Narjinarai	Bharatiya Janata Party [13]
2004	Joachim Baxla	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Manoj Tigga	Bharatiya Janata Party [14]
2009	Manohar Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Paban Kumar Lakra	All India Trinamool Congress
2014	Dasrath Tirkey	All India Trinamool Congress	Manohar Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party
2019	John Barla	Bharatiya Janata Party	Dasrath Tirkey	All India Trinamool Congress

See also

• Alipurduar
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
3. "Alipurduars Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
4. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
5. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
6. "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
7. "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
8. "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
9. "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
10. "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
11. "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
12. "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
13. "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
14. "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

External links

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