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{{Infobox settlement



| name = Mal 
| official_name =
| other_name =
| native_name = 
| settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
| total_type = 
| motto =

| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|26|51|N|88|45|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
| subdivision_name3 = 20
| subdivision_type4 = Type
| subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|ST]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_name5 = [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|3 Jalpaiguri (SC)]]
| subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
| subdivision_name6 = 182,297 (2011)

| area_code =
| website =
| footnotes =
| leader_name = [[Bulu Chik Baraik]]
| leader_party = [[All India Trinamool Congress | AITC]]
| leader_title = MLA
}}

'''Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Jalpaiguri district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled tribes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 20 Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Malbazar|Mal]] municipality and [[Mal (Community development block)|Mal]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]],<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 30 June 2014| work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Mal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Western Duars||Sasadhar Kar||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||Munda Antoni Topno||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Mal||Mangru Bhagat||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||Budhu Bhagat||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Barendra Krishna Bhowmick||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Antoni Topno||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Antony Topno||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Antony Topno||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Antony Topno||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Mohanlal Oraon||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Mohanlal Oraon||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Mohanlal Oraon||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Jagannath Oraon||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Jagannath Oraon||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Somra Lakra||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Somra Lakra||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Bulu Chik Baraik]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||[[Bulu Chik Baraik]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]||
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|
|[[Bulu Chik Baraik|BULU CHIK BARAIK]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|
|}

==Election Results==

===2021===
In the 2021 elections, [[Bulu Chik Baraik]] of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Mahesh Bagey of BJP.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Mal (ST) constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Bulu Chik Baraik]]
|votes = 99,086
|percentage = 46.46
|change = +2.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mahesh Bagey
|votes = 93,621
|percentage = 43.90
|change = +28.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Manu Oraon
|votes = 10,929
|percentage = 5.12
|change = -29.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 4,699
|percentage = 2.20
|change = -0.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Gita Oraon
|votes = 3,008
|percentage = 1.41
|change = +0.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bablu Majhi
|votes = 1,912
|percentage = 0.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 213,255
|percentage = 88.03
|change = +3.77
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
In the 2016 elections, [[Bulu Chik Baraik]] of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Augustus Kerketta of CPI (M).

{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Mal (ST) constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Bulu Chik Baraik]]
|votes = 84,877
|percentage = 44.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Augustus Kerketta
|votes = 66,415
|percentage = 34.65
|change = -5.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mahesh Bagey
|votes = 29,380
|percentage = 15.33
|change = +12.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 4,273
|percentage = 2.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Anjali Malo
|votes = 4,168
|percentage = 2.17
|change = -0.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Jyotish Minj
|votes = 2,553
|percentage = 1.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 191,666
|percentage = 84.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, [[Bulu Chik Baraik]] of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival, Hiramoni Oraon of Congress.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Mal (ST) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=20|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Mal| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 June 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Bulu Chik Baraik]]
|votes = 62,037
|percentage = 39.69
|change = -8.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Hiramoni Oraon
|votes = 57,821
|percentage = 36.99
|change = -8.78#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Ganga Beck
|votes = 21,756
|percentage = 13.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shibani Oraon
|votes = 5,724
|percentage = 3.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Baliram Ekka
|votes = 5,006
|percentage = 3.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Anjali Malo
|votes = 3,976
|percentage = 2.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 156,320
|percentage = 85.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 0.04#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. JMM did not contest the seat in 2006.</small>

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> and 2001 state assembly elections,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Somra Lakra of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Mal (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Turi Kol Munda and Shyam Bhagat, both of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jagannath Oraon of CPI(M) defeated Turi Kule Munda and Shyam Bhagat, both of Congress, in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Mohanlal Oraon of CPI(M) defeated Aao Kalndi of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Suman Tirkey of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Antani Topno of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp18.htm | title =18 - Mal (ST) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 197 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===1957–1972===
Antoni Topno of Congress won in 1972,<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Barendra Krishna Bhowmick of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]],<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Mal was a joint seat. Mangru Bhagat of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] and Budhu Bhagat of Congress, won. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Sasadhar Kar and Munda Antoni Topno, both of Congress, won the Western Duars seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:Year of establishment missing]]

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