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'''Siliguri Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Darjeeling district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Siliguri
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Siliguri.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Siliguri Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Sankar Ghosh (politician)|Shankar Ghosh]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
| constituency_no = 26
| established = 1951
| electors = 228,406
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

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

Siliguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!Election Year
!MLA
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Siliguri-Kurseong'''
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||'''Tenzing Wangdi'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|
| '''George Mahbert Subba'''
|{{Party name with color|Independent}}
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Siliguri Constituency'''
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||'''[[Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar]]'''
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| ||'''Tenzing Wangdi'''
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||'''Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee'''
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||'''Arun Kumar Moitra'''
|-
|1969||'''Prem Thapa'''
|{{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League}}
|-
|1971|| rowspan="2" |'''Arun Kumar Moitra'''
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|1972
|-
|1977|| rowspan="2" |'''Biren Bose'''
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=7}}
|-
|1982
|-
|1987||'''Gour Chakraborty'''
|-
|1991|| rowspan="4" |'''[[Ashok Bhattacharya]]'''
|-
|1996
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||'''Rudra Nath Bhattacharya'''
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||'''[[Ashok Bhattacharya]]'''
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||rowspan=2|[[Sankar Ghosh (politician)|'''Shankar Ghosh''']]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|-
|}
Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation are covered by [[Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency]]

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Siliguri}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sankar Ghosh (politician)|Shankar Ghosh]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:120760}}|percentage=65.78|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Goutam Deb]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-21 |title=West Bengal:Not Dabgram-Phulbari, Goutam Deb wants to contest polls from Siliguri |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/not-dabgram-phulbari-goutam-deb-wants-to-contest-polls-from-siliguri/ar-AA1WMc1g?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=1fd7a3f782994234e025b46ea6049409&ei=12|access-date=2026-02-21 |website=The Times of India |language=}}</ref>|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:47568}}|percentage=25.91|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Saradindu Chakraborty|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes={{formatnum:9168}}|percentage=4.99|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Alok Dhara|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:2275}}|percentage=1.24|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:1224}}|percentage=0.67|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:73192}}|percentage=39.87|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:183573}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021 Election===

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Siliguri constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sankar Ghosh (politician)|Shankar Ghosh]]
|votes = 89,370
|percentage = 50.03
|change ={{Up}}38.57 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Omprakash Mishra|votes=53,784|percentage=30.11|change={{Down}}7.89}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Ashok Bhattacharya]]|votes=28,835|percentage=16.14|change=-30.22}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above (India)|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=2,074|percentage=1.16|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=35,586|percentage=19.92|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=178,650|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 Election===

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Siliguri constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Ashok Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 78,054
|percentage = 46.36
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Bhaichung Bhutia]]
|votes = 63,982
|percentage = 38.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Gita Chatterjee
|votes = 19,300
|percentage = 11.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gorkha Rashtriya Congress
|candidate = Rabindra Rai
|votes = 924
|percentage = 0.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Haridas Thakur
|votes = 832
|percentage = 0.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Mahendra Kumar Jain
|votes = 618
|percentage = 0.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Md. Zafar Eqbal
|votes = 499
|percentage = 0.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Vishwjeet Chatterji
|votes = 491
|percentage = 0.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Tanmay Dutta
|votes = 439
|percentage = 0.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
|candidate = Dasarath Karmakar
|votes = 334
|percentage = 0.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,877
|percentage = 1.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,072
|percentage = 8.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,68,350
|percentage = 80.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011 Election===

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

{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Siliguri constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rudra Nath Bhattacharya
|votes = 72,019
|percentage = 48.08
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Ashok Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 67,013
|percentage = 44.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arun Prasad Sarker
|votes = 6,069
|percentage = 4.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hardwar Singh
|votes = 1,310
|percentage = 0.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Shankar Das
|votes = 1,054
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Hiralal Paswan
|votes = 1,028
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Khushi Ranjan Mondal
|votes = 804
|percentage = 0.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Adhir Singha
|votes = 503
|percentage = 0.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,006
|percentage = 3.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,49,800
|percentage = 81.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]], 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, [[Ashok Bhattacharya]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Siliguri assembly seat defeating Nantu Paul of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], Prasanta Nandy of [[All India Trinamool Congress|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 [[All India Gorkha League|IGL]] won in 1969. Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1967. Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. In 1957, the Siliguri seat was a joint seat with one reserved for scheduled tribes. Satendra Narayan Mazumdar of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|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==
{{Reflist}}

{{Darjeeling}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Darjeeling district]]
[[Category:Siliguri]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Siliguri Assembly constituency - Revision history

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