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#REDIRECT [[Kumargram Assembly constituency]]
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{{About| the assembly constituency in West Bengal|2. its namesake village|Kumargram, Alipurduar|3.its namesake community development block|Kumargram }}
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| pushpin_map                    = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption                    = Location in West Bengal
| coordinates                    = {{coord|26|36|50|N|89|49|30|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1              = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1              = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2              = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2              = [[Alipurduar district|Alipurduar]]
| subdivision_type3              = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
| subdivision_name3              = 10
| subdivision_type4              = Type
| subdivision_name4              = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|ST]]
| subdivision_type5              = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_name5              = [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)|2 Alipurduars (ST)]]
| subdivision_type6              = Electorate (year)
| subdivision_name6              = 205,554 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 243,359 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 272,924 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
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'''Kumargarm (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Alipurduar 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. 10 Kumargram (ST) covers [[Kumargram (Community development block)|Kumargram]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Bhatibari, Kohinoor, Mahakalguri Parokata, Samuktala, Tatpara I and Turturi [[gram panchayat]]s in [[Alipurduar II (Community development block)|Alipurduar II]] 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 = 21 June 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission}}</ref>
 
Kumargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 2  [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (ST).<ref name =delimitation/>
 
==Members of Legislative Assembly<ref name=WestBengalResults>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/|title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
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! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||Kumargram||Pjush Kanti Mukherjee ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1969||||Pijush Kanti Mukherjee ||Indian National Congress
|-
|1971||||Pijush Kanti Mukherjee ||Indian National Congress
|-
|1972||||Debabrata Chatterjee||Indian National Congress
|-
|1977||||john Arther Baxla ||[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|-
|1982||||[[Subodh Oraon]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party
|-
|1987||||Subodh Oraon||Revolutionary Socialist Party
|-
|1991||||Salib Toppo||Revolutionary Socialist Party
|-
|1996||||Salib Toppo||Revolutionary Socialist Party
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Dasrath Tirkey]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Dasrath Tirkey||Revolutionary Socialist Party
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Dasrath Tirkey||Revolutionary Socialist Party
|-
|2014 (bye-election)||||Manoj Kumar Oraon||Revolutionary Socialist Party
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||James Kujur||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||Manoj Kumar Oraon||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}
 
==Election results<ref name=WestBengalResults/>==
 
===2021===
 
In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Manoj Kumar Oraon of BJP defeated his nearest rival Leos Kujur of TMC.
 
{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kumargram (ST) constituency}}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Manoj Kumar Oraon
  |votes      = 1,11,974
  |percentage = 48.16
  |change    = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = Leos Kujur
  |votes      = 1,00,973
  |percentage = 43.43
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = Kishor Minz
  |votes      = 11,253
  |percentage = 4.84
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Aron Murmu
  |votes      = 1,781
  |percentage = 0.77
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |party      = [[Kamtapur People's Party]]
  |candidate  = Shrilal Oron
  |votes      = 1,651
  |percentage = 0.71
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |candidate  = Kalawati Chik Baraik
  |votes      = 1,399
  |percentage = 0.60
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Shailen Marandi
  |votes      = 740
  |percentage = 0.32
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
  |party      = None of the Above
  |candidate  = None of the Above
  |votes      = 2,718
  |percentage = 1.17
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 2,32,489
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner  = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |loser  = All India Trinamool Congress
  |swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===2016===
 
In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], James Kujur of TMC defeated his nearest rival Manoj Kumar Oraon of RSP.
 
{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kumargram (ST) constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = James Kujur
  |votes      = 77,668
  |percentage = 37.27
  |change    = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = Manoj Kumar Oraon
  |votes      = 71,515
  |percentage = 34.32
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Leos Kujur
  |votes      = 45,137
  |percentage = 21.66
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
  |candidate  = Vinay Kr. Minj
  |votes      = 3,296
  |percentage = 1.58
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Eliash Narjinary
  |votes      = 2,737
  |percentage = 1.31
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
  |candidate  = Ram Oraon
  |votes      = 2,179
  |percentage = 1.05
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = None of the Above
  |candidate  = None of the Above
  |votes      = 5,874
  |percentage = 2.82
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 6,153
  |percentage = 2.95
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 2,08,406
  |percentage = 85.64
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner  = All India Trinamool Congress
  |loser  = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===2014 Bye election===
 
In the bye-elections held in 2014, Manoj Kumar Oraon of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] defeated [[Joachim Baxla]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] by 2,667 votes.
 
{{Election box begin | title= 2014 West Bengal Legislative Assembly bye- election: Kumargram (ST) constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = Manoj Kumar Oraon
  |votes      = 65,634
  |percentage = 34.79
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = Joachim Baxla
  |votes      = 62,967
  |percentage = 33.38
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Binod Minj
  |votes      = 44,039
  |percentage = 23.34
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Clement Dungdung
  |votes      = 16,020
  |percentage = 8.49
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above ]]
  |votes      = 4,377
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 2,677
  |percentage = 1.35
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 197,414
  |percentage = 96.04
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner  = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |loser  =
  |swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===2011===


In the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Dasrath Tirkey of RSP defeated his nearest rival Joachim Baxla of Trinamool Congress.
{{Redirect category shell|
 
{{R from move}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kumargram (ST) constituency}}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = Dasrath Tirkey
  |votes      = 71,545
  |percentage = 40.84
  |change    = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = All India Trinamool Congress
  |candidate  = [[Joachim Baxla]]
  |votes      = 58,964
  |percentage = 33.66
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
  |candidate  = Vinay Kumar Minj
  |votes      = 18,784
  |percentage = 10.72
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Hopna Soren
  |votes      = 12,488
  |percentage = 7.13
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Hira Charan Narjinari
  |votes      = 4,687
  |percentage = 2.68
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Sanjib Kumar Narjinari
  |votes      = 2,960
  |percentage = 1.69
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Eliash Narjinary
  |votes      = 2,782
  |percentage = 1.59
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Khulu Saren
  |votes      = 1,751
  |percentage = 1.00
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
  |party      = Rashtriya Deshaj Party
  |candidate  = Sushila Lakra
  |votes      = 1,220
  |percentage = 0.70
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = 12,581
  |percentage = 7.18
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 1,75,181
  |percentage = 85.22
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing  =
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1977-2006===
Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] and [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]] state assembly elections, Dasrath Tirkey of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] defeated Swapan Kujur and Paresh Chandra Das respectively, both  [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Salib Toppo of RSP defeated Krishna Chik Baraik of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996 and Dudsai Topp of Congress in 1991. [[Subodh Oraon]] of RSP defeated Khagendra Nath Thakur of Congress in 1987. Subodh Oraon of RSP defeated Dutsai Toppo of Congress in 1982. John Arther Baxla of RSP defeated Konda Bhagat of Congress in 1977.
===1967-1972===
Debabrata Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that the Kumargram seat was not there. In [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]] and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]], Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won from the [[Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Alipurduars was a joint seat. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee and Dhirandra Nath Brahma Mandal won from there.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Alipurduar topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{West Bengal elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Alipurduar district]]
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