Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Jalpaiguri
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentDr. Jayanta Kumar Roy
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1962-present
ReservationSC
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,351,469[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesMekliganj
Dhupguri
Maynaguri
Jalpaiguri
Rajganj
Dabgram-Phulbari
Mal

Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Jalpaiguri district, one assembly segment is in Cooch Behar district. The constituency is reserved for Scheduled castes (SC).

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. 3 Jalpaiguri, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
1 Mekliganj SC Cooch Behar AITC Paresh Chandra Adhikary
15 Dhupguri SC Jalpaiguri BJP Bishnu Pada Ray
16 Maynaguri SC Jalpaiguri BJP Kaushik Roy
17 Jalpaiguri SC Jalpaiguri AITC Pradip Kumar Barma
18 Rajganj SC Jalpaiguri AITC Khageswar Roy
19 Dabgram-Phulbari None Jalpaiguri

BJP

Sikha Chatterjee
20 Mal ST Jalpaiguri AITC Bulu Chik Baraik

Members of the Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Third 1962-67 Jalpaiguri Nalini Ranjan Ghosh Indian National Congress[3]
Fourth 1967-71 B.N.Katham Indian National Congress [4]
Fifth 1971-77 Tuna Oraon Indian National Congress[5]
Sixth 1977-80 Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent[6]
Seventh 1980-84 Subodh Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
Eighth 1984-89 Manik Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
Ninth 1989-91 Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
Tenth 1991-96 Jitendra Nath Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
Eleventh 1996-98 Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
Twelfth 1998-99 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Mahendra Kumar Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress[16]
Seventeenth 2019-incumbent Jayanta Kumar Roy Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Jalpaiguri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy 7,60,145 50.65 +33.63
AITC Bijoy Chandra Barman 5,76,141 38.39 +0.39
CPI (M) Bhagirath Chandra Roy 76,054 5.07 -27.58
INC Mani Kumar Darnal 28,488 1.90 -4.83
BSP Jiban Krishna Majumder 8,134 0.54 -0.39
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] Khishi Ranjan Mondal 2,205 0.15 -0.07
style="background-color: Template:Samajwadi Jan Parishad/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Samajwadi Jan Parishad|Template:Samajwadi Jan Parishad/meta/shortname]] Ranjit Kumar Roy 1,899 0.13
Kamtapur People's Party (United) Subal Chandra Roy 2,685 0.18
SUCI(C) Haribhakta Sardar 4,692 0.31
Independent Sachimohan Barman 3,413 0.23
Independent Subhash Biswas 10,857 0.72
Independent Harekrishna Sarkar 6,095 0.41
Majority 1,84,004 12.26
Turnout 15,01,379 86.51
BJP gain from AITC Swing +16.62

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jalpaiguri[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Bijoy Chandra Barman 494,773 38.00 +38.00
CPI (M) Mahendra Kumar Roy 425,167 32.65 -12.89
BJP Satyalal Sarkar 221,593 17.02 +7.87
INC Sukhbilas Barma 87,588 6.73 -30.24
BSP Kshitish Chandra Mandal 12,147 0.93
SUCI(C) Haribhakta Sardar 9,283 0.71
Independent Subhas Biswas 8,545 0.66
[[Republican Party of India|Template:Republican Party of India/meta/shortname]] Harekrishna Sarkar 7,636 0.59
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Janasachetan Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Rashtriya Janasachetan Party|Template:Rashtriya Janasachetan Party/meta/shortname]] Haripada Barman 6,608 0.51
BMP Dilip Sarkar 4,900 0.38
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party|Template:Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party/meta/shortname]] Dhritiman Roy 4,501 0.35
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] Dhirendra Nath Roy 2,835 0.22
None of the Above None of the Above 16,541 1.27 ---
Majority 69,606 5.35 -3.22
Turnout 13,02,117 85.02
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Jalpaiguri[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Mahendra Kumar Roy 469,613 45.54
INC Sukhbilas Barma 381,242 36.97
BJP Dwipendra Nath Pramanik 94,373 9.15
NCP Dr. Dhirendra Nath Das 25,308 2.45
Independent Hari Bhakta Sardar 19,295 1.87
BSP Santi Kumar Sarkar 14,802 1.44
Independent Prithwiraj Roy 8,271 0.80
SWJP Satyen Prasad Roy 6,471 0.52
Independent Chinmay Sarkar 6,206 0.60
AMB Pabitra Moitra 5,709 0.55
Majority 88,371
Turnout 1,031,290 82.36
CPI (M) hold Swing

General elections 1962-2004

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

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1962 Nalini Ranjan Ghosh Indian National Congress Saroj Kumar Chakraborty Revolutionary Socialist Party[3]
1967 B.N.Katham Indian National Congress A.H. Besterwitch Independent[4]
1971 Tuna Oraon Indian National Congress Birsen Kujar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1977 Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent Maya Ray Indian National Congress[6]
1980 Subodh Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sriram Singh Indian National Congress (I)[7]
1984 Manik Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Arun Moitra Indian National Congress[8]
1989 Manik Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sriram Singh Indian National Congress[9]
1991 Jitendra Nath Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tushar Kanti Choudhuri Indian National Congress[10]
1996 Jitendra Nath Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) Deb Prasad Roy Indian National Congress[11]
1998 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kalyan Chakraborty Trinamool Congress[12]
1999 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kalyan Chakraborty All India Trinamool Congress[13]
2004 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Parash Datta All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2009 Mahendra Kumar Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sukhbilas Barma Indian National Congress
2014 Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress Mahendra Kumar Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2019 Jayanta Kumar Roy Bharatiya Janata Party Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1962 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "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. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "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. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "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. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "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. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "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. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "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. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "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. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

See also

Coordinates: 26°31′N 88°44′E / 26.52°N 88.73°E / 26.52; 88.73

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