Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Alipurduars
আলিপুরদুয়ার
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Alipurduars is located in West Bengal
Alipurduars
Alipurduars
Location in West Bengal
Alipurduars is located in India
Alipurduars
Alipurduars
Alipurduars (India)
Coordinates: 26°30′N 89°31′E / 26.500°N 89.517°E / 26.500; 89.517Coordinates: 26°30′N 89°31′E / 26.500°N 89.517°E / 26.500; 89.517
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictAlipurduar
Constituency No12
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency2 Alipurduars (ST)
Electorate (year)201,029 (2011)[1]
236,134 (2016)[2]
260,652 (2021)[3]
Government
 • IncumbentSuman Kanjilal (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 12 Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Alipurduar municipality, Alipurduar Railway Junction, Banchukamari, Chakowakheti, Mathura, Parorpar, Patlakhawa, Shalkumar I, Shalkumar II, Tapsikhata, Vivekananda II, Vivekananda I gram panchayats of Alipurduar I community development block, and Chaporerpar I, Chaporerpar II, and Tatpara II gram panchayats of Alipurduar II community development block.[4]

Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election
Year
Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Dhirandra Brahma Mandal Indian National Congress
1957 Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Indian National Congress
1962 Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Indian National Congress
1967 Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party
1969 Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party
1971 Narayan Bhattacharya Indian National Congress
1972 Narayan Bhattacharya Indian National Congress
1977 Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party
1982 Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party
1987 Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party
1991 Nirmal Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
1996 Nirmal Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
2001 Nirmal Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
2006 Nirmal Das Revolutionary Socialist Party
2011 Debaprasad Roy Indian National Congress
2016 Sourav Chakraborty All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Suman Kanjilal Bharatiya Janata Party

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Election results[edit]

Source:[5]

1951–1972[edit]

Narayan Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Nani Bhattacharya of RSP won in 1969 and 1967. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, it was a joint seat. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee and Dhirandra Brahma Mandal, both of Congress, won.

1977-2006[edit]

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Nirmal Das of RSP defeated Sourav Chakraborty of Congress, Prasanta Narayan Majumdar of Trinamool Congress, Manindralal Rakshit of Congress and Biswa Ranjan Sarkar of Congress respectively. Nani Bhattacharya of RSP defeated Debabrata Chatterjee of Congress in 1987, Pallab Ghosh of Congress in 1982 and Narayan Bhattachary of Congress in 1977.

2011[edit]

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Debaprasad Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Kshiti Goswami of RSP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Alipurduars constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Debaprasad Roy 79,605 46.02 Winner
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] Kshiti Goswami 72,822 42.10
BJP Manik Chandra Saha 8,238 4.76
Independent Santosh Kumar Balo 3,072 1.78
JMM Manohar Bhagat 1,864 1.08
SUCI(C) Abhijit Roy 1,508 0.87
CPI(ML)L Chanchal Kumar Das 1,438 0.83
Independent Parimal Roy 1,396 0.81
Independent Sanjit Das 1,301 0.75
BSP Mantu Barman 1,195 0.69
Rashtriya Deshaj Party Bishwanath Gop 530 0.31
Majority 6,783 3.92
Turnout 1,72,969 86.04
INC gain from Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) Swing

2016[edit]

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sourav Chakraborty of TMC defeated his nearest rival Biswaranjan Sarkar of Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Alipurduars constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sourav Chakraborty 89,695 44.09 Winner
INC Biswaranjan Sarkar 77,737 38.21
BJP Kushal Chatterjee 20,098 9.88
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] Nirmal Das 7,324 3.60
SUCI(C) Alokesh Das 2,308 1.13
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] Dalendra Nath Ray 1,341 0.66
Independent Santosh Kumar Balo 989 0.49
BSP Gouri Roy 974 0.48
NOTA None of the Above 2,980 1.46
Majority 11,958 5.88
Turnout 2,03,446 86.16
AITC gain from INC Swing

2021[edit]

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Suman Kanjilal of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sourav Chakraborty of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Alipurduars constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suman Kanjilal 1,07,333 48.19 Winner
AITC Sourav Chakraborty 91,326 41.00
INC Debprosad Roy 15,651 7.03
Independent Nikhil Chandra Raibir 2,351 1.06
Independent Rinku Ghosh 1,393 0.63
SUCI(C) Pijush Kanti Sarma 1,111 0.5
Independent Ashim Roy 696 0.31
Independent Kushal Kumar Roy 620 0.28
Independent Abinash Das 270 0.12
NOTA None of the Above 1,981 0.89
Turnout 2,22,732
BJP gain from AITC Swing

References[edit]

  1. "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2021.