Alipurduars (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Alipurduars
আলিপুরদুয়ার | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Coordinates: 26°30′N 89°31′E / 26.500°N 89.517°ECoordinates: 26°30′N 89°31′E / 26.500°N 89.517°E | |
Country | |
State | West Bengal |
District | Alipurduar |
Constituency No | 12 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 2 Alipurduars (ST) |
Electorate (year) | 201,029 (2011)[1] 236,134 (2016)[2] 260,652 (2021)[3] |
Government | |
• Incumbent | Suman 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 |
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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 |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]
- ↑ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2021.