| Jalpaiguri | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Incumbent | Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy |
| Parliamentary Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected Year | 2019 |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1962-present |
| Reservation | SC |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,351,469[1] |
| Most Successful Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (9 times) |
| Assembly Constituencies | Mekliganj 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[edit | edit source]
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 | Sikha Chatterjee | |
| 20 | Mal | ST | Jalpaiguri | AITC | Bulu Chik Baraik |
Members of the Parliament[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
General election 2019[edit | edit source]
| 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 | |
| AMB | Khishi Ranjan Mondal | 2,205 | 0.15 | −0.07 | |
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | 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[edit | edit source]
| 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 | ||
| RPI | Harekrishna Sarkar | 7,636 | 0.59 | ||
| RJP | Haripada Barman | 6,608 | 0.51 | ||
| BMP | Dilip Sarkar | 4,900 | 0.38 | ||
| RJSP | Dhritiman Roy | 4,501 | 0.35 | ||
| AMB | 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1962 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 5.0 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.
- ↑ 6.0 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.
- ↑ 7.0 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.
- ↑ 8.0 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.
- ↑ 9.0 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.
- ↑ 10.0 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.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 13.0 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.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.