Phansidewa Assembly constituency

Phansidewa
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Phansidewa Location in West Bengal Phansidewa Phansidewa (India)
Coordinates: 26°35′N 88°22′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling
Constituency No	27
Type Electoral system	Reserved for ST First past the post
Lok Sabha constituency	4 Darjeeling
Electorate (year)	164,907 (2011) 206,362 (2016) 240,496 (2021)

Phansidewa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 27 Phansidewa Assembly constituency (ST) covers Phansidewa and Kharibari community development blocks.

Phansidewa Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	MLA	Party
Siliguri-Kurseong
1951	Tenzing Wangdi		Indian National Congress
	George Mahbert		Independent
Siliguri Constituency
1957	Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar		Communist Party of India
	Tenzing Wangdi		Indian National Congress
Phansidewa constituency created - 1962
1962	Tenzing Wangdi		Indian National Congress
1967
1969	Iswar Chandra Tirkey
1971
1972
1977	Patras Minz		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987	Prokash Minz
1991
1996
2001
2006	Choton Kisku
2011	Sunil Chandra Tirkey		Indian National Congress
2016
2021	Durga Murmu		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021 Election

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Durga Murmu of BJP defeated his nearest rival Choton Kisku of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Durga Murmu	1,05,651	50.89	Winner
	AITC	Choton Kisku	77,940	37.55
	INC	Sunil Chandra Tirkey	12,815	6.17
	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)|Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)/meta/shortname]]	Sumanti Ekka	2,787	1.34
	BSP	Karuna Ranjan Soren	2,291	1.10
	SUCI(C)	Bhola Tirki	1,832	0.88
	[[Bharatiya Tribal Party|Template:Bharatiya Tribal Party/meta/shortname]]	Amit Lakra	1,699	0.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,575	1.24
Majority			27,711	13.34
Turnout			2,07,590
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016 Election

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sunil Chandra Tirkey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Carolus Lakra of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunil Chandra Tirkey	73,158	40.35	Winner
	AITC	Carolus Lakra	66,084	36.45
	BJP	Durga Murmu	32,894	18.14
	Independent	Jemshan Tirkey	2,072	1.14
	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)|Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)/meta/shortname]]	Lalu Oraon	1,596	0.88
	BMP	Bikash Birju	1,474	0.81
	Independent	Sushil Lakra	1,373	0.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,629	1.45
Majority			7,074	3.90
Turnout			1,81,280	87.85
	INC hold		Swing

2011 Election

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sunil Chandra Tirkey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Chhotan Kiksu of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunil Chandra Tirkey	61,388	42.55	Winner
	CPI (M)	Choton Kisku	59,151	41.00
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Junas Kerketta	7,536	5.22
	BJP	Dila Saibo	5,734	3.97
	KPP	Helarius Ekka	4,114	2.85
	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)|Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)/meta/shortname]]	Kandra Murmu	2,138	1.48
	Independent	Sudhir Tirki	1,896	1.31
	CPI(ML)L	Ram Ganesh Baraik	1,286	0.89
	SUCI(C)	Bhola Tirki	1,028	0.71
Majority			2,237	1.58
Turnout			1,44,271	87.49
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Choton Kisku of CPI(M) won the Phansdewa (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mamla Kujur of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Prakash Minj of CPI(M) defeated Mamla Kujur of Congress in 2001. Prokash Minz of CPI(M) defeated Chhabilal Minj of Congress in 1996, and Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Patras Minj of CPI(M) defeated Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress in 1982 and Chacko Toresa Soreng of Congress in 1977.

1962–1972

Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress won in 1972, 1971, and 1969. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. Prior to that, the Phansidewa seat did not exist. In 1957 Satyendranath Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won the Siliguri joint seat.