Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Siliguri
শিলিগুড়ি বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Siliguri is located in West Bengal
Siliguri
Siliguri
Location in West Bengal
Siliguri is located in India
Siliguri
Siliguri
Siliguri (India)
Coordinates: 26°43′N 88°26′E / 26.717°N 88.433°E / 26.717; 88.433Coordinates: 26°43′N 88°26′E / 26.717°N 88.433°E / 26.717; 88.433
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictDarjeeling
Constituency No26
Type
Electoral system
Open
First past the post
Lok Sabha constituency4 Darjeeling
Electorate (year)184,303 (2011)[1]
208,719 (2016)[2]
228,406 (2021)[3]
Government
 • MLAShankar Ghosh (BJP)

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

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 26 Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers ward nos. 1 to 30 and 45 to 47 of Siliguri municipal corporation.[4]

Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly[5][edit]

Election
Year
Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Kurseong-Siliguri Tenzing Wangdi Indian National Congress
George Mahbert Subba Independent
1957 Siliguri Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar Communist Party of India
Tenzing Wangdi Indian National Congress
1962 Siliguri Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress
1967 Siliguri Arun Kumar Moitra Indian National Congress
1969 Siliguri Prem Thapa Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1971 Siliguri Arun Kumar Moitra Indian National Congress
1972 Siliguri Arun Kumar Moitra Indian National Congress
1977 Siliguri Biren Bose Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 Siliguri Biren Bose Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987 Siliguri Gour Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001 Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2006 Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 Siliguri Rudra Nath Bhattacharya All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021 Siliguri Shankar Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation are covered by Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Election results[5][edit]

2021 Election[edit]

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Shankar Ghosh of BJP defeated his nearest rival Omprakash Mishra of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shankar Ghosh 89,370 50.03
AITC Omprakash Mishra 53,784 30.11
CPI (M) Ashok Bhattacharya 28,835 16.14
NOTA None of the Above 2,074 1.16
Majority 35,586 19.92
Turnout 1,78,650
BJP gain from CPI (M) Swing

2016 Election[edit]

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Bhaichung Bhutia of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Ashok Bhattacharya 78,054 46.36 Winner
AITC Bhaichung Bhutia 63,982 38.00
BJP Gita Chatterjee 19,300 11.46
GRC Rabindra Rai 924 0.55
BSP Haridas Thakur 832 0.49
JMM Mahendra Kumar Jain 618 0.36
Independent Md. Zafar Eqbal 499 0.29
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] Vishwjeet Chatterji 491 0.29
SUCI(C) Tanmay Dutta 439 0.26
ABHM Dasarath Karmakar 334 0.19
NOTA None of the Above 2,877 1.71
Majority 14,072 8.36
Turnout 1,68,350 80.66
CPI (M) gain from AITC Swing

2011 Election[edit]

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Rudra Nath Bhattacharya of TMC defeated his nearest rival Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rudra Nath Bhattacharya 72,019 48.08 Winner
CPI (M) Ashok Bhattacharya 67,013 44.73
BJP Arun Prasad Sarker 6,069 4.05
Independent Hardwar Singh 1,310 0.87
BSP Shankar Das 1,054 0.70
LJP Hiralal Paswan 1,028 0.69
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] Khushi Ranjan Mondal 804 0.54
JD(U) Adhir Singha 503 0.34
Majority 5,006 3.34
Turnout 1,49,800 81.28
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Siliguri assembly seat defeating Nantu Paul of Congress, Prasanta Nandy of Trinamool Congress, Sankar Malakar of Congress and Prasanta Nandy of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gour Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Prasanta Nandy of Congress in 1987. Biren Bose of CPI(M) defeated Krishnendra Narayan Chowdhury and Arun Kumar Moitra, both of Congress, in 1982 and 1977, respectively.

1951–1972[edit]

Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Prem Thapa of IGL won in 1969. Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1967. Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee of Congress won in 1962. In 1957, the Siliguri seat was a joint seat with one reserved for scheduled tribes. Satendra Narayan Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Kurseong-Siliguri was a joint seat. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress and George Mahbert, Independent, won in 1951.

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 of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2021.