Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency

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 has reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) since 2009.

Jalpaiguri
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesMekliganj
Dhupguri
Maynaguri
Jalpaiguri
Rajganj
Dabgram-Phulbari
Mal
Established1962-present
Total electors1,351,469[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Assembly segments
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

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]

No Name District Member Party
1 Mekliganj (SC) Cooch Behar Paresh Chandra Adhikary Trinamool Congress
15 Dhupguri (SC) Jalpaiguri Dr. Nirmal Chandra Roy Trinamool Congress
16 Maynaguri (SC) Kaushik Roy Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Jalpaiguri (SC) Pradip Kumar Barma Trinamool Congress
18 Rajganj (SC) Khageswar Roy Trinamool Congress
19 Dabgram-Phulbari Sikha Chatterjee Bharatiya Janata Party
20 Mal (ST) Bulu Chik Baraik Trinamool Congress

Members of the Parliament
YearName[3]Party
1962Nalini Ranjan Ghosh Indian National Congress
1967B.N.Katham
1971Tuna Oraon
1977Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent
1980Subodh Sen Communist Party of India
1984Manik Sanyal
1989
1991Jitendra Nath Das
1996
1998Minati Sen
1999
2004
2009Mahendra Kumar Roy
2014Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress
2019Jayanta Kumar Roy Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general election: Jalpaiguri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy 760,145 50.65 +33.63
TMC 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 Khushi 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 TMC Swing +16.62

General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Jalpaiguri[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC 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
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 2009
General Election, 2009: Jalpaiguri[5]
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

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1962 Nalini Ranjan Ghosh Indian National Congress Saroj Kumar Chakraborty Revolutionary Socialist Party[6]
1967 B.N.Katham Indian National Congress A.H. Besterwitch Independent[7]
1971 Tuna Oraon Indian National Congress Birsen Kujar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977 Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent Maya Ray Indian National Congress[9]
1980 Subodh Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sriram Singh Indian National Congress (I)[10]
1984 Manik Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Arun Moitra Indian National Congress[11]
1989 Manik Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sriram Singh Indian National Congress[12]
1991 Jitendra Nath Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tushar Kanti Choudhuri Indian National Congress[13]
1996 Jitendra Nath Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) Deb Prasad Roy Indian National Congress[14]
1998 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kalyan Chakraborty Trinamool Congress[15]
1999 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kalyan Chakraborty All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2004 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Parash Datta All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2009 Mahendra Kumar Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sukhbilas Barma Indian National Congress
2014 Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress Mahendra Kumar Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2019 Jayanta Kumar Roy Bharatiya Janata Party Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress

References
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