Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency

Jalpaiguri 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
WB-3
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
Total electors18,85,963 (2024)[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Assembly segments

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]

# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
1 Mekliganj (SC) Cooch Behar Paresh Chandra Adhikary TMC BJP
15 Dhupguri (SC) Jalpaiguri Dr. Nirmal Chandra Roy TMC BJP
16 Maynaguri (SC) Kaushik Roy BJP BJP
17 Jalpaiguri (SC) Pradip Kumar Barma TMC BJP
18 Rajganj (SC) Khageswar Roy TMC TMC
19 Dabgram-Phulbari Sikha Chatterjee BJP BJP
20 Mal (ST) Bulu Chik Baraik TMC BJP

Members of Parliament
YearName[3]Party
1962 Nalini Ranjan Ghosh Indian National Congress
1967 B.N.Katham
1971 Tuna Oraon
1977 Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent
1980Subodh Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984 Manik Sanyal
1989
1991 Jitendra Nath Das
1996
1998 Minati Sen
1999
2004
2009 Mahendra Kumar Roy
2014 Bijoy Chandra Barman Trinamool Congress
2019 Jayanta Kumar Roy Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

General election 2024
2024 Indian general elections: Jalpaiguri[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jayanta Kumar Roy 766,568 48.57 -2.08%
AITC Nirmal Chandra Roy 679,875 43.07 +4.68%
CPI(M) Debraj Barman 74,092 4.69 0.38
NOTA None of the above 16,848 1.07
Majority 86,693
Turnout 15,78,389 83.66 2.85
BJP hold Swing

General election 2019
2019 Indian general election: Jalpaiguri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jayanta Kumar Roy 760,145 50.65 +33.63
AITC Bijoy Chandra Barman 576,141 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 184,004 12.26
Turnout 1,501,379 86.51
BJP gain from AITC Swing +16.62

General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Jalpaiguri[5]
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
General Election, 2009: Jalpaiguri[6]
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[7]
1967 B.N.Katham Indian National Congress A.H. Besterwitch Independent[8]
1971 Tuna Oraon Indian National Congress Birsen Kujar Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1977 Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent Maya Ray Indian National Congress[10]
1980 Subodh Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sriram Singh Indian National Congress (I)[11]
1984 Manik Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Arun Moitra Indian National Congress[12]
1989 Manik Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sriram Singh Indian National Congress[13]
1991 Jitendra Nath Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tushar Kanti Choudhuri Indian National Congress[14]
1996 Jitendra Nath Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) Deb Prasad Roy Indian National Congress[15]
1998 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kalyan Chakraborty Trinamool Congress[16]
1999 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kalyan Chakraborty All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2004 Minati Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) Parash Datta All India Trinamool Congress[18]
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

Notes

    References
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    2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
    3. "Jalpaiguri Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
    4. https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS253.htm
    5. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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