About Tufanganj Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Tufanganj is a legislative assembly segment in the state of West Bengal. It is located in the Cooch Behar district and a part of the Alipurduars (ST) Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of the state. The Election Commission of India, in 2014, enrolled a total of 2,02,635 people of the constituency as eligible voters. Amongst all the voters in the constituency, there are 1,06,338 men and 96,297 women. The Tufanganj assembly constituency comprises Nakkatigachh, Andaran Fulbari-I, Dhalpal-I and Balabhut gram panchayats of Tufanganj-I community development block; and Tufanganj-II Community development block as per the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India - 2008.
Arghya Roy Pradhan of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is the sitting MLA from Tufanganj as he won the seat with 73,721 votes in the 2011 election. He defeated CPM's Dhananjoy Rava, who managed to get 67,539 votes. This constituency was reserved for the candidates coming from the Scheduled Castes (SC) before the Delimitation of the parliamentary and assembly constituencies in 2008.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Tufanganj Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Tufanganj assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
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| 2011 | 9 | Tufanganj | GEN | Arghya Roy Pradhan | M | AITC | 73721 | Dhananjoy Rava | M | CPM | 67539 |
| 2006 | 9 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Alaka Barman | F | CPI(M) | 74243 | Malati Rava (Ray) | F | BJP | 49026 |
| 2001 | 9 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Pushpa Chandra Das | M | CPM | 70909 | Sachindra Chandra Das | M | AITC | 35224 |
| 1996 | 9 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Puspa Chandra Das | M | CPM | 66436 | Sachindr Chandra Das | M | INC | 39583 |
| 1991 | 9 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Debendra Nath Barman | M | CPM | 57062 | Mahesh Ch. Barman | M | INC | 25022 |
| 1987 | 9 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Manindra Nath Barma | M | CPM | 50748 | Isore Sisir | M | INC | 37168 |
| 1982 | 9 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Manindra Nath Barma | M | CPM | 42887 | Sankar Sen Ishore | M | INC | 35192 |
| 1977 | 9 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Manindra Nath Barma | M | CPM | 28572 | Surendra Narayan Roy Kungar | M | INC | 11361 |
| 1972 | 8 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Isore Sisit Kumar | M | INC | 34364 | Manindra Nath Barman | M | CPM | 16697 |
| 1971 | 8 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Sishir Kumar Isore | M | INC | 28678 | Manindranath Barma | M | CPM | 18573 |
| 1969 | 8 | Tufanganj | (SC) | Akshay Kumar Barma | M | INC | 30808 | Manindra Nath Barma | M | CPM | 20341 |
| 1967 | 8 | Tufanganj | (SC) | I.S.Sen | M | INC | 27283 | D.C.Karjee | M | CPM | 11795 |
| 1962 | 7 | Tufanganj | GEN | Jiban Krishna Dey | M | CPI | 26222 | Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarkar | M | INC | 20746 |
| 1957 | 11 | Tufanganj | GEN | Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker | M | INC | 21915 | Jiban Krishna De | M | CPI | 9953 |
Last Updated on June 10, 2020