About Jalpaiguri Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Jalpaiguri is a district, a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency and a legislative assembly segment in the state of West Bengal.
Currently, the Jalpaiguri assembly constituency is represented in the West Bengal state legislative assembly by INC's Sukhbilas Barma. He accounted for 86,273 votes and won the seat in the 2011 assembly elections. Gobinda Chandra Roy of All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) settled as the runner-up with 75,222 votes.
The Delimitation Commission of India recommended in 2008 that the constituency would, henceforth, be reserved for the candidates coming from the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and would comprise the areas of Jalpaiguri (M); and South Berubari, Nagar Berubari, Arabinda, Mondalghat, Bahadur, Kharija Berubari-I, Kharija Berubari-II, Boalmari Nandanpur, Kharia and Garalbari gram panchayats of Jalpaiguri community development block.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Jalpaiguri Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Jalpaiguri 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 | 17 | Jalpaiguri | (SC) | Sukhbilas Barma | M | INC | 86273 | Gobinda Chandra Roy | M | AIFB | 75222 |
| 2006 | 20 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Deba Prasad Roy | M | INC | 54051 | Gobinda Roy | M | AIFB | 53033 |
| 2001 | 20 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Gobinda Roy | M | FBL | 50659 | Anupam Sen | M | AITC | 48077 |
| 1996 | 20 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Anupam Sen | M | INC | 48597 | Sudhansu Majumder | M | FBL | 44889 |
| 1991 | 20 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Anupam Sen | M | INC | 42423 | Nirmal Kumar Basu | M | FBL | 40492 |
| 1987 | 20 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Nirmal Kumar Bose | M | FBL | 42582 | Anupam Sen | M | INC | 37653 |
| 1982 | 20 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Nirmal Bose | M | FBL | 35220 | Anupam Sen | M | INC | 34084 |
| 1977 | 20 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Nirmal Kumar Bose | M | FBL | 16949 | Devendra Mohan Sarkar | M | JNP | 10607 |
| 1972 | 18 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Anupam Sen | M | INC | 34231 | Subodh Sen | M | CPM | 19064 |
| 1971 | 18 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Anupam Sen | M | INC | 25608 | Parswh Chandra Mtra | M | CPM | 14520 |
| 1969 | 18 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Nares Chandra Chakravorty | M | CPI | 27896 | Khagendra Nath Das Gupta | M | INC | 25020 |
| 1967 | 18 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | K.N.Das Gupta | M | INC | 21978 | N.C.Chakrovarty | M | CPI | 15029 |
| 1962 | 14 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Khagendra Nath Das Gupta | M | INC | 19011 | Naresh Chandra Chakraborty | M | CPI | 12358 |
| 1957 | 5 | Jalpaiguri | (SC) | Sarojendra Deb Raikut (Sc) | M | INC | 26057 | Naresh Ch. Chakraborty | M | CPI | 22613 |
| 1957 | 5 | Jalpaiguri | (SC) | Khagendra Nath Das Gupta | M | INC | 25577 | Heremba Deb (Sc) | M | PSP | 16214 |
| 1952 | By Polls | Jalpaiguri | GEN | D. Sarojendra | M | INC | 20022 | D. Heramba | M | PSP | 7571 |
| 1951 | 5 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Ashrumati Devi | F | INC | 16041 | Sachindra Nath Dasgupta | M | CPI | 7399 |
| 1951 | 5 | Jalpaiguri | GEN | Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | M | INC | 13806 | Gulu Kanta Roy | M | CPI | 4327 |
Last Updated on June 04, 2020