About Kumargram Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Kumargram is a legislative assembly segment located in the Alipurduars district of West Bengal. It belongs to the Alipurduars (ST) Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of the state. Kumargram is represented in the state legislative assembly by RSP's Manoj Kumar Oraon as he won 65,634 votes in the 2011 assembly elections. AITMC's Joachim Baxla was the runner-up with 62,967 votes. There are 1,73,635 people in the constituency who enjoy the right to votes as per the universal adult franchise, out of whom 91,196 are men and 82,435 are women.
According to the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India - 2008, the Kumargram assembly constituency covers areas of Turturi, Bhatibari, Tatpara-I, Kohinoor, Samuktala and Mahakalguri Parokata gram panchayats of Alipurduar community development block; and Kumargram community development block. Only the candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes (STs) can contest the Kumargram assembly constituency.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Kumargram Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kumargram 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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| 2014 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | Manoj Kumar Oraon | M | RSP | 65634 | Joachim Baxla | M | AITMC | 62967 |
| 2011 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | Dasrath Tirkey | M | RSP | 71545 | Joachim Baxla | M | AITC | 58964 |
| 2006 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | Dasrath Tirkey | M | RSP | 69540 | Swapan Kujur | M | AITC | 32372 |
| 2001 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | Dasrath Tirkey | M | RSP | 60966 | Paresh Chandra Das | M | AITC | 27782 |
| 1996 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | Salib Toppo | M | RSP | 59032 | Krishna Chik Baraik | F | INC | 41580 |
| 1991 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | Salib Topo | M | RSP | 52282 | Dudsai Topp | M | INC | 35021 |
| 1988 | By Polls | Kumargram | (ST) | S.Toppo | M | RSP | 49595 | K.N.Thakur | M | INC | 27297 |
| 1987 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | Subodh Barwa | M | RSP | 48081 | Khagendra Nath Thakur | M | INC | 34514 |
| 1982 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | Subodh Uraon | M | RSP | 40531 | Dutsai Toppo | M | INC | 31493 |
| 1977 | 10 | Kumargram | (ST) | John Arther Baxla | M | RSP | 22882 | Konda Bhagat | M | INC | 15543 |
| 1972 | 9 | Kumargram | GEN | Debabrata Chatterjee | M | INC | 25515 | Nitai Chandra Das | M | CPM | 12061 |
| 1971 | 9 | Kumargram | GEN | Pijush Kanti Mukherjee | M | INC | 16619 | Netai Chandra Das | M | CPM | 7984 |
| 1969 | 9 | Kumargram | GEN | Pijish Kanti Mukherjee | M | INC | 19197 | Ranjit Das Gupta | M | CPM | 13760 |
| 1967 | 9 | Kumargram | GEN | P.K.Mukherjee | M | INC | 16093 | R.Das Gupta | M | CPM | 9007 |
Last Updated on June 06, 2020