Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)
Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Alipurduar in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Alipurduar district, one segment is in Cooch Behar district. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.
Alipurduars | |
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Lok Sabha Constituency | |
Incumbent | John Barla |
Parliamentary Party | BJP |
Elected Year | 2019 |
Constituency Details | |
Established | 1977-present |
Reservation | Reserved for ST |
State | West Bengal |
Total Electors | 1,470,911[1] |
Assembly Constituencies | Tufanganj Kumargram (ST) Kalchini (ST) Alipurduars Falakata (SC) Madarihat (ST) Nagrakata (ST) |
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 2 Alipurduars, reserved for Scheduled tribes (ST), is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[2]
- Tufanganj (assembly constituency no. 9)
- Kumargram (ST) (assembly constituency no. 10)
- Kalchini (ST) (assembly constituency no. 11)
- Alipurduars (assembly constituency no. 12)
- Falakata (SC) (assembly constituency no. 13)
- Madarihat (ST) (assembly constituency no. 14)
- Nagrakata (ST) (assembly constituency no. 21)
Members of the Parliament
Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sixth | 1977-80 | Pius Tirkey | Revolutionary Socialist Party[3] | |
Seventh | 1980-84 | |||
Eighth | 1984-89 | |||
Ninth | 1989-91 | |||
Tenth | 1991-96 | |||
Eleventh | 1996-98 | Joachim Baxla | ||
Twelfth | 1998-99 | |||
Thirteenth | 1999-04 | |||
Fourteenth | 2004-09 | |||
Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Manohar Tirkey | ||
Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Dasrath Tirkey | All India Trinamool Congress[4] | |
Seventeenth | 2019-incumbent | John Barla | Bharatiya Janata Party[5] |
General election results
General election 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | John Barla | 7,50,804 | 54.40 | +27.10 | |
AITC | Dasrath Tirkey | 5,06,815 | 36.72 | +7.26 | |
RSP | Mili Oraon | 54,010 | 3.91 | -23.81 | |
INC | Mohanlal Basumata | 27,427 | 1.99 | -7.50 | |
Independent | Prasen Jayant Kindo | 11,518 | 0.83 | N/A | |
Independent | Gregory Trikey | 4,303 | 0.31 | N/A | |
SUCI(C) | Rabichan Rabha | 4,165 | 0.30 | -0.28 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 21,175 | 1.53 | -0.09 | |
Majority | 2,43,989 | 17.68 | |||
Turnout | 13,81,176 | 83.79 | +0.61 | ||
Registered electors | 16,48,383 | ||||
BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +9.92 | |||
Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage | Vote change % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | 22 | 43.00 | ||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 18 | 40.00 | ||
Indian National Congress | 2 | 6.29 | ||
Left Front | 0 | 7.57 |
Source: Election Results 2019 Note: The vote share may change marginally once the final data is released by Election Commission.
General election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Dasrath Tirkey | 3,62,453 | 29.46 | +0.32 | |
RSP | Manohar Tirkey | 3,41,056 | 27.72 | -13.50 | |
BJP | Birendra Bara Oraon | 3,35,857 | 27.30 | +5.90 | |
INC | Joseph Munda | 1,16,718 | 9.49 | +9.49 | |
BSP | Eliash Narjinary | 11,039 | 0.90 | ||
Independent | Paul Dexion Khariya | 10,450 | 0.85 | ||
Independent | Kapin Ch. Boro | 7,676 | 0.63 | ||
SUCI(C) | Subash Chik Baraik | 7,131 | 0.58 | ||
RJSP | Ishabela Kujur | 5,961 | 0.49 | ||
Samajwadi Jan Parishad | Bilkan Bara | 5,340 | 0.44 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 19,885 | 1.62 | --- | |
Majority | 21,397 | 1.74 | -10.34 | ||
Turnout | 13,32,409 | 83.18 | |||
AITC gain from RSP | Swing | -6.43 | |||
Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Trinamool Congress | 34 | 39.3 | |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | 22.7 | |
Communist Party of India | 0 | 2.3 | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2.4 | |
Forward Bloc | 0 | 2.1 | |
Indian National Congress | 4 | 9.6 | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 16.8 | |
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RSP | Manohar Tirkey | 384,890 | 41.22 | ||
AITC | Paban Kumar Lakra | 272,068 | 29.14 | ||
BJP | Manoj Tigga | 199,843 | 21.40 | ||
Independent | Joachim Baxla | 18,855 | 2.02 | ||
Independent | Pauldexion Khariya | 16,856 | 1.81 | ||
BSP | Elias Narjinary | 14,155 | 1.52 | ||
SWJP | Bilkan Bara | 9,659 | 1.03 | ||
Independent | Thaddeus Lakra | 8,750 | 0.94 | ||
Independent | Kamal Lama | 8,658 | 0.93 | ||
Turnout | 933,734 | 75.96 | |||
RSP hold | Swing |
General elections 1977-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
See also
- Alipurduar
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
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