Falakata Assembly constituency

Falakata
Falakata
Constituency No. 13 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Falakata Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Alipurduar
LS constituency	Alipurduars
Established	1957
Total electors	254,554
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dipak Barman
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Falakata is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 13 Falakata Assembly constituency covers Falakata municipality, Falakata community development block and Purba Kanthalbari gram panchayat of Alipurduar I community development block.^[1]

Falakata Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Jagadananda Roy	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Hiralal Singha	Indian National Congress
1967	Jagadananda Roy	Praja Socialist Party
1969		Indian National Congress
1971
1972
1977	Jogendra Nath Singha Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991	Jogesh Chandra Barman
1996
2001
2006
2011	Anil Adhikari	All India Trinamool Congress
2016	Anil Adhikari	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Dipak Barman	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Dipak Barman of BJP defeated his nearest rival Subhash Chandra Roy of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falakata (SC) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dipak Barman	1,02,993	46.71	Winner
	AITC	Subhash Chandra Roy	99,003	44.90
	CPI(M)	Kshitish Chandra Ray	10,772	4.89
	Independent	Dipak Chandra Mandal (Santosh)	1,678	0.76
	Independent	Swapan Roy	1,645	0.75
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Tapan Adhikari	1,377	0.62
	SUCI(C)	Tarani Roy	613	0.28
	AMB	Bimal Roy	449	0.20
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,970	0.89
Turnout			2,20,500
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Anil Adhikari of TMC defeated his nearest rival Kshitish Chandra Ray of CPI(M).

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falakata (SC) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Anil Adhikari	86,647	43.77	Winner
	CPI(M)	Kshitish Chandra Ray	69,808	35.27
	BJP	Narayan Chandra Mondal	30,639	15.48
	Independent	Bishnupada Roy	3,007	1.52
	Independent	Paritosh Ch. Roy	2,016	1.02
	SUCI(C)	Tarani Roy	1,344	0.68
	Independent	Naresh Chandra Barman	667	0.34
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,812	1.93
Majority			16,839	8.50
Turnout			1,97,940	87.13
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Anil Adhikari of TMC defeated his nearest rival Rabindra Nath Barman of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Falakata (SC) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Anil Adhikari	77,821	47.44	Winner
	CPI(M)	Rabindra Nath Barman	69,775	42.54
	BJP	Hemanta Kumar Ray	9,848	6.00
	Independent	Paritosh Ch. Roy	3,691	2.25
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Ashok Kumar Roybir	2,891	1.76
Majority			8,046	4.90
Turnout			1,64,026	86.58
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Jogesh Chandra Barman of CPI(M) won the Falakata assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Anil Adhikari of Trinamool Congress in 2006 and 2001, and Gajendra Nath Barman of Congress in 1996 and 1991. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jogendra Nath Singha Roy of CPI(M) defeated Lalit Mohan Roy of Congress in 1987, Jogesh Chandra Ray of Congress in 1982 and Gajendra Nath Barman of Congress in 1977.

1957–1972

Jagadananda Roy of Congress won the seat in 1972, 1971 and 1969. Jagadananda Roy representing PSP won the seat in 1967. Hiralal Singha of Congress won in 1962. Jagadananda Roy of PSP won in 1957.