Tufanganj Assembly constituency

Tufanganj
Constituency No. 9 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
LS constituencyAlipurduars
Established1951
Total electors234,311
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Tufanganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 9 Tufanganj Assembly constituency covers Tufanganj municipality, Tufanganj II community development block, and Andaran Fulbari I, Balabhut, Dhalpal I, Nakkatigachh gram panchayats of Tufanganj I community development block.[1]

Tufanganj 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
1952 Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Jiban Krishna Dey Communist Party of India
1967 Sankar Sen Ishore Indian National Congress
1969 Akshay Kumar Barma
1971 Sisir Isore
1972
1977 Manindra Nath Barma Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991 Debendranath Barman
1996 Puspa Chandra Das
2001
2006 Alaka Barman
2011 Arghya Roy Pradhan All India Trinamul Congress
2016 Fazal Karim Miah
2021 Malati Rava Roy Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Malati Rava Roy of BJP defeated her nearest rival Pranab Kumar Dey of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Malati Rava Roy 114,503 54.69 Winner
AITC Pranab Kumar Dey 83,305 39.79
INC Rabin Roy 5,973 2.85
Independent Sushil Chandra Das 1,461 0.70
Independent Prahallad Layek 601 0.29
Independent Dhananjay Barman 552 0.26
SUCI(C) Bhola Saha 491 0.23
AMB Jiban Kumar Saha 423 0.20
None of the Above None of the Above 2,069 0.99
Turnout 2,09,378
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Fazal Karim Miah of TMC defeated his nearest rival Shyamal Chowdhury of Congress.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Fazal Karim Miah 85,052 44.21 Winner
INC Shyamal Chowdhury 69,782 36.27
BJP Bivas Sen Ishore 30,048 15.62
Independent Manoj Kumar Mandal 1,958 1.02
KPP Nubash Barman 1,744 0.91
SUCI(C) Santana Datta 1,320 0.69
None of the Above None of the Above 2,498 1.30
Majority 15,270 7.94
Turnout 1,92,402 90.09
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Arghya Roy Pradhan of TMC defeated his nearest rival Dhananjoy Rava of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arghya Roy Pradhan 73,721 45.02 Winner
CPI(M) Dhanonjoy Rava 67,539 41.24
BJP Bimal Kumar Sarkar 17,220 10.52
Independent Shiben Barman 2,817 1.72
Independent Ganesh Dakua 2,463 1.50
Majority 6,182 3.78
Turnout 1,63,760 89.37
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

1972-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Alaka Barman of CPI(M) won the 9 Tufanganj (SC) Assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Malati Rava (Ray) of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Puspa Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Sachindra Chandra Das representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and representing Congress in 1996. Debendranath Barman of CPI(M) defeated Mahesh Chandra Barman of Congress in 1991. Manindranath Barma of CPI(M) defeated Sisir Isore of Congress in 1987, Sankar Sen Ishore of Congress in 1982 and Surendra Narayan Roy Kungar of Congress in 1977.

1957-1972

During 1967 to 1972 Tufanganj was a reserved seat for SC. Sisir Isore of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Akshay Kumar Barma of Congress won in 1969. I.S.Sen of Congress won in 1967. In 1962 and 1957, it was an open seat. Jiban Krishna Dey of CPI won in 1962. Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker of Congress won in 1957.

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.