Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Alipurduars
Established:1977
Reservation:ST
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Mp:Manoj Tigga
Latest Election Year:2024
State:West Bengal
Assembly Cons:Tufanganj
Kumargram
Kalchini
Alipurduars
Falakata
Madarihat
Nagrakata
Electors:17,73,252 (2024)[1]

Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Alipurduar in West Bengal. While five assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency are in Alipurduar district, one segment is in Cooch Behar district and one segment is in Jalpaiguri district. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.

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]

NameDistrict MemberParty (as of 2024)
9TufanganjCooch BeharMalati Rava Roy
10Kumargram (ST)AlipurduarManoj Kumar Oraon
11Kalchini (ST) Bishal Lama
12AlipurduarsSuman Kanjilal
13Falakata (SC)Dipak Barman
14Madarihat (ST)Manoj Tigga
21Nagrakata (ST)JalpaiguriPuna Bhengra

Members of Parliament

YearName[3] Party
1977Pius Tirkey
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996Joachim Baxla
1998
1999
2004
2009Manohar Tirkey
2014Dasrath Tirkey
2019John Barla
2024Manoj Tigga

General election results

General elections 1977-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1977Pius TirkeyRevolutionary Socialist PartyTuna OraonIndian National Congress[4]
1980Indian National Congress (I)[5]
1984Philip MinjIndian National Congress[6]
1989Denis Lakra
1991Philip Minj
1996Joachim BaxlaPius Tirkey
1998Dhirendra NarjinaraiBharatiya Janata Party[7]
1999Dhirendra Narjinarai
2004Manoj Tigga

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
  2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2009-05-27 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal . https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064327/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 19 June 2009 . dead .
  3. Web site: Alipurduars Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name . www.elections.in.
  4. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf . 18 July 2014 . 22 May 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  5. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
  7. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf. July 18, 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.