| Siliguri | |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Sankar Ghosh |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | Darjeeling |
| Loksabha Cons: | Darjeeling |
| Constituency No: | 26 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Electors: | 228,406 |
| Reservation: | None |
Siliguri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 26 Siliguri Assembly constituency covers ward nos. 1 to 30 and 45 to 47 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation.[1]
Siliguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Election Year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siliguri-Kurseong | |||
| 1951 | Tenzing Wangdi | ||
| George Mahbert Subba | |||
| Siliguri Constituency | |||
| 1957 | Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar | ||
| Tenzing Wangdi | |||
| 1962 | Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee | ||
| 1967 | Arun Kumar Moitra | ||
| 1969 | Prem Thapa | ||
| 1971 | Arun Kumar Moitra | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Biren Bose | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Gour Chakraborty | ||
| 1991 | Ashok Bhattacharya | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Rudra Nath Bhattacharya | ||
| 2016 | Ashok Bhattacharya | ||
| 2021 | Shankar Ghosh | ||
In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Shankar Ghosh of BJP defeated his nearest rival Omprakash Mishra of TMC.
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Bhaichung Bhutia of TMC.
In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Rudra Nath Bhattacharya of TMC defeated his nearest rival Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Siliguri assembly seat defeating Nantu Paul of Congress, Prasanta Nandy of Trinamool Congress, Sankar Malakar of Congress and Prasanta Nandy of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gour Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Prasanta Nandy of Congress in 1987. Biren Bose of CPI(M) defeated Krishnendra Narayan Chowdhury and Arun Kumar Moitra, both of Congress, in 1982 and 1977, respectively.
Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Prem Thapa of IGL won in 1969. Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1967. Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee of Congress won in 1962. In 1957, the Siliguri seat was a joint seat with one reserved for scheduled tribes. Satendra Narayan Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Kurseong-Siliguri was a joint seat. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress and George Mahbert, Independent, won in 1951.