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{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Alipurduars {{Small|WB-2}}
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Alipurduars.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Alipurduars Lok Sabha Constituency
| established = 1977
| reservation = ST
| incumbent_image =
| mp = [[Manoj Tigga]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| assembly_cons = [[Tufanganj Assembly constituency|Tufanganj]] [[Kumargram Assembly constituency|Kumargram]] [[Kalchini Assembly constituency|Kalchini]] [[Alipurduars Assembly constituency|Alipurduars]] [[Falakata Assembly constituency|Falakata]] [[Madarihat Assembly constituency|Madarihat]] [[Nagrakata Assembly constituency|Nagrakata]]
| electors = 17,73,252 (2024)<ref>{{cite web
|title=Electoral Roll Summary 2024
|url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526095942/https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
|archive-date=26 May 2024
|website=Election Commission of India
|format=PDF
|access-date=31 December 2024
}}</ref>
}}

'''Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|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 castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled tribes]].

==Assembly segments==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|250px|right|'''Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal''' - 1. Cooch Behar, 2.''' Alipurduars''', 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum]]

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 castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled tribes (ST)]], is composed of the following [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments from 2009:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2009-05-27 |work=Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Government of West Bengal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619064327/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! Name
! District
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
|9
|[[Tufanganj Assembly constituency|Tufanganj]]
|[[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
|[[Malati Rava Roy]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=7}}
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=6}}
|-
|10
|[[Kumargram Assembly constituency|Kumargram]] (ST)
| rowspan="5" |[[Alipurduar district|Alipurduar]]
|[[Manoj Kumar Oraon]]
|-
|11
|[[Kalchini Assembly constituency|Kalchini]] (ST)
|[[Bishal Lama]]
|-
|12
|[[Alipurduars Assembly constituency|Alipurduars]]
|[[Paritosh Das]]
|-
|13
|[[Falakata Assembly constituency|Falakata]] (SC)
|[[Dipak Barman]]
|-
|14
|[[Madarihat Assembly constituency|Madarihat]] (ST)
|[[Laxuman Limbu]]
|-
|21
|[[Nagrakata Assembly constituency|Nagrakata]] (ST)
|[[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]]
|[[Puna Bhengra]]
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|}

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year!!Name<ref name="Alipurduars (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Alipurduars Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name till 2019">{{cite news |title=Alipurduars (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Alipurduars Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name till 2019 |url=https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/alipurduars.html |access-date=3 July 2025 |work= |publisher=Elections |date=2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703094052/https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/alipurduars.html |archive-date=3 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="Alipurduars Lok Sabha Election Results till 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency">{{cite news |title=Alipurduars Lok Sabha Election Results till 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/alipurduars-lok-sabha |access-date=3 July 2025 |work= |publisher=Result University |date=2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703094123/https://resultuniversity.com/election/alipurduars-lok-sabha |archive-date=3 July 2025}}</ref> !! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| colspan="4" |{{center|''Till 1977 : Constituency did not exist''}}
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]|| rowspan="5" |[[Pius Tirkey]]
| {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=10}}
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]|| rowspan="4" |[[Joachim Baxla]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]||[[Manohar Tirkey]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]||[[Dasrath Tirkey]]
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]||[[John Barla]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]||[[Manoj Tigga]]
|}

==General election results==
===General election 2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: [[Alipurduar]]<ref name="Alipurduars Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024">{{cite news |title=Alipurduars Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/alipurduars |access-date=3 July 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703063519/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/alipurduars |archive-date=3 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Alipurduars">{{cite news |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Alipurduars |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S252.htm |access-date=3 July 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703063533/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S252.htm |archive-date=3 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Tigga]]
|votes =6,95,314
|percentage =48.92
|change ={{decrease}}5.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Prakash Chik Baraik]]
|votes = 6,19,867
|percentage = 43.61
|change ={{increase}}6.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Mili Oraon
|votes = 39,709
|percentage = 2.79
|change = {{decrease}}0.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Parimal Oraon
|votes = 12,584
|percentage = 0.89
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Arjun Indwar
|votes = 11,122
|percentage = 0.78
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes =21,298
|percentage =1.5
|change ={{decrease}}0.03
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 75,447
|percentage =5.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 14,21,389
|percentage = 79.76
|change ={{decrease}}4.03
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election]]: [[Alipurduar]]s}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[John Barla]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 750,804
|percentage = 54.40
|change = +27.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Dasrath Tirkey]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 506,815
|percentage = 36.72
|change = +7.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Mili Oraon
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|votes = 54,010
|percentage = 3.91
|change = -23.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Mohanlal Basumata
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 27,427
|percentage = 1.99
|change = -7.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 21,175
|percentage = 1.53
|change = -0.09
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 243,989
|percentage = 17.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,381,176
|percentage = 83.79
|change = +0.61
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,648,383
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +9.92
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: Alipurduars <ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 21 June 2016 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Dasrath Tirkey]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 3,62,453
|percentage = 29.46
|change = +0.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Manohar Tirkey]]
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|votes = 3,41,056
|percentage = 27.72
|change = -13.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Birendra Bara Oraon
|votes = 3,35,857
|percentage = 27.30
|change = +5.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Joseph Munda]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 1,16,718
|percentage = 9.49
|change = +9.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Eliash Narjinary
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 11,039
|percentage = 0.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Paul Dexion Khariya
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 10,450
|percentage = 0.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Kapin Ch. Boro
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 7,676
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Subash Chik Baraik
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = 7,131
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ishabela Kujur
|party = Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party
|votes = 5,961
|percentage = 0.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Bilkan Bara
|party = Samajwadi Jan Parishad
|votes = 5,340
|percentage = 0.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the Above
|party = None of the Above
|votes = 19,885
|percentage = 1.62
|change = ---
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,397
|percentage = 1.74
|change = -10.34
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,32,409
|percentage = 83.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing = -6.43
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections|General Election, 2009]]: [[Alipurduar]]s<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 22 May 2014 }}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = [[Manohar Tirkey]]
|votes = 384,890
|percentage = 41.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Paban Kumar Lakra
|votes = 272,068
|percentage = 29.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Tigga]]
|votes = 199,843
|percentage = 21.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = [[Joachim Baxla]]
|votes = 18,855
|percentage = 2.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Pauldexion Khariya
|votes = 16,856
|percentage = 1.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Elias Narjinary
|votes = 14,155
|percentage = 1.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = SWJP
|candidate = Bilkan Bara
|votes = 9,659
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Thaddeus Lakra
|votes = 8,750
|percentage = 0.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Kamal Lama
|votes = 8,658
|percentage = 0.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 933,734
|percentage = 75.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1977-2004===
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Winner
! colspan="2" |Runner-up
|-
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|1977
| rowspan="5" |[[Pius Tirkey]]
| rowspan="9" |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| rowspan="2" |Tuna Oraon
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="loksabha1977">{{cite web |title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 |access-date=22 May 2014 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|-
|1980
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="loksabha1980">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|title=General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1984
|Philip Minj
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name="loksabha1984">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|title=General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1989
|Denis Lakra
|-
|1991
|Philip Minj
|-
|1996
| rowspan="4" |[[Joachim Baxla]]
|[[Pius Tirkey]]
|-
|1998
|Dhirendra Narjinarai
| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name="loksabha1998">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|archive-date=July 18, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|Dhirendra Narjinarai
|-
|2004
|Manoj Tigga
|}
== Notes ==
{{notelist|30em}}

==See also==
* [[Alipurduar]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/west_bengal/alipurduars/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Alipurduarsr lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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