MatildaAldrich at 20:15, 6 May 2026

2026-05-06T20:15:52Z

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dhupguri
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Dhupguri.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Dhupguri Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Naresh Roy]]
| district = [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalpaiguri]]
| constituency_no = 15
| established = 1951
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| electors = 263,118
}}
'''Dhupguri''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Jalpaiguri district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 15 Dhupguri Assembly constituency (SC) covers Dhupguri municipality, Banarhat I, Salbari I, Salbari II [[gram panchayat]]s of [[ Banarhat (CD block)| Banarhat community development block]] and Barogharia, Gadhearkuthi, Gadong-I, Gadong II, Jharaltagram I, Jharaltagram II, Magurmari I, Magurmari II, Sakoyajhora II, [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Dhupguri (Community development block)|Dhupguri]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]],<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 = 30 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Dhupguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 3 [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center; background-color:#EAECF0;"
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Election
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Member
! colspan=2 | Party Affiliation
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Rabindranath Sikdar
| style="background-color:#00bfff;" |
| style="color:#00BBFF;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | No constituency
|-
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Anil Guha Neogi
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ad4019;" |
| rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Bhawani Paul
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00bfff;" |
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Banamali Roy
| rowspan="8" style="background-color:#ff1d15;" |
| rowspan="8" style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[Lakshmi Kanta Roy]]
|-
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[Mamata Roy]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Mitali Roy]]
| style="background-color:#20c646;" |
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Trinamool Congress]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Bishnu Pada Roy]]
| style="background-color:#ff9933;" |
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2023_elections_in_India#West_Bengal|2023 - By Election]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:;" | [[Nirmal Chandra Roy]]
| style="background-color:#20c646;" |
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Dhupguri}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Naresh Roy
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:134798}}
|percentage = 54.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Nirmal Chandra Roy
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:96248}}
|percentage = 38.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Niranjan Roy
|party = Left Front (West Bengal)
|votes = {{formatnum:7625}}
|percentage = 3.07
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Harish Chandra Roy
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:1467}}
|percentage = 0.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = {{formatnum:1159}}
|percentage = 0.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:38550}}
|percentage = 15.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:248496}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2023 By Election===
{{Election box begin | title= Dhupguri (SC) constituency<ref name="Dhupguri Assembly constituency Bye Election Result 2023">{{cite news |title=Dhupguri Assembly constituency Bye Election Result 2023 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeSeptNew2023/candidateswise-S2515.htm |access-date=4 July 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250704110824/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeSeptNew2023/candidateswise-S2515.htm |archive-date=4 July 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Nirmal Chandra Roy]]|votes=97,613|percentage=46.28|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Tapasi Roy|votes=93,304|percentage=44.23|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Iswar Chandra Roy|votes=13,758|percentage=6.52|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the Above|votes=1,220|percentage=0.58|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,11,084|percentage=78.35|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021 Election===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Dhupguri (SC) constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= [[Bishnu Pada Roy]]|votes=1,04,688|percentage=45.65|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Mitali Roy]]|votes=1,00,333|percentage=43.75|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Dr. Pradip Kumar Roy|votes=13,107|percentage=5.73|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,29,323|percentage=87.16|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 Election===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Dhupguri (SC) constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Mitali Roy]]|votes=90,781|percentage=43.49%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Mamata Roy]]|votes=71,517|percentage=34.26%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Agun Roy|votes=36,167|percentage=17.33%|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,08,947|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Mamata Ray of CPI(M) defeated her nearest rival Mina Barman of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Dhupguri (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=15| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529223908/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=15| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dhupguri| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 1 June 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Mamata Roy]]|votes=73,644|percentage=42.25|change=-7.04}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Mina Barman|votes=69,406|percentage=39.82|change=-0.23#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Amar Chand Sarkar|votes=18,559|percentage=10.65|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mitali Roy
|votes = 7,021
|percentage = 4.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Rai Charan Siddhya|votes=3,578|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Samajwadi Jan Parishad|candidate=Subhas Chandra Roy|votes=2,077|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=174,285|percentage=87.12|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -6.81
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

===1977–2006===
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and 2001 state assembly elections,<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Lakshmi Kanta Roy of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the 15 Dhupguri (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Ashok Kumar Barman of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Banamali Roy of CPI(M) defeated Nripendra Nath Roy of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Birendra Nath Barman of Congress in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Nripendra Nath Roy of Congress in 1987, and Jagadamba Roy of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp15.htm
| title = 15 – Dhupguri (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Bhawani Paul of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Anil Guha Neogi of [[Samyukta Socialist Party|SSP]] won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Dhupguri constituency did not exist [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]] and [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]] Rabindra Nath Sikdar of Congress won from Dhupguri.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Jalpaiguri topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Dhupguri Assembly constituency - Revision history

MatildaAldrich at 20:15, 6 May 2026