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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Jalpaiguri<br />
| type= SLA<br />
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Jalpaiguri.map}}<br />
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Jalpaiguri Assembly Constituency<br />
| map_alt = <br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| district = [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jalpaiguri]]<br />
| constituency_no = 17<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| abolished = <br />
| mla = [[Ananta Deb Adhikari (Politician)|Ananta Deb Adhikary]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| alliance = <br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
| electors = 262,500<br />
}}<br />
'''Jalpaiguri''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Jalpaiguri district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 17 Jalpaiguri Assembly constituency (SC) covers [[Jalpaiguri]] municipality, and Arabinda, Bahadur, Boalmari Nandanpur, Garalbari, Kharia, Kharija Berubari I, Kharija Berubari II, Mondalghat, Nagar Berubari and South Berubari [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Jalpaiguri (Community development block)|Jalpaiguri]] [[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><br />
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Jalpaiguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 3 [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name =delimitation/><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" <br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Name<br />
! colspan=2| Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<br />
| rowspan="4" | [[Khagendra Nath Dasgupta]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
| Naresh Chandra Chakraborty<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Anupam Sen (politician)|Anupam Sen]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| rowspan="3" | Nirmal Kumar Bose<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Anupam Sen (politician)|Anupam Sen]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| Gobinda Roy<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| [[Debaprasad Roy]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Sukhbilas Barma]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| [[Pradip Kumar Barma]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|[[Ananta Deb Adhikari (Politician)|Ananta Deb Adhikari]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
===2026===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Jalpaiguri}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Ananta Deb Adhikari|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=1,42,987|percentage=60.11|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Krishno Das|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=74,182|percentage=31.19|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Debraj Barman|party=CPI(M)|votes=11,324|percentage=4.76|change=}}<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sudipto Mohonto|party=Indian National Congress|votes=2,617|percentage=1.1|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=2,608|percentage=1.1|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=68,805|percentage=28.92|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,37,856|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = BJP<br />
|loser = TMC<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===2021 Election===<br />
{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Jalpaiguri (SC) constituency}}<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Pradip Kumar Barma]]|votes=95,668|percentage=42%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sujit Singha|votes=94,727|percentage=42%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sukhbilas Barma]]|votes=24,228|percentage=11%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===2016 Election===<br />
{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Jalpaiguri (SC) constituency}}<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sukhbilas Barma|votes=94553|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Dharitri Mohan Roy|votes=89396|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Tapan Roy|votes=16029|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===2011===<br />
In the 2011 elections, Sukh Bilas Barma of Congress defeated his nearest rival Gobinda Chandra Roy of AIFB.<br />
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{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Jalpaiguri (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=17| title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011| work = Jalpaiguri| publisher = Empowering India| access-date = 1 June 2011| archive-date = 29 May 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529224012/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=17| url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sukhbilas Barma]]|votes=86,273|percentage=48.64|change=-2.37#}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=Gobinda Chandra Roy|votes=75,222|percentage=42.41|change=-1.32}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sisir Kanti Mondal|votes=6,108|percentage=3.44|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Jiban Krishna Majumder|votes=3,213|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Laxmi Kanta Roy<br />
|votes = 2,773<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Haribhakta Sardar|votes=1,930|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Amra Bangalee|candidate=Mahadeb Chandra Das|votes=1,844|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|votes=177,363|percentage=85.43|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = -1.05#<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small><br />
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===1977-2006===<br />
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<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> Deba Prasad Roy of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won the Jalpaiguri assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gobinda Roy of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,<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> Gobinda Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Anupam Sen representing [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Anupam Sen representing Congress defeated of Sudhansu Majumdar of Forward Bloc 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> and Nirmal Kumar Bose of Forward Bloc 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> Nirmal Kumar Bose of Forward Bloc defeated Anupam Sen of Congress in 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and 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 Devendra Mohan Sarkar of [[Janata Party]] in 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/Partycomp20.htm | title = 20 - Jalpaiguri Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref><br />
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===1951–1972===<br />
Anupam Sen 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> Naresh Chandra Chakraborty of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 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> Khagendra Nath Dasgupta of Congress won in 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> and [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Prior to that Jalpaiguri was a joint seat. Sarojendra Deb Raikut and Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, both of Congress, won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]], Ashrumati Devi and Khagendra Nath Dasgupta, both of Congress, won.<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><br />
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