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{{Infobox settlement


| name = Madarihat 
| official_name =
| other_name =
| native_name = মাদারিহাট
| settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
| total_type = 
| motto = 
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|26|42|N|89|17|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{IND}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..West Bengal Flag(INDIA).png}}
[[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Alipurduar district|Alipurduar]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
| subdivision_name3 = 14
| subdivision_type4 = Type
| subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|ST]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_name5 = [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)|2 Alipurduars (ST)]]
| subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
| subdivision_name6 = 161,332 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 191,686 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 212,651 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
| area_code =
| website =
| footnotes =
| leader_name = [[Manoj Tigga]]
| leader_title = Incumbent
| leader_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}

'''Madarihat Assembly constituency''' ({{lang-bn|মাদারিহাট বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র}}) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Alipurduar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled tribes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 14 Madarihat Assembly constituency (ST) covers [[Madarihat-Birpara (Community development block)|Madarihat-Birpara]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and [[Binnaguri]] and Sakoyajhora I [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Dhupguri (Community development block)|Dhupguri]] 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 = 21 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission}}</ref>

Madarihat Assembly constituency (ST) is part of No. 2 [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (ST).<ref name =delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly<ref name=WestBengalResults>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/|title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center; background-color:#EAECF0;"
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Election<br />Year
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Name of M.L.A.
! style="background-color:#eaecf0; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Party Affiliation
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[A. H. Besterwitch|A.H. Besterwitch]]
| style="background-color:#ff4a4a;" |
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[D.N.Rai]]
| style="background-color:#00bfff;" |
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[A. H. Besterwitch|A.H. Besterwitch]]
| rowspan="11" style="background-color:#ff4a4a;" |
| rowspan="11" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[Sushil Kujur]]
|-
| 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="3" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[Kumari Kujur]]
|-
| 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;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Manoj Tigga]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#ff9933;" |
| rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}

==Election results<ref name=WestBengalResults/>==

===2021===
In the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Manoj Tigga of BJP defeated his nearest rival Rajesh Lakra of TMC.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Madarihat (ST) constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Tigga]]
|votes = 90,718
|percentage = 54.35
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rajesh Lakra
|votes = 61,033
|percentage = 36.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Subhas Lohar
|votes = 7,072
|percentage = 4.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Uttam Barua
|votes = 1,696
|percentage = 1.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Tribal Party
|candidate = Vivek Pradeep Tete
|votes = 1,540
|percentage = 0.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National People's Party (India)
|candidate = Panchu Oraon
|votes = 1,272
|percentage = 0.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Sudhist Baraik
|votes = 967
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,622
|percentage = 1.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29,685
|percentage = 17.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,66,920
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===

In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Manoj Tigga of BJP defeated his nearest rival Padam Lama of TMC.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Madarihat (ST) constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Tigga]]
|votes = 66,989
|percentage = 43.98
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Padam Lama
|votes = 44,951
|percentage = 29.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Kumari Kujur
|votes = 29,885
|percentage = 19.62
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Padam Oraon
|votes = 3,089
|percentage = 2.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Sudhist Baraik
|votes = 2,319
|percentage = 1.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 5,068
|percentage = 3.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22,038
|percentage = 14.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,52,301
|percentage = 79.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===

In the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Kumari Kujur of RSP defeated her nearest rival Manoj Tigga of BJP.

{{Election box begin | title= [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Madarihat (ST) constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Kumari Kujur
|votes = 42,539
|percentage = 31.93
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Tigga]]
|votes = 34,630
|percentage = 26.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Atul Subba
|votes = 26,027
|percentage = 19.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Jerome Lakra
|votes = 22,541
|percentage = 16.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ramesh Oraon
|votes = 4,923
|percentage = 3.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Rashtriya Deshaj Party
|candidate = Samir Beck
|votes = 2,553
|percentage = 1.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,909
|percentage = 5.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,33,213
|percentage = 82.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2006===
In [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] and 2001 state assembly elections, Kumari Kujur of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] won the 14 Madarihat assembly seat (ST) defeating her nearest rivals Atul Suba of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and Narendra Nath Karjee of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sushil Kujur of RSP defeated Pushpa Rani Lily Kindo of Congress in 1996, Tuna Toppo of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Jagat Baria of Congress in 1982. [[A.H. Besterwitch]] of RSP defeated Dhirendra Narjinary of Congress in 1977.

===1962–1972===
A.H. Besterwitch of RSP won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. D.N.Rai of Congress won in 1967. A.H.Besterwich of RSP won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].

==References==
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{{Alipurduar topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Alipurduar district]]

Madarihat Assembly constituency - Revision history

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