About: the assembly constituency in West Bengal
For other uses, see Kumargram, Alipurduar.
3.its namesake community development block
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Kumargarm Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 10 Kumargram (ST) covers Kumargram community development block and Bhatibari, Kohinoor, Mahakalguri Parokata, Samuktala, Tatpara I and Turturi gram panchayats in Alipurduar II community development block.[1]
Kumargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
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| 1967 | Pijushkanti Mukherjee | Template:Full party name with color | |
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| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Debabrata Chatterjee | ||
| 1977 | John Arther Baxla | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 1982 | Subodh Oraon | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Salib Toppo | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Dasrath Tirkey | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2014^ | Manoj Kumar Oraon | ||
| 2016 | James Kujur | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 2021 | Manoj Kumar Oraon | Template:Full party name with color | |
- ^ by-election
Election results
2026
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2021
In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Kumar Oraon of BJP defeated his nearest rival Leos Kujur of TMC.[2] Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box gain with party link Template:Election box end
2016
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, James Kujur of TMC defeated his nearest rival Manoj Kumar Oraon of RSP.
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2014 Bye election
In the bye-elections held in 2014, Manoj Kumar Oraon of RSP defeated Joachim Baxla of AITC by 2,667 votes.
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2011
In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Dasrath Tirkey of RSP defeated his nearest rival Joachim Baxla of Trinamool Congress.
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1977-2006
Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dasrath Tirkey of RSP defeated Swapan Kujur and Paresh Chandra Das respectively, both Trinamool Congress. Salib Toppo of RSP defeated Krishna Chik Baraik of Congress in 1996 and Dudsai Topp of Congress in 1991. Subodh Oraon of RSP defeated Khagendra Nath Thakur of Congress in 1987. Subodh Oraon of RSP defeated Dutsai Toppo of Congress in 1982. John Arther Baxla of RSP defeated Konda Bhagat of Congress in 1977.
1967-1972
Debabrata Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that the Kumargram seat was not there. In 1962 and 1957, Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won from the Alipurduars Assembly constituency. In independent India's first election in 1951, Alipurduars was a joint seat. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee and Dhirandra Nath Brahma Mandal won from there.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delimitation Commission Order No. 18. Election Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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