Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)

Alipurduars
Alipurduars
	Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	John Barla
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1977-present
Reservation	Reserved for ST
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,470,911[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Tufanganj; Kumargram (ST); Kalchini (ST); Alipurduars; Falakata (SC); Madarihat (ST); Nagrakata (ST)

Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Alipurduar in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Alipurduar district, one segment is in Cooch Behar district. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Assembly segments

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 tribes (ST), is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[2]

Tufanganj (assembly constituency no. 9)
Kumargram (ST) (assembly constituency no. 10)
Kalchini (ST) (assembly constituency no. 11)
Alipurduars (assembly constituency no. 12)
Falakata (SC) (assembly constituency no. 13)
Madarihat (ST) (assembly constituency no. 14)
Nagrakata (ST) (assembly constituency no. 21)

Members of the Parliament

	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Sixth	1977-80	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party[3]
Seventh	1980-84
Eighth	1984-89
Ninth	1989-91
Tenth	1991-96
Eleventh	1996-98	Joachim Baxla
Twelfth	1998-99
Thirteenth	1999-04
Fourteenth	2004-09
Fifteenth	2009-14	Manohar Tirkey
Sixteenth	2014-19	Dasrath Tirkey	All India Trinamool Congress[4]
Seventeenth	2019-incumbent	John Barla	Bharatiya Janata Party[5]

General election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Alipurduars
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	John Barla	7,50,804	54.40	+27.10
	AITC	Dasrath Tirkey	5,06,815	36.72	+7.26
	RSP	Mili Oraon	54,010	3.91	-23.81
	INC	Mohanlal Basumata	27,427	1.99	-7.50
	Independent	Prasen Jayant Kindo	11,518	0.83	N/A
	Independent	Gregory Trikey	4,303	0.31	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Rabichan Rabha	4,165	0.30	-0.28
	NOTA	None of the above	21,175	1.53	-0.09
Majority			2,43,989	17.68
Turnout			13,81,176	83.79	+0.61
Registered electors			16,48,383
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+9.92

2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage	Vote change %
AITC	22	12	43.00	4
BJP	18	16	40.00	23
INC	2	2	6.29	4
Left	0	2	7.57	24

Source: Election Results 2019

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Alipurduars[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dasrath Tirkey	3,62,453	29.46	+0.32
	RSP	Manohar Tirkey	3,41,056	27.72	-13.50
	BJP	Birendra Bara Oraon	3,35,857	27.30	+5.90
	INC	Joseph Munda	1,16,718	9.49	+9.49
	BSP	Eliash Narjinary	11,039	0.90
	Independent	Paul Dexion Khariya	10,450	0.85
	Independent	Kapin Ch. Boro	7,676	0.63
	SUCI(C)	Subash Chik Baraik	7,131	0.58
	RJSP	Ishabela Kujur	5,961	0.49
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Bilkan Bara	5,340	0.44
	NOTA	None of the Above	19,885	1.62	---
Majority			21,397	1.74	-10.34
Turnout			13,32,409	83.18
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing	-6.43

2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	0.7

Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Alipurduars[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RSP	Manohar Tirkey	384,890	41.22
	AITC	Paban Kumar Lakra	272,068	29.14
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	199,843	21.40
	Independent	Joachim Baxla	18,855	2.02
	Independent	Pauldexion Khariya	16,856	1.81
	BSP	Elias Narjinary	14,155	1.52
	SWJP	Bilkan Bara	9,659	1.03
	Independent	Thaddeus Lakra	8,750	0.94
	Independent	Kamal Lama	8,658	0.93
Turnout			933,734	75.96
	RSP hold		Swing

General elections 1977-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Winner		Runner-up
Year	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1977	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Tuna Oraon	Indian National Congress[3]
1980	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Tuna Oraon	Indian National Congress (I)[7]
1984	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Philip Minj	Indian National Congress[8]
1989	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Denis Lakra	Indian National Congress[9]
1991	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Philip Minj	Indian National Congress[10]
1996	Joachim Baxla	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Pius Tirkey	Indian National Congress[11]
1998	Joachim Baxla	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Dhirendra Narjinarai	Bharatiya Janata Party[12]
1999	Joachim Baxla	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Dhirendra Narjinarai	Bharatiya Janata Party[13]
2004	Joachim Baxla	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Manoj Tigga	Bharatiya Janata Party[14]
2009	Manohar Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Paban Kumar Lakra	All India Trinamool Congress
2014	Dasrath Tirkey	All India Trinamool Congress	Manohar Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party
2019	John Barla	Bharatiya Janata Party	Dasrath Tirkey	All India Trinamool Congress

References

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"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
"General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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"General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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[turnout-1] "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[delimitation-2] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.

[loksabha1977-3] "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha2014-4] "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[loksabha2019-5] "General Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[loksabha2009-6] "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha1980-7] "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha1984-8] "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha1989-9] "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha1991-10] "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha1996-11] "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha1998-12] "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha1999-13] "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

[loksabha2004-14] "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.