Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Delimitation Commission has abolished the Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and formed the new Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[1]

Dabgram-Phulbari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dabgram-Phulbari
Location in West Bengal
Dabgram-Phulbari
Dabgram-Phulbari (India)
Coordinates: 26°43′01″N 88°26′13″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictJalpaiguri
Constituency No19
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
Electorate (year)209,754 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 19 Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation and Dabgram I, Dabgram II, Fulbari I and Fulbari II gram panchayats of Rajganj community development block,[2]

Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011Dabgram-PhulbariGoutam DebAll India Trinamool Congress[3]

For MLAs from the area prior to 2011 see Kranti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2016 Election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dabgram-Phulbari constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Goutam Deb 105,769 47.489% -0.81%
CPI (M) Dilip Singh 81,958 36.798% -5.09%
BJP Rathindra Bose 26,195 11.761% +5.7%
Independent Subhas Biswas 2,180
BSP Sanjiban Sarkar 1,409
SUCI(C) Abul Kashem 1017
Amra Bangalee Dulal Sarkar 914
NOTA None of the Above 3,283
Turnout 222,725

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Goutam Deb of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dilip Singh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dabgram-Phulbari constituency[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Goutam Deb 84,649 48.29
CPI (M) Dilip Singh 73,413 41.88
BJP Dulal Kanti Das 10,623 6.06
Independent Subash Biswas 2,347 1.34
BSP Sanjiban Sarkar 1,423 0.81
Independent Nitu Jai Pritam 1,173
Indian People's Forward Bloc Shambhu Nath Roy 926
Amra Bangalee Bapan Ghosh 742
Majority 11,236 6.41
Turnout 175,296 83.57
AITC win (new seat)
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Jalpaiguri district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 3 2
Congress 3 2
GJM-backed Independent 1 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 3

References

  1. "Minister loses rural votebank - CPM worried about Asok's redrawn constituency Avijit Sinha - The Telegraph". Darjeeling Times.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dabgram-Phulbari. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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