Dhupguri Assembly constituency

Dhupguri is an assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Dhupguri
Constituency No. 15 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Dhupguri Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
LS constituency	Jalpaiguri
Established	1951
Total electors	263,118
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nirmal Chandra Roy
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2023 Bye-Election

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 15 Dhupguri Assembly constituency (SC) covers Dhupguri municipality, Banarhat I, Salbari I, Salbari II gram panchayats of Banarhat community development block and Barogharia, Gadhearkuthi, Gadong-I, Gadong II, Jharaltagram I, Jharaltagram II, Magurmari I, Magurmari II, Sakoyajhora II, gram panchayats of Dhupguri community development block,^[1]

Dhupguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1951	Rabindranath Sikdar		Indian National Congress
1957	No constituency
1962
1967	Anil Guha Neogi		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1971	Bhawani Paul		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Banamali Roy		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001	Lakshmi Kanta Roy
2006
2011	Mamata Roy
2016	Mitali Roy		Trinamool Congress
2021	Bishnu Pada Ray		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 - Bye Election	Nirmal Chandra Roy		Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2023 Bye Election

Dhupguri (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Nirmal Chandra Roy	97,613	46.28
	BJP	Tapasi Roy	93,304	44.23
	CPI(M)	Iswar Chandra Roy	13,758	6.52
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,220	0.58
Turnout			2,11,084	78.35
	AITC gain from BJP		Swing

2021 Election

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dhupguri (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bishnu Pada Roy	104,688	45.65
	AITC	Mitali Roy	1,00,333	43.75
	CPI(M)	Dr. Pradip Kumar Roy	13,107	5.73
Turnout			2,29,323	87.16
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016 Election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dhupguri (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mitali Roy	90,781	43.49%
	CPI(M)	Mamata Roy	71,517	34.26%
	BJP	Agun Roy	36,167	17.33%
Turnout			2,08,947
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Mamata Ray of CPI(M) defeated her nearest rival Mina Barman of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dhupguri (SC) constituency^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Mamata Roy	73,644	42.25	-7.04
	AITC	Mina Barman	69,406	39.82	-0.23#
	BJP	Amar Chand Sarkar	18,559	10.65
	Independent	Mitali Roy	7,021	4.03
	BSP	Rai Charan Siddhya	3,578
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad	Subhas Chandra Roy	2,077
Turnout			174,285	87.12
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-6.81

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977–2006

In 2006^[4] and 2001 state assembly elections,^[5] Lakshmi Kanta Roy of CPI(M) won the 15 Dhupguri (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Ashok Kumar Barman of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Banamali Roy of CPI(M) defeated Nripendra Nath Roy of Congress in 1996,^[6] Birendra Nath Barman of Congress in 1991,^[7] Nripendra Nath Roy of Congress in 1987, and Jagadamba Roy of Congress in 1982^[8] and 1977.^[9][10]

1951–1972

Bhawani Paul of Congress won in 1972^[11] and 1971.^[12] Anil Guha Neogi of SSP won in 1969^[13] and 1967.^[14] Dhupguri constituency did not exist 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Rabindra Nath Sikdar of Congress won from Dhupguri.^[15]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dhupguri. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
4. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
10. "15 – Dhupguri (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
11. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.