2022 Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad election

The 2022 Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad election was held on 26 June 2022 to elect all members of Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad, its Panchayet Samitis and its Panchayets.^[1]

2022 Siliguri Mahakuma Parishad election

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Gram Panchayat: 462 Panchayat Samiti: 66 Mahakuma Parishad :9
Turnout	81.94%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party AITC BJP CPI(M) Alliance AITC+ NDA SM Last election MP: 3 MP: 0 MP: 5 Gram Panchayat (GP) 320 86 14 Panchayat Samiti (PS) 55 9 0 Mahakuma Parishad (MP) 8 (5) 1 (1) 0 (5)   Fourth party Fifth party   Party INC Independents Alliance SM Last election MP: 0 MP: 0 Gram Panchayat (GP) 17 25 Panchayat Samiti (PS) 0 2 Mahakuma Parishad (MP) 0 0

Schedule

The election schedule was declared by West Bengal State Election Commission on 27 May 2022.^[1]

Poll event	Schedule
Notification Date	27 May 2022
Last Date for filing nomination	3 June 2022
Scrutiny of nomination	4 June 2022
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	6 June 2022
Date of poll	26 June 2022
Date of counting of votes	29 June 2022

Parties and alliances

Source:^[2]

Party		Symbol	Alliance	No. of contesting candidates
				MP		PS		GP		TOTAL
				Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise
	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)		Left Front	1	8	2	54	7	306	10	368
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))			7		52		299		358
	All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)		AITC+	9		66		462		537
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)		NDA	9		60		391		460
	Indian National Congress (INC)		UPA	7		20		126		153
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L*		NONE	0		1		3		4
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) SUCI(C)*			0		2		7		9
	Kamtapur People's Party KPP	As IND		0		0		5		5
	Bahujan Samaj Party			0		1		0		1
	Independents (IND)	As IND		8		27		211		246

* Marked parties may have allotted other independents symbols as they are recognized in states other than West Bengal. Their symbols listed in the table are allotted by ECI as state parties of other states.

Candidates

Source:^[2]

List of candidates

Constituency		Left Front			AITC			BJP			INC
#	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
1	NAXALBARI 1		CPI(M)	GAUTAM GHOSH		AITC	ARUN GHOSH		BJP	DILIP BARAI	INC supports CPI(M)[3]
2	NAXALBARI 2		CPI(M)	NIRODE SINGHA		AITC	NALINI RANJAN RAY		BJP	REKHA ROY (SINGHA)		INC	JYOTIRMOY BARMAN
3	MATIGARA 3		CPI(M)	SWASTIKA RAM MAHALI		AITC	JYOTI TIRKI		BJP	SUNITA ORAON		INC	MANISHA ORAON
4	MATIGARA 4		CPI(M)	MONI THAPA		AITC	PRIYANKA BISWAS		BJP	MAMPI DAS (DEBNATH)		INC	DURGA KHARKA
5	KHARIBARI 5		AIFB	KARUNAMOY CHOWDHURY		AITC	KAJAL GHOSH		BJP	AJAY ORAON (NISTU)		INC	ROSHAN KUMAR GOSWAMI
6	KHARIBARI 6		CPI(M)	BADAL CHANDRA SARKAR		AITC	KISHORI MOHAN SINGHA		BJP	UTTAM KUMAR SINGHA	INC supports CPI(M)[3]
7	PHANSIDEWA 7		CPI(M)	TASBIRA CHHETRI		AITC	KUMUDNI BARAIK GHOSH		BJP	RENU DEVI ROY YADAV		INC	KANCHAN SOBAR
8	PHANSIDEWA 8	Left Front supports INC[3]				AITC	AINUL HAQUE		BJP	PRAN GOURANGA DEBNATH (PANU)		INC	SHYAMAL KUMAR MANDAL
9	PHANSIDEWA 9		CPI(M)	SANTA LAKRA		AITC	ROMA RASHMI EKKA		BJP	RADHIKA TUDU		INC	DIPTI ORAON

Voter Turnout

Source:^[2]

Body Name	No of Booths	No of Voters	No of Polled Votes	Male Votes	Male%	Female Votes	Female%	Turnout %
KHARIBARI PS	112	87979	74327	38390	51. 65	35937	48. 35	84.48
MATIGARA PS	190	154784	124872	62453	50. 01	62418	49. 99	80.68
NAXALBARI PS	166	128533	102977	50953	49. 48	52024	50. 52	80.12
PHANSIDEWA PS	189	156642	130409	67188	51. 52	63221	48. 52	83.25
SILIGURI MAHAKUMA PARISHAD TOTAL	657	527938	432585	218984	50. 62	213600	51. 38	81. 94

Result

Party-wise Result

Party[2]		Alliance	No. of won seats								No. of won bodies						Secured vote share
			MP		PS		GP		Total		PS		GP		Total		MP		PS		GP		Total
			Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise	Party wise	Alliance wise
	All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)	Left Front	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.78	13.50	0.60	14.73	0.51	12.11	0.63	13.45
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))		0		0		14		14		0		0		0		12.72		14.13		11.60		12.82
	All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)	AITC+	8		55		320		383		4		19		23		45.56		45.77		47.68		46.34
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	NDA	1		9		86		96		0		0		0		28.98		29.53		27.34		28.62
	Indian National Congress (INC)	UPA	0		0		17		17		0		0		0		5.65		3.81		4.79		4.75
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L*	NONE	0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0.00		0.25		0.30		0.18
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) SUCI(C)*
	Kamtapur People's Party KPP
	Bahujan Samaj Party BSP
	Independents (IND)		0		2		25		27		0		0		0		6.32		5.90		7.79		6.67
TOTAL			9		66		462		537		4		22		26		100.00		100.00		100.00		100.00

MP-wise result

Results^[2]

Ward number	Winner				Runner Up				Margin
	Party		Candidate	Votes	Party		Candidate	Votes
Naxalbari 1		AITC	Arun Ghosh	23,888		CPI(M)	Gautam Ghosh	12,644	11,244
Naxalbari 2		AITC	Nalini Ranjan Ray	24,055		BJP	Rekha Roy Singha	15,078	8,977
Matigara 3		AITC	Jyoti Tirkey	24,574		BJP	Sunita Oraon	18,080	6,494
Matigara 4		AITC	Priyanka Biswas	32,511		BJP	Mampi Das Debnath	22,568	9,943
Kharibari 5		BJP	Ajay Oraon	17,473		AITC	Kajal Ghosh	15,921	1,552
Kharibari 6		AITC	Kishori Mohan Singha	15,399		BJP	Uttam Kumar Singha	10,382	5,017
Phansidewa 7		AITC	Kumundi Baraik Ghosh	19,266		BJP	Renu Devi Roy Yadav	11,783	7,483
Phansidewa 8		AITC	Ainul Haque	19,594		IND	Mohammad Akhtar Ali	17,937	1,657
Phansidewa 9		AITC	Roma Rashmi Ekka	22,471		BJP	Radhika Tudu	7,661	14,810

PS-wise Result

PS[2]	Total Seats	Seats for majority	AITC+	LF	UPA	NDA	IND	OTHERS	Comment
			Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats
KHARIBARI	12	7	9	0	0	3	0	0	AITC
MATIGARA	15	8	12	0	0	3	0	0	AITC
NAXALBARI	18	10	17	0	0	1	0	0	AITC
PHANSIDEWA	21	11	17	0	0	2	2	0	AITC
Total	66		55	0	0	9	2	0	-

GP-wise Result

PS[2]	GP	Total Seats	Seats for majority	AITC+	LF	UPA	NDA	IND	OTHERS	Comments
				Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats	Seats
KHARIBARI	BINNABARI	13	7	8	0	0	5	0	0	AITC
	BURAGANJ	22	12	13	3	1	3	2	0	AITC
	KHARIBARI-PANISHALI	17	9	11	1	1	4	0	0	AITC
	RANIGANJ-PANISHALI	27	14	14	0	0	8	5	0	AITC
	Total in PS	79		47	4	2	19	7	0	-
MATIGARA	ATHARAKHAI	30	16	20	1	2	7	0	0	AITC
	CHAMPASARI	26	14	24	1	0	1	1	0	AITC
	MATIGARA I	14	8	8	0	2	4	0	0	AITC
	MATIGARA II	25	13	23	0	0	2	0	0	AITC
	PATHARGHATA	28	15	14	3	1	9	1	0	HUNG
	Total in PS	123		88	5	5	23	2	0	-
NAXALBARI	GOSSAIPUR	19	10	15	0	0	4	0	0	AITC
	HATIGHISA	16	9	14	0	0	1	1	0	AITC
	LOWER BAGDOGRA	21	11	17	1	0	3	0	0	AITC
	MANIRAM	18	10	13	0	0	5	0	0	AITC
	NAKSHALBARI	26	14	18	2	1	4	1		AITC
	UPPER BAGDOGRA	21	11	11	0	7	2	1	0	AITC
	Total in PS	121		88	3	8	19	3	0	-
PHANSIDEWA	BIDHANNAGAR I	19	10	18	0	0	0	1	0	AITC
	BIDHANNAGAR II	18	10	14	1	0	2	1	0	AITC
	CHATHAT-BANSGAON	18	10	9	0	0	1	8	0	HUNG
	GHOSPUKUR	22	12	20	0	0	2	0	0	AITC
	HETMURI-SINGIJHORA	24	13	16	1	0	6	1	0	AITC
	JALAS-NIJAMTARA	22	12	11	0	0	10	1	0	HUNG
	PHANSIDEWA-BANSGAON-KISMAT	16	9	9	0	2	4	1	0	AITC
	Total in PS	139		97	2	2	25	13	0	-
Overall Total		462		320	14	17	86	25	0	-