Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency

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

Alipurduars WB-2
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Alipurduars Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Tufanganj Kumargram Kalchini Alipurduars Falakata Madarihat Nagrakata
Established	1977
Total electors	17,73,252 (2024)[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Manoj Tigga
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
9	Tufanganj	Cooch Behar	Malati Rava Roy		Bharatiya Janata Party		Bharatiya Janata Party
10	Kumargram (ST)	Alipurduar	Manoj Kumar Oraon
11	Kalchini (ST)		Bishal Lama
12	Alipurduars		Suman Kanjilal		Trinamool Congress
13	Falakata (SC)		Dipak Barman		Bharatiya Janata Party
14	Madarihat (ST)		Jay Prakash Toppo		Trinamool Congress
21	Nagrakata (ST)	Jalpaiguri	Puna Bhengra		Bharatiya Janata Party		Trinamool Congress

Members of Parliament

Year	Name[3][4]	Party
Till 1977 : Constituency did not exist
1977	Pius Tirkey		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996	Joachim Baxla
1998
1999
2004
2009	Manohar Tirkey
2014	Dasrath Tirkey		Trinamool Congress
2019	John Barla		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Manoj Tigga

General election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Alipurduar^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	695,314	48.92	5.48
	AITC	Prakash Chik Baraik	6,19,867	43.61	6.89
	RSP	Mili Oraon	39,709	2.79	0.12
	Independent	Parimal Oraon	12,584	0.89	New
	Independent	Arjun Indwar	11,122	0.78	New
	NOTA	None of the above	21,298	1.5	0.03
Majority			75,447	5.3
Turnout			14,21,389	79.76	4.03
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Alipurduars

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	John Barla	750,804	54.40	+27.10
	AITC	Dasrath Tirkey	506,815	36.72	+7.26
	RSP	Mili Oraon	54,010	3.91	−23.81
	INC	Mohanlal Basumata	27,427	1.99	−7.50
	NOTA	None of the above	21,175	1.53	−0.09
Majority			243,989	17.68
Turnout			1,381,176	83.79	+0.61
Registered electors			1,648,383
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+9.92

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Alipurduars ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Dasrath Tirkey	362,453	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
	None of the Above	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

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Alipurduars^[8]

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
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1977	Pius Tirkey	Revolutionary Socialist Party	Tuna Oraon	Indian National Congress[9]
1980				Indian National Congress (I)[10]
1984			Philip Minj	Indian National Congress[11]
1989			Denis Lakra
1991			Philip Minj
1996	Joachim Baxla		Pius Tirkey
1998			Dhirendra Narjinarai	Bharatiya Janata Party[12]
1999			Dhirendra Narjinarai
2004			Manoj Tigga

Notes

See also

• Alipurduar
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha