Siliguri Assembly constituency

Siliguri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Siliguri
Constituency No. 26 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Siliguri Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling
Lok Sabha constituency	Darjeeling
Established	1951
Total electors	228,406
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sankar Ghosh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 26 Siliguri Assembly constituency covers ward nos. 1 to 30 and 45 to 47 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Siliguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	MLA	Party
Siliguri-Kurseong
1951	Tenzing Wangdi		Indian National Congress
	George Mahbert Subba		Independent
Siliguri Constituency
1957	Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar		Communist Party of India
	Tenzing Wangdi		Indian National Congress
1962	Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee
1967	Arun Kumar Moitra
1969	Prem Thapa		Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League
1971	Arun Kumar Moitra		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Biren Bose		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987	Gour Chakraborty
1991	Ashok Bhattacharya
1996
2001
2006
2011	Rudra Nath Bhattacharya		Trinamool Congress
2016	Ashok Bhattacharya		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021	Shankar Ghosh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation are covered by Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly constituency

Election results

2021 Election

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Shankar Ghosh of BJP defeated his nearest rival Omprakash Mishra of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shankar Ghosh	89,370	50.03
	AITC	Omprakash Mishra	53,784	30.11
	CPI(M)	Ashok Bhattacharya	28,835	16.14
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,074	1.16
Majority			35,586	19.92
Turnout			1,78,650
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2016 Election

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Bhaichung Bhutia of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ashok Bhattacharya	78,054	46.36	Winner
	AITC	Bhaichung Bhutia	63,982	38.00
	BJP	Gita Chatterjee	19,300	11.46
	GRC	Rabindra Rai	924	0.55
	BSP	Haridas Thakur	832	0.49
	JMM	Mahendra Kumar Jain	618	0.36
	Independent	Md. Zafar Eqbal	499	0.29
	AMB	Vishwjeet Chatterji	491	0.29
	SUCI(C)	Tanmay Dutta	439	0.26
	ABHM	Dasarath Karmakar	334	0.19
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,877	1.71
Majority			14,072	8.36
Turnout			1,68,350	80.66
	CPI(M) gain from AITC		Swing

2011 Election

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Rudra Nath Bhattacharya of TMC defeated his nearest rival Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Siliguri constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rudra Nath Bhattacharya	72,019	48.08	Winner
	CPI(M)	Ashok Bhattacharya	67,013	44.73
	BJP	Arun Prasad Sarker	6,069	4.05
	Independent	Hardwar Singh	1,310	0.87
	BSP	Shankar Das	1,054	0.70
	LJP	Hiralal Paswan	1,028	0.69
	AMB	Khushi Ranjan Mondal	804	0.54
	JD(U)	Adhir Singha	503	0.34
Majority			5,006	3.34
Turnout			1,49,800	81.28
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Siliguri assembly seat defeating Nantu Paul of Congress, Prasanta Nandy of Trinamool Congress, Sankar Malakar of Congress and Prasanta Nandy of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gour Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Prasanta Nandy of Congress in 1987. Biren Bose of CPI(M) defeated Krishnendra Narayan Chowdhury and Arun Kumar Moitra, both of Congress, in 1982 and 1977, respectively.

1951–1972

Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Prem Thapa of IGL won in 1969. Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1967. Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee of Congress won in 1962. In 1957, the Siliguri seat was a joint seat with one reserved for scheduled tribes. Satendra Narayan Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Kurseong-Siliguri was a joint seat. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress and George Mahbert, Independent, won in 1951.