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ALIPURDUARS

Assembly seat no. 12 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1969.

West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called ALIPURDUARS. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.

Winner, 2016
SOURAV CHAKRABORTY(GHUTISH)
AITC
Elections held
12
1969–2026
Most successful party
RSP
won 8 of 12
Margin, 2016
11,958
5.88% of valid votes

Result, 2016

Winner
Votes
89,695
Vote share
44.09%
Margin
11,958
Runner-up
INCBISWA RANJAN SARKAR
Votes
77,737
Vote share
38.21%
Behind by
11,958
Electors
2,36,134
Total votes polled
2,03,446
Valid votes
2,03,446
NOTA votes
2,980
1.46% of votes polled
Turnout
86.2%

Full result, 2016

8 candidates · 2,03,446 valid votes

2016 election →
SOURAV CHAKRABORTY(GHUTISH)AITCwon
89,695
44.1%
BISWA RANJAN SARKARINC
77,737
38.2%
KUSHAL CHATTERJEE (TATU)BJP
20,098
9.9%
NIRMAL DASRSP
7,324
3.6%
ALOKESH DASSUCI
2,308
1.1%
DALENDRA NATH RAYAMB
1,341
0.7%
SANTOSH KUMAR BALOIND
989
0.5%
GOURI ROYBSP
974
0.5%

Past results

Most recent 5 of 12 elections

View all 12
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
2026Paritosh DasBJP1,43,24261.62%Suman Kanjilal70,420
2021SUMAN KANJILALBJP1,07,33348.19%SOURAV CHAKRABORTY (GHUTIS)16,007
2016SOURAV CHAKRABORTY(GHUTISH)AITC89,69544.09%BISWA RANJAN SARKAR11,958
2011DEBAPRASAD ROY (MITHU)INC79,60546.02%KSHITI GOSWAMI6,783
2006NIRMAL DASRSP72,39449.97%SOURAV CHAKROBORTY38,868

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%27%53%80%106%196919771982198719911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Winning margin

0%12%23%35%46%196919771982198719911996200120062011201620212026Margin

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