JALPAIGURI
Assembly seat no. 17 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called JALPAIGURI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2026
Ananta Deb Adhikary
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2026
68,805
28.93% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCKrishna Das
- Votes
- 74,182
- Vote share
- 31.19%
- Behind by
- 68,805
Electors
2,51,217
Total votes polled
2,37,856
Valid votes
2,37,856
NOTA votes
2,608
1.10% of votes polled
Turnout
94.7%
Full result, 2026
14 candidates · 2,37,856 valid votes
Ananta Deb AdhikaryBJPwon
1,42,987
60.1%
Krishna DasAITC
74,182
31.2%
Debraj BarmanCPM
11,324
4.8%
Sudipta MohantaINC
2,617
1.1%
Sujit MandalIND
1,322
0.6%
Debendranath RoyIND
705
0.3%
Jashoda BarmanSUCI
511
0.2%
Bedodyuti RoyBSP
385
0.2%
Ambalika RoyIND
342
0.1%
Tumpa DasIND
230
0.1%
Manabendra RoyKPPU
183
0.1%
Ujjal SarkarIND
172
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ananta Deb Adhikary | BJP | 1,42,987 | 60.12% | Krishna Das | 68,805 |
| 2021 | DR. PRADIP KUMAR BARMA | AITC | 95,668 | 42.34% | SOUJIT SINGHA (PIKU) | 941 |
| 2016 | SUKHBILAS BARMA | INC | 94,553 | 45.41% | DHARTTIMOHAN ROY | 5,157 |
| 2011 | SUKHBILAS BARMA | INC | 86,273 | 48.64% | GOBINDA CHANDRA ROY | 11,051 |
| 2006 | DEBA PRASAD ROY | INC | 54,051 | 44.57% | GOBINDA ROY | 1,018 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above