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, 2001
GOBINDA ROY
FBL
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2001
2,582
2.38% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
AITCANUPAM SEN
- Votes
- 48,077
- Vote share
- 44.33%
- Behind by
- 2,582
Electors
1,40,537
Total votes polled
1,08,453
Valid votes
1,08,453
NOTA votes
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Turnout
77.2%
Full result, 2001
5 candidates · 1,08,453 valid votes
GOBINDA ROYFBLwon
50,659
46.7%
ANUPAM SENAITC
48,077
44.3%
DWIPENDRA NATH PRAMANIKBJP
4,600
4.2%
BHIM CH. ROYIND
3,239
3.0%
SUBRATA DUTTA GUPTAIND
1,878
1.7%
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