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, 2006
DEBA PRASAD ROY
INC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2006
1,018
0.84% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
AIFBGOBINDA ROY
- Votes
- 53,033
- Vote share
- 43.73%
- Behind by
- 1,018
Electors
1,45,244
Total votes polled
1,21,284
Valid votes
1,21,284
NOTA votes
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Turnout
83.5%
Full result, 2006
8 candidates · 1,21,284 valid votes
DEBA PRASAD ROYINCwon
54,051
44.6%
GOBINDA ROYAIFB
53,033
43.7%
PURNAPRAVA BARMANAITC
7,695
6.3%
RAJENDRA PRASAD MALLICKBSP
1,748
1.4%
SUSHIL CHANDRA RAYIND
1,427
1.2%
BHIM CHANDRA ROYIND
1,389
1.1%
SUBRATA DATTAGUPTAIND
1,385
1.1%
BABLU SARKARAMB
556
0.5%
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
