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, 2011
SUKHBILAS BARMA
INC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2011
11,051
6.23% of valid votes
Result, 2011
Runner-up
AIFBGOBINDA CHANDRA ROY
- Votes
- 75,222
- Vote share
- 42.41%
- Behind by
- 11,051
Electors
2,08,102
Total votes polled
1,77,363
Valid votes
1,77,363
NOTA votes
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Turnout
85.2%
Full result, 2011
7 candidates · 1,77,363 valid votes
SUKHBILAS BARMAINCwon
86,273
48.6%
GOBINDA CHANDRA ROYAIFB
75,222
42.4%
SISIR KANTI MONDALBJP
6,108
3.4%
JIBAN KRISHNA MAJUMDERBSP
3,213
1.8%
LAXMI KANTA ROYIND
2,773
1.6%
HARIBHAKTA SARDARSUCI
1,930
1.1%
MAHADEB CHANDRA DASAMB
1,844
1.0%
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
