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, 2016
SUKHBILAS BARMA
INC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2016
5,157
2.48% of valid votes
Result, 2016
Runner-up
AITCDHARTTIMOHAN ROY
- Votes
- 89,396
- Vote share
- 42.93%
- Behind by
- 5,157
Electors
2,41,740
Total votes polled
2,08,216
Valid votes
2,08,216
NOTA votes
3,383
1.62% of votes polled
Turnout
86.1%
Full result, 2016
5 candidates · 2,08,216 valid votes
SUKHBILAS BARMAINCwon
94,553
45.4%
DHARTTIMOHAN ROYAITC
89,396
42.9%
TAPAN ROYBJP
16,029
7.7%
HARIBHAKTA SARDARSUCI
2,586
1.2%
GANESH MANDALBSP
2,269
1.1%
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
