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, 2021
DR. PRADIP KUMAR BARMA
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2021
941
0.42% of valid votes
Result, 2021
Runner-up
BJPSOUJIT SINGHA (PIKU)
- Votes
- 94,727
- Vote share
- 41.93%
- Behind by
- 941
Electors
2,68,201
Total votes polled
2,25,933
Valid votes
2,25,933
NOTA votes
3,381
1.50% of votes polled
Turnout
84.2%
Full result, 2021
10 candidates · 2,25,933 valid votes
DR. PRADIP KUMAR BARMAAITCwon
95,668
42.3%
SOUJIT SINGHA (PIKU)BJP
94,727
41.9%
SUKHBILAS BARMAINC
24,228
10.7%
SUBHASH KUMAR SARKARBSP
1,609
0.7%
RAKHI SARKARIND
1,556
0.7%
HAREKRISHNA SARKARIND
1,147
0.5%
ISWAR BARAIAMRABANGALEE
1,011
0.5%
HARIDAS BISWASIND
962
0.4%
PALENDRA NATH ROYSUCI
898
0.4%
PRAHLAD ROYIND
746
0.3%
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
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the JALPAIGURI assembly constituency in 2026?
Ananta Deb Adhikary (BJP) won JALPAIGURI in 2026, by a margin of 68,805 votes.
Which party has won JALPAIGURI the most times?
INC, with 9 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has JALPAIGURI gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2026.
Who has won JALPAIGURI the most times?
ANUPAM SEN, with 4 wins between 1971 and 1996.
