ALIPURDUARS
Constituency no. 2 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Lok Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1977.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called ALIPURDUARS. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 12 results.
Winner, 1999
Joachim Baxla
RSP
Elections held
13
1977–2024
Most successful party
RSP
won 10 of 13
Margin, 1999
1,53,133
20.13% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
BJPDhirendra Narjinarai
- Votes
- 2,36,786
- Vote share
- 31.12%
- Behind by
- 1,53,133
Electors
10,39,377
Total votes polled
7,60,862
Valid votes
7,60,862
NOTA votes
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Turnout
73.2%
Full result, 1999
6 candidates · 7,60,862 valid votes
Joachim BaxlaRSPwon
3,89,919
51.3%
Dhirendra NarjinaraiBJP
2,36,786
31.1%
Basanti BaraikINC
1,19,309
15.7%
Rabindra Kumar BrahmaIND
7,403
1.0%
Ram Pratap BaraikIND
5,199
0.7%
Kolha BaraikNCP
2,246
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | MANOJ TIGGA | BJP | 6,95,314 | 48.92% | PRAKASH CHIK BARAIK | 75,447 |
| 2019 | JOHN BARLA | BJP | 7,50,804 | 54.40% | DASRATH TIRKEY | 2,43,989 |
| 2014 | DASRATH TIRKEY | AITC | 3,62,453 | 29.62% | MANOHAR TIRKEY | 21,397 |
| 2009 | MANOHAR TIRKEY | RSP | 3,84,890 | 41.22% | PABAN KUMAR LAKRA | 1,12,822 |
| 2004 | Joachim Baxla | RSP | 3,84,252 | 45.70% | Manoj Tigga | 1,45,124 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
