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JALPAIGURI

Constituency no. 3 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.

West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called JALPAIGURI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.

Every election in this seat

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginMargin %CandidatesTurnout
2024BJPDR JAYANTA KUMAR ROYAITCNIRMAL CHANDRA ROY86,6935.49%12
2019BJPDr. JAYANTA KUMAR ROYAITCBIJOY CHANDRA BARMAN1,84,00412.26%1286.5%
2014AITCBIJOY CHANDRA BARMANCPMMAHENDRA KUMAR ROY69,6065.35%1285.0%
2009CPMMAHENDRA KUMAR ROYINCBARMA SUKHBILAS88,3718.57%1082.4%
20041973 boundariesCPMMinati SenAITCParash Dutta1,80,60520.29%1080.6%
19991973 boundariesCPMMinati SenAITCKalyan Chakraborty1,08,93713.10%975.5%
19981973 boundariesCPMMINATI SENWBTCKALYAN CHAKRABORTY1,74,97520.14%880.0%
19961973 boundariesCPMJITENDRA NATH DASINCDEB PRASAD ROY1,12,46212.60%1283.8%
19911973 boundariesCPMJITENDRA NATH DASINCTUSHAR KANTI CHOUDHURI1,14,35615.74%976.5%
19891973 boundariesCPMMANIK SANYALINCSRIRAM SINGH1,12,12815.38%1077.9%
19841973 boundariesCPMMANIK SANYALINCARUN MOITRA33,1725.86%775.6%
19801973 boundariesCPMSUBODH SENINC(I)SRIRAM SINGH90,39620.96%965.7%
19771973 boundariesINDKHAGENDRA NATH DASGUPTAINCMAYA RAY57,69819.04%457.2%
19711966 boundariesINCTUNA ORAONCPMBIRSEN KUJAR52,96718.34%759.1%
19671966 boundariesINCB. N. KATHAMINDA. H. BESTERWITCH16,8886.11%461.7%
19621961 boundariesINCNALINI RANJAN GHOSHRSPSAROJ KUMAR CHAKRABARTY24,5939.48%349.8%

Rows are matched by constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.

Who won the JALPAIGURI constituency in 2024?

DR JAYANTA KUMAR ROY (BJP) won JALPAIGURI in 2024, by a margin of 86,693 votes.

Which party has won JALPAIGURI the most times?

CPM, with 9 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.

How many times has JALPAIGURI gone to the polls?

16 times, from 1962 to 2024.

Who has won JALPAIGURI the most times?

Minati Sen, with 2 wins between 1999 and 2004.

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