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Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Matigara-Naxalbari | |
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Constituency No. 25 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Darjeeling |
LS constituency | Darjeeling |
Established | 2011 |
Total electors | 287,565 |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | BJP |
Elected year | 2021 |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 25 Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency (SC) covers Naxalbari community development block, and Atharakhai, Champasari (excluding villages Sitong Forest, Sivoke Hill Forest and Sivoke Forest), Matigara I, Matigara II, Patharghata gram panchayats of Matigara community development block.[1]
Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2011 | Sankar Malakar | Indian National Congress | |
2016 | |||
2021 | Anandamoy Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Anandamoy Barman of BJP defeated his nearest rival Rajen Sundas of TMC.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Anandamoy Barman | 139,785 | 58.10 | Winner | |
AITC | Rajen Sundas | 68,937 | 28.65 | ||
INC | Sankar Malakar | 23,060 | 9.58 | ||
Independent | Rakesh Mondal | 2,046 | 0.85 | ||
BSP | Sudip Mandal | 1,577 | 0.66 | ||
SUCI(C) | Harish Chandra Barman | 1,274 | 0.53 | ||
None of the Above | None of the Above | 3,912 | 1.63 | ||
Majority | 70,848 | 29.45 | |||
Turnout | 2,40,591 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sankar Malakar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Amar Sinha of TMC.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Sankar Malakar | 86,441 | 41.28 | Winner | |
AITC | Amar Sinha | 67,814 | 32.39 | ||
BJP | Anandamoy Barman | 44,625 | 21.31 | ||
KPP | Bidur Barman | 2,464 | 1.18 | ||
BSP | Sudip Mandal | 1,849 | 0.88 | ||
Independent | Goutam Kirtania | 1,739 | 0.83 | ||
SUCI(C) | Kshitish Chandra Roy | 1,138 | 0.54 | ||
None of the Above | None of the Above | 3,307 | 1.58 | ||
Majority | 18,627 | 8.90 | |||
Turnout | 2,09,377 | 83.95 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sankar Malakar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Jharen Roy of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Sankar Malakar | 74,334 | 45.19 | Winner | |
CPI(M) | Jharen Roy | 67,501 | 41.04 | ||
Kamtapur Progressive Party | Atul Chandra Roy | 11,906 | 7.24 | ||
BJP | Asim Sarkar | 7,351 | 4.47 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Dipu Haldar | 3,391 | 2.06 | ||
Majority | 6,833 | 4.16 | |||
Turnout | 1,64,483 | 84.76 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
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