Madarihat Assembly constituency

Madarihat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Madarihat
Constituency No. 14 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Madarihat Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Alipurduar
LS constituency	Alipurduars
Established	1962
Total electors	212,651
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jay Prakash Toppo
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 14 Madarihat Assembly constituency (ST) covers Madarihat-Birpara community development block and Binnaguri and Sakoyajhora I gram panchayats of Dhupguri community development block.^[1]

Madarihat Assembly constituency (ST) is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	A.H. Besterwitch		Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
1967	D. N. Rai		Indian National Congress
1969	A.H. Besterwitch		Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
1971
1972
1977
1982	Sushil Kujur
1987
1991
1996
2001	Kumari Kujur
2006
2011
2016	Manoj Tigga		Bharatiya Janata Party
2021

Election results

2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Madarihat^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Jay Prakash Toppo	79,186	54.05	17.49
	BJP	Rahul Lohar	51,018	34.83	19.52
	Independent	Budhiman Lama (Tamang)	5,061	3.45	New
	RSP	Padam Oraon	3,412	2.33	1.91
	INC	Bikash Champramary	3,023	2.06	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,856
Majority			28,168
Turnout			144,556
	AITC gain from BJP		Swing

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Tigga of BJP defeated his nearest rival Rajesh Lakra of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Madarihat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	90,718	54.35	Winner
	AITC	Rajesh Lakra	61,033	36.56
	RSP	Subhas Lohar	7,072	4.24
	BSP	Uttam Barua	1,696	1.02
	BTP	Vivek Pradeep Tete	1,540	0.92
	NPP	Panchu Oraon	1,272	0.76
	SUCI(C)	Sudhist Baraik	967	0.58
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,622	1.57
Majority			29,685	17.79
Turnout			1,66,920
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Tigga of BJP defeated his nearest rival Padam Lama of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Madarihat (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	66,989	43.98	Winner
	AITC	Padam Lama	44,951	29.51
	RSP	Kumari Kujur	29,885	19.62
	JMM	Padam Oraon	3,089	2.03
	SUCI(C)	Sudhist Baraik	2,319	1.52
	None of the Above	None of the above	5,068	3.32
Majority			22,038	14.47
Turnout			1,52,301	79.45
	BJP gain from RSP		Swing

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Kumari Kujur of RSP defeated her nearest rival Manoj Tigga of BJP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Madarihat (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Kumari Kujur	42,539	31.93	Winner
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	34,630	26.00
	INC	Atul Subba	26,027	19.54
	JMM	Jerome Lakra	22,541	16.92
	Independent	Ramesh Oraon	4,923	3.70
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Samir Beck	2,553	1.92
Majority			7,909	5.93
Turnout			1,33,213	82.57
	RSP hold		Swing

1977-2006

In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Kumari Kujur of RSP won the 14 Madarihat assembly seat (ST) defeating her nearest rivals Atul Suba of Congress and Narendra Nath Karjee of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sushil Kujur of RSP defeated Pushpa Rani Lily Kindo of Congress in 1996, Tuna Toppo of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Jagat Baria of Congress in 1982. A.H. Besterwitch of RSP defeated Dhirendra Narjinary of Congress in 1977.

1962–1972

A.H. Besterwitch of RSP won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. D.N.Rai of Congress won in 1967. A.H.Besterwich of RSP won in 1962.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
2. The Hindu (23 November 2024). "West Bengal bypolls: Trinamool Congress sweeps bypolls in six Assembly seats". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.