Tapan Assembly constituency

Tapan is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Tapan
Constituency No. 40 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Tapan Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Balurghat
Established	1962
Total electors	220,236
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Budhrai Tudu
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 40 Tapan Assembly constituency (ST) covers Dwip Khanda, Gophanagar, Harsura, Malancha and Tapan Chandipur gram panchayats of Tapan community development block, and Boaldar, Chak Vrigu, Jalghar, Bolla, Danga, Gopalbati, Najirpur and Patiram gram panchayats of Balurghat community development block,^[1]

Tapan Assembly constituency (ST) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Tapan	Nathaniel Murmu	Revolutionary Socialist Party[2]
1967		Nathaniel Murmu	Revolutionary Socialist Party [3]
1969		Nathanel Murmu	Revolutionary Socialist Party[4]
1971		Patrash Hembram	Indian National Congress[5]
1972		Patrash Hembrom	Indian National Congress[6]
1977		Nathaniel Murmu	Revolutionary Socialist Party[7]
1982		Khara Soren	Revolutionary Socialist Party[8]
1987		Khara Soren	Revolutionary Socialist Party[9]
1991		Khara Soren	Revolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1996		Khara Soren	Revolutionary Socialist Party[11]
2001		Khara Soren	Revolutionary Socialist Party[12]
2006		Khara Soren	Revolutionary Socialist Party[13]
2011		Bachchu Hansda	All India Trinamool Congress[14]
2006		Bachchu Hansda	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Budhrai Tudu	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021 Election

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Budhrai Tudu of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Kalpana Kisku of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tapan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Budhrai Tudu	84,381	45.29	+33.19
	AITC	Kalpana Kisku	82,731	44.41	+1.63
	RSP	Raghu Urow	12,088	6.49	−33.70
	BSP	Bablu Kisku	2,146	1.15	+0.02
	NOTA	None of the above	1,703	0.91	−1.51
	BMP	Albinus Hasda	1,315	0.71
	KPPU	Nipesh Tirki	1,125	0.60
	SUCI(C)	Kalicharan Ekka	820	0.44	−0.33
Turnout			186,309	89.42	+0.58
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016 Election

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Bachchu Hansda of TMC defeated his nearest rival Raghu Urow of RSP.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bachchu Hansda	72,511	42.78	−8.83
	RSP	Raghu Urow	68,110	40.19	+1.83
	BJP	Krishna Kujur	20,510	12.10	+7.47
	NOTA	None of the above	4,101	2.42
	BSP	Bablu Kisku	1,913	1.13	−0.24
	SUCI(C)	Kalicharan Ekka	1,298	0.77
	CPI(ML)L	Ram Kisku	1,045	0.62	−0.15
Turnout			169,488	88.84	+3.20
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Bachchu Hansda of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Khara Soren of RSP.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Tapan (ST) constituency^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bachchu Hansda	72,643	51.61
	RSP	Khara Soren	53,986	38.36	−18.43
	BJP	Colombas Tirki	6,518	4.63
	BSP	Nitai Kisku	1,931	1.37
	JMM	Bajal Soren	1,686
	Independent	Sobindra Nath Mahato	1,670
	Independent	Ukil Kujur	1,238
	CPI(ML)L	Rayman Kisku	1,081	0.77
Turnout			140,753	89.78
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing	#

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

Khara Soren of RSP won the Tapan (ST) assembly seat six times in a row, defeating his nearest rivals Columbus Tirkey of BJP in 2006,^[13] Anony Uraw of Trinamool Congress in 2001,^[12] Lakshmi Ram Hembram of Congress in 1996^[11] and 1991,^[10] Japan Bhonajala of Congress in 1987,^[9] and Japan Hasda of Congress in 1982.^[8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Natheniel Murmu of RSP defeated Sebastian Tudu of Congress in 1977.^[7][16]

1962–1972

Patrash Hembram of Congress won in 1972^[6] and 1971.^[5] Nathaniel Murmu of RSP/ Independent, won in 1969,^[4] 1967^[3] and 1962.^[2] Prior to the Tapan seat was not there.