Tufanganj Assembly constituency
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Tufanganj
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Tufanganj.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Tufanganj Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = Malati Rava Roy
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = 2021
| state = West Bengal
| district = Cooch Behar
| loksabha_cons = Alipurduars
| constituency_no = 9
| established = 1951
| electors = 234,311
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}
Tufanganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 9 Tufanganj Assembly constituency covers Tufanganj municipality, Tufanganj II community development block, and Andaran Fulbari I, Balabhut, Dhalpal I, Nakkatigachh gram panchayats of Tufanganj I community development block.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 20 June 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission}}
Tufanganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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| style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center; background-color:#EAECF0;"
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Election ! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Name of M.L.A. ! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" Colspan=2| Party Affiliation |
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| style="color:#0645AD;" | 1952 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00bfff;" | | rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | Indian National Congress |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | 1957 |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | 1962 | style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Jiban Krishna Dey | style="background-color:#cf2822;" | | style="color:#0645AD;" | Communist Party of India |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | 1967 | style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Sankar Sen Ishore | rowspan="4" style="background-color:#00bfff;" | | rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Indian National Congress |
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | 1969
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Akshay Kumar Barma |
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | 1971
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Sisir Isore |
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | 1972 |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | 1977 | rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Manindra Nath Barma | rowspan="7" style="background-color:#ff1d15;" | | rowspan="7" style="color:#0645AD;" | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | 1982 |
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | 1987 |
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | 1991
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Debendranath Barman |
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | 1996
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Puspa Chandra Das |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | 2001 |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | 2006
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Alaka Barman |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | 2011 | style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Arghya Roy Pradhan | rowspan="2" style="background-color:#20c646;" | | rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | All India Trinamul Congress |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | 2016
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Fazal Karim Miah |
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | 2021 | style="color:#0645AD;" | Malati Rava Roy | style="background-color:#ff9933;" | | style="color:#0645AD;" | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election results
=2021=
In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Malati Rava Roy of BJP defeated her nearest rival Pranab Kumar Dey of TMC.
{{Election box begin | title= 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Malati Rava Roy
|votes = 1,14,503
|percentage = 54.69
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Pranab Kumar Dey
|votes = 83,305
|percentage = 39.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rabin Roy
|votes = 5,973
|percentage = 2.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sushil Chandra Das
|votes = 1,461
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Prahallad Layek
|votes = 601
|percentage = 0.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dhananjay Barman
|votes = 552
|percentage = 0.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Bhola Saha
|votes = 491
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Jiban Kumar Saha
|votes = 423
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,069
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,09,378
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016=
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Fazal Karim Miah of TMC defeated his nearest rival Shyamal Chowdhury of Congress.
{{Election box begin | title= 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Fazal Karim Miah
|votes = 85,052
|percentage = 44.21
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Shyamal Chowdhury
|votes = 69,782
|percentage = 36.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bivas Sen Ishore
|votes = 30,048
|percentage = 15.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Manoj Kumar Mandal
|votes = 1,958
|percentage = 1.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = KPP
|candidate = Nubash Barman
|votes = 1,744
|percentage = 0.91
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Santana Datta
|votes = 1,320
|percentage = 0.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,498
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15,270
|percentage = 7.94
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,92,402
|percentage = 90.09
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2011=
In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Arghya Roy Pradhan of TMC defeated his nearest rival Dhananjoy Rava of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Arghya Roy Pradhan
|votes = 73,721
|percentage = 45.02
|change = Winner
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Dhanonjoy Rava
|votes = 67,539
|percentage = 41.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bimal Kumar Sarkar
|votes = 17,220
|percentage = 10.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shiben Barman
|votes = 2,817
|percentage = 1.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ganesh Dakua
|votes = 2,463
|percentage = 1.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,182
|percentage = 3.78
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,63,760
|percentage = 89.37
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=1972-2006=
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Alaka Barman of CPI(M) won the 9 Tufanganj (SC) Assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Malati Rava (Ray) of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Puspa Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Sachindra Chandra Das representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and representing Congress in 1996. Debendranath Barman of CPI(M) defeated Mahesh Chandra Barman of Congress in 1991. Manindranath Barma of CPI(M) defeated Sisir Isore of Congress in 1987, Sankar Sen Ishore of Congress in 1982 and Surendra Narayan Roy Kungar of Congress in 1977.
=1957-1972=
During 1967 to 1972 Tufanganj was a reserved seat for SC. Sisir Isore of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Akshay Kumar Barma of Congress won in 1969. I.S.Sen of Congress won in 1967. In 1962 and 1957, it was an open seat. Jiban Krishna Dey of CPI won in 1962. Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker of Congress won in 1957.
References
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Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal
Category:Politics of Cooch Behar district