| Alipurduars WB-2 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Alipurduars Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Tufanganj Kumargram Kalchini Alipurduars Falakata Madarihat Nagrakata |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 17,73,252 (2024)[1] |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543parliamentary constituencies inIndia. The constituency centres onAlipurduar inWest Bengal. While five assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency are inAlipurduar district, one segment is inCooch Behar district and one segment is inJalpaiguri district. The seat is reserved forscheduled tribes.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of thedelimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 2 Alipurduars, reserved forScheduled tribes (ST), is composed of the followingassembly segments from 2009:[2]
| No | Name | Reservation | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Tufanganj | None | Cooch Behar | Malati Rava Roy | BJP | BJP | ||
| 10 | Kumargram | ST | Alipurduar | Manoj Kumar Oraon | ||||
| 11 | Kalchini | Bishal Lama | ||||||
| 12 | Alipurduars | None | Suman Kanjilal[a] | AITC | ||||
| 13 | Falakata | SC | Dipak Barman | BJP | ||||
| 14 | Madarihat | ST | Jay Prakash Toppo | AITC | ||||
| 21 | Nagrakata | Jalpaiguri | Puna Bhengra | BJP | AITC | |||
| Year | Name[3][4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 1977 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1977 | Pius Tirkey | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Joachim Baxla | ||
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Manohar Tirkey | ||
| 2014 | Dasrath Tirkey | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2019 | John Barla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2024 | Manoj Tigga | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Manoj Tigga | 695,314 | 48.92 |  5.48 | |
| AITC | Prakash Chik Baraik | 6,19,867 | 43.61 |  6.89 | |
| RSP | Mili Oraon | 39,709 | 2.79 | 0.12 | |
| Independent | Parimal Oraon | 12,584 | 0.89 | New | |
| Independent | Arjun Indwar | 11,122 | 0.78 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 21,298 | 1.5 | 0.03 | |
| Majority | 75,447 | 5.3 | |||
| Turnout | 14,21,389 | 79.76 | 4.03 | ||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | John Barla | 750,804 | 54.40 | +27.10 | |
| AITC | Dasrath Tirkey | 506,815 | 36.72 | +7.26 | |
| RSP | Mili Oraon | 54,010 | 3.91 | −23.81 | |
| INC | Mohanlal Basumata | 27,427 | 1.99 | −7.50 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 21,175 | 1.53 | −0.09 | |
| Majority | 243,989 | 17.68 | |||
| Turnout | 1,381,176 | 83.79 | +0.61 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,648,383 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | +9.92 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dasrath Tirkey | 362,453 | 29.46 | +0.32 | |
| RSP | Manohar Tirkey | 3,41,056 | 27.72 | −13.50 | |
| BJP | Birendra Bara Oraon | 3,35,857 | 27.30 | +5.90 | |
| INC | Joseph Munda | 1,16,718 | 9.49 | +9.49 | |
| BSP | Eliash Narjinary | 11,039 | 0.90 | ||
| Independent | Paul Dexion Khariya | 10,450 | 0.85 | ||
| Independent | Kapin Ch. Boro | 7,676 | 0.63 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Subash Chik Baraik | 7,131 | 0.58 | ||
| RJSP | Ishabela Kujur | 5,961 | 0.49 | ||
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | Bilkan Bara | 5,340 | 0.44 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 19,885 | 1.62 | −−− | |
| Majority | 21,397 | 1.74 | −10.34 | ||
| Turnout | 13,32,409 | 83.18 | |||
| AITCgain fromRSP | Swing | -6.43 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Manohar Tirkey | 384,890 | 41.22 | ||
| AITC | Paban Kumar Lakra | 272,068 | 29.14 | ||
| BJP | Manoj Tigga | 199,843 | 21.40 | ||
| Independent | Joachim Baxla | 18,855 | 2.02 | ||
| Independent | Pauldexion Khariya | 16,856 | 1.81 | ||
| BSP | Elias Narjinary | 14,155 | 1.52 | ||
| SWJP | Bilkan Bara | 9,659 | 1.03 | ||
| Independent | Thaddeus Lakra | 8,750 | 0.94 | ||
| Independent | Kamal Lama | 8,658 | 0.93 | ||
| Turnout | 933,734 | 75.96 | |||
| RSPhold | Swing | ||||
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |
| 1977 | Pius Tirkey | Revolutionary Socialist Party | Tuna Oraon | Indian National Congress[9] |
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I)[10] | |||
| 1984 | Philip Minj | Indian National Congress[11] | ||
| 1989 | Denis Lakra | |||
| 1991 | Philip Minj | |||
| 1996 | Joachim Baxla | Pius Tirkey | ||
| 1998 | Dhirendra Narjinarai | Bharatiya Janata Party[12] | ||
| 1999 | Dhirendra Narjinarai | |||
| 2004 | Manoj Tigga | |||