| Kumargram | |
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| Constituency No. 10 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kumargram Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Alipurduar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alipurduars |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 272,924 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kumargarm Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inAlipurduar district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled tribes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 10 Kumargram (ST) coversKumargramcommunity development block and Bhatibari, Kohinoor, Mahakalguri Parokata, Samuktala, Tatpara I and Turturigram panchayats inAlipurduar II community development block.[1]
Kumargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 2Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Pijushkanti Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Debabrata Chatterjee | ||
| 1977 | John Arther Baxla | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1982 | Subodh Oraon | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Salib Toppo | ||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Dasrath Tirkey | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2014^ | Manoj Kumar Oraon | ||
| 2016 | James Kujur | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Manoj Kumar Oraon | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
In the2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Kumar Oraon of BJP defeated his nearest rival Leos Kujur of TMC.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Manoj Kumar Oraon | 111,974 | 48.16 | Winner | |
| AITC | Leos Kujur | 1,00,973 | 43.43 | ||
| RSP | Kishor Minz | 11,253 | 4.84 | ||
| Independent | Aron Murmu | 1,781 | 0.77 | ||
| Kamtapur People's Party | Shrilal Oron | 1,651 | 0.71 | ||
| JD(U) | Kalawati Chik Baraik | 1,399 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Shailen Marandi | 740 | 0.32 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,718 | 1.17 | ||
| Turnout | 2,32,489 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
In the2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, James Kujur of TMC defeated his nearest rival Manoj Kumar Oraon of RSP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | James Kujur | 77,668 | 37.27 | Winner | |
| RSP | Manoj Kumar Oraon | 71,515 | 34.32 | ||
| BJP | Leos Kujur | 45,137 | 21.66 | ||
| JMM | Vinay Kr. Minj | 3,296 | 1.58 | ||
| BSP | Eliash Narjinary | 2,737 | 1.31 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Ram Oraon | 2,179 | 1.05 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 5,874 | 2.82 | ||
| Majority | 6,153 | 2.95 | |||
| Turnout | 2,08,406 | 85.64 | |||
| AITCgain fromRSP | Swing | ||||
In the bye-elections held in 2014, Manoj Kumar Oraon ofRSP defeatedJoachim Baxla ofAITC by 2,667 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Manoj Kumar Oraon | 65,634 | 34.79 | ||
| AITC | Joachim Baxla | 62,967 | 33.38 | ||
| BJP | Binod Minj | 44,039 | 23.34 | ||
| INC | Clement Dungdung | 16,020 | 8.49 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,377 | |||
| Majority | 2,677 | 1.35 | |||
| Turnout | 197,414 | 96.04 | |||
| RSPhold | Swing | ||||
In the2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Dasrath Tirkey of RSP defeated his nearest rival Joachim Baxla of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Dasrath Tirkey | 71,545 | 40.84 | Winner | |
| AITC | Joachim Baxla | 58,964 | 33.66 | ||
| JMM | Vinay Kumar Minj | 18,784 | 10.72 | ||
| BJP | Hopna Soren | 12,488 | 7.13 | ||
| Independent | Hira Charan Narjinari | 4,687 | 2.68 | ||
| Independent | Sanjib Kumar Narjinari | 2,960 | 1.69 | ||
| BSP | Eliash Narjinary | 2,782 | 1.59 | ||
| Independent | Khulu Saren | 1,751 | 1.00 | ||
| Rashtriya Deshaj Party | Sushila Lakra | 1,220 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 12,581 | 7.18 | |||
| Turnout | 1,75,181 | 85.22 | |||
| RSPhold | Swing | ||||
Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the2006 and2001 state assembly elections, Dasrath Tirkey ofRSP defeated Swapan Kujur and Paresh Chandra Das respectively, bothTrinamool Congress. Salib Toppo of RSP defeated Krishna Chik Baraik ofCongress in 1996 and Dudsai Topp of Congress in 1991.Subodh Oraon of RSP defeated Khagendra Nath Thakur of Congress in 1987. Subodh Oraon of RSP defeated Dutsai Toppo of Congress in 1982. John Arther Baxla of RSP defeated Konda Bhagat of Congress in 1977.
Debabrata Chatterjee of Congress won in 1972. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that the Kumargram seat was not there. In1962 and1957, Pijush Kanti Mukherjee of Congress won from theAlipurduars Assembly constituency. Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Alipurduars was a joint seat. Pijush Kanti Mukherjee and Dhirandra Nath Brahma Mandal won from there.
