| Tufanganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 9 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Tufanganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alipurduars |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 234,311 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Tufanganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inCooch Behar district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 9 Tufanganj Assembly constituency coversTufanganj municipality,Tufanganj IIcommunity development block, and Andaran Fulbari I, Balabhut, Dhalpal I, Nakkatigachhgram panchayats ofTufanganj I community development block.[1]
Tufanganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 2Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Jiban Krishna Dey | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Sankar Sen Ishore | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Akshay Kumar Barma | ||
| 1971 | Sisir Isore | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Manindra Nath Barma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Debendranath Barman | ||
| 1996 | Puspa Chandra Das | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Alaka Barman | ||
| 2011 | Arghya Roy Pradhan | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Fazal Karim Miah | ||
| 2021 | Malati Rava Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
In the2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Malati Rava Roy of BJP defeated her nearest rival Pranab Kumar Dey of TMC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Malati Rava Roy | 114,503 | 54.69 | Winner | |
| AITC | Pranab Kumar Dey | 83,305 | 39.79 | ||
| INC | Rabin Roy | 5,973 | 2.85 | ||
| Independent | Sushil Chandra Das | 1,461 | 0.70 | ||
| Independent | Prahallad Layek | 601 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Dhananjay Barman | 552 | 0.26 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Bhola Saha | 491 | 0.23 | ||
| AMB | Jiban Kumar Saha | 423 | 0.20 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,069 | 0.99 | ||
| Turnout | 2,09,378 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
In the2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Fazal Karim Miah of TMC defeated his nearest rival Shyamal Chowdhury of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Fazal Karim Miah | 85,052 | 44.21 | Winner | |
| INC | Shyamal Chowdhury | 69,782 | 36.27 | ||
| BJP | Bivas Sen Ishore | 30,048 | 15.62 | ||
| Independent | Manoj Kumar Mandal | 1,958 | 1.02 | ||
| KPP | Nubash Barman | 1,744 | 0.91 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Santana Datta | 1,320 | 0.69 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,498 | 1.30 | ||
| Majority | 15,270 | 7.94 | |||
| Turnout | 1,92,402 | 90.09 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Arghya Roy Pradhan of TMC defeated his nearest rival Dhananjoy Rava of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Arghya Roy Pradhan | 73,721 | 45.02 | Winner | |
| CPI(M) | Dhanonjoy Rava | 67,539 | 41.24 | ||
| BJP | Bimal Kumar Sarkar | 17,220 | 10.52 | ||
| Independent | Shiben Barman | 2,817 | 1.72 | ||
| Independent | Ganesh Dakua | 2,463 | 1.50 | ||
| Majority | 6,182 | 3.78 | |||
| Turnout | 1,63,760 | 89.37 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the2006 state assembly elections, Alaka Barman ofCPI(M) won the 9 Tufanganj (SC) Assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Malati Rava (Ray) ofBJP. 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 representingTrinamool Congress in 2001 and representingCongress 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.
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. In1962 and1957, it was an open seat. Jiban Krishna Dey ofCPI won in 1962. Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker of Congress won in 1957.
