Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal
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Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 3 Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency are in Jalpaiguri district, one assembly segment is in Cooch Behar district. The constituency has reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) since 2009.
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesMekliganj
Dhupguri
Maynaguri
Jalpaiguri
Rajganj
Dabgram-Phulbari
Mal
Dhupguri
Maynaguri
Jalpaiguri
Rajganj
Dabgram-Phulbari
Mal
| Jalpaiguri WB-3 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Mekliganj Dhupguri Maynaguri Jalpaiguri Rajganj Dabgram-Phulbari Mal |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 18,85,963 (2024)[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 3 Jalpaiguri, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]
| No | Name | Reservation | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mekliganj | SC | Cooch Behar | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | AITC | AITC | ||
| 15 | Dhupguri | Jalpaiguri | Nirmal Chandra Roy | BJP | ||||
| 16 | Maynaguri | Kaushik Roy | BJP | |||||
| 17 | Jalpaiguri | Pradip Kumar Barma | AITC | |||||
| 18 | Rajganj | Khageswar Roy | AITC | |||||
| 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | None | Shikha Chatterjee | BJP | BJP | |||
| 20 | Mal | ST | Bulu Chik Baraik | AITC | AITC | |||
Members of Parliament
Election results
General election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jayanta Kumar Roy | 766,568 | 48.58 |  2.07 | |
| AITC | Nirmal Chandra Roy | 679,875 | 43.07 |  4.68 | |
| CPI(M) | Debraj Barman | 74,092 | 4.69 | 0.38 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 16,848 | 1.07 | ||
| Independent | Shipra Roy Hakim | 9,907 | 0.63 |  | |
| Majority | 86,693 | ||||
| Turnout | 15,78,389 | 83.66 | 2.85 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jayanta Kumar Roy | 760,145 | 50.65 | +33.63 | |
| AITC | Bijoy Chandra Barman | 576,141 | 38.39 | +0.39 | |
| CPI(M) | Bhagirath Chandra Roy | 76,054 | 5.07 | −27.58 | |
| INC | Mani Kumar Darnal | 28,488 | 1.90 | −4.83 | |
| BSP | Jiban Krishna Majumder | 8,134 | 0.54 | −0.39 | |
| AMB | Khushi Ranjan Mondal | 2,205 | 0.15 | −0.07 | |
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | Ranjit Kumar Roy | 1,899 | 0.13 | ||
| Kamtapur People's Party (United) | Subal Chandra Roy | 2,685 | 0.18 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Haribhakta Sardar | 4,692 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Sachimohan Barman | 3,413 | 0.23 | ||
| Independent | Subhash Biswas | 10,857 | 0.72 | ||
| Independent | Harekrishna Sarkar | 6,095 | 0.41 | ||
| Majority | 184,004 | 12.26 | |||
| Turnout | 1,501,379 | 86.51 | |||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +16.62 | |||
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Bijoy Chandra Barman | 494,773 | 38.00 | +38.00 | |
| CPI(M) | Mahendra Kumar Roy | 425,167 | 32.65 | −12.89 | |
| BJP | Satyalal Sarkar | 221,593 | 17.02 | +7.87 | |
| INC | Sukhbilas Barma | 87,588 | 6.73 | −30.24 | |
| BSP | Kshitish Chandra Mandal | 12,147 | 0.93 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Haribhakta Sardar | 9,283 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | Subhas Biswas | 8,545 | 0.66 | ||
| RPI | Harekrishna Sarkar | 7,636 | 0.59 | ||
| RJP | Haripada Barman | 6,608 | 0.51 | ||
| BMP | Dilip Sarkar | 4,900 | 0.38 | ||
| RJSP | Dhritiman Roy | 4,501 | 0.35 | ||
| AMB | Dhirendra Nath Roy | 2,835 | 0.22 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 16,541 | 1.27 | −−− | |
| Majority | 69,606 | 5.35 | −3.22 | ||
| Turnout | 13,02,117 | 85.02 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Mahendra Kumar Roy | 469,613 | 45.54 | ||
| INC | Sukhbilas Barma | 381,242 | 36.97 | ||
| BJP | Dwipendra Nath Pramanik | 94,373 | 9.15 | ||
| NCP | Dr. Dhirendra Nath Das | 25,308 | 2.45 | ||
| Independent | Hari Bhakta Sardar | 19,295 | 1.87 | ||
| BSP | Santi Kumar Sarkar | 14,802 | 1.44 | ||
| Independent | Prithwiraj Roy | 8,271 | 0.80 | ||
| SWJP | Satyen Prasad Roy | 6,471 | 0.52 | ||
| Independent | Chinmay Sarkar | 6,206 | 0.60 | ||
| AMB | Pabitra Moitra | 5,709 | 0.55 | ||
| Majority | 88,371 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,031,290 | 82.36 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General elections 1962-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below: