Mal Assembly constituency

Mal (ST)
Mal (ST)
Constituency No. 20 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Jalpaiguri
Lok Sabha constituency	Jalpaiguri (SC)
Established	1951
Total electors	238,092
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sukra Munda
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2026

Mal (ST) is a West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

CountryIndia

RegionEast India

StateWest Bengal

DistrictJalpaiguri

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Most Successful parties from Mal (ST) assembly

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (8 times) (42.2%)
Indian National Congress (7 times) (36.8%)
All India Trinamool Congress (2 times) (10.5%)
Communist Party of India (1 time) (5.26%)
Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) (5.26%)

Year	Member
1951	Sasadhar Kar	Indian National Congress
1951	Munda Antoni Topno	Indian National Congress
1957	Mangru Bhagat	Communist Party of India
1957	Budhu Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1962	Barendra Krishna Bhowmick
1967	Antony Topno
1969
1971
1972
1977	Mohanlal Oraon	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991	Jagannath Oraon
1996	Jagannath Oraon
2001	Somra Lakra
2006	Somra Lakra
2011	Bulu Chik Baraik
2016		All India Trinamool Congress
2021		All India Trinamool Congress
2026	Sukra Munda	Bharatiya Janata Party


2026			49.94%
2021			46.46%
2016			44.28%
2011			39.69%
2006			48.09%
2001			51.50%
1996			54.79%
1991			55.59%
1987			57.09%
1982			64.33%
1977			42.97%
1972			61.81%
1971			32.65%
1969			56.96%
1967			54.34%
1962			52.08%
1957 (Seat-1)			22.92%
1957 (Seat-2)			21.70%
1952 (Seat-1)			28.61%
1952 (Seat-2)			28.15%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sukra Munda	112,095	49.94	6.04
	AITC	Bulu Chik Baraik	96,603	43.04	3.42
	CPI(M)	Manu Oraon	5,831	2.6	2.52
	INC	Rakesh Kujur	2,886	1.29	35.7
	IND	Chandan Lohara	1,490	0.66
	SUCI(C)	Shibnath Oraon	1,111	0.49	0.92
	IND	Manju Kerketta (Baraik)	818	0.36
	IND	Dipika Sabar	600	0.27
	NOTA	Nota	3,019	1.35	0.85
Majority			15,492	6.9	4.34
Turnout			224,453	94.27	10.83
Registered electors			238,092		6.84
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	4.73

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bulu Chik Baraik	99,086	46.46	2.18
	BJP	Mahesh Bagey	93,621	43.90	28.57
	CPI(M)	Manu Oraon	10,929	5.12	29.53
	NOTA	None of the above	4,699	2.20	0.03
	SUCI(C)	Gita Oraon	3,008	1.41	0.08
	IND	Bablu Majhi	1,912	0.90
Majority			5,465	2.56	7.07
Turnout			213,255	83.44	0.82
	AITC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Bulu Chik Baraik	84,877	44.28
	CPI(M)	Augustus Kerketta	66,415	34.65	5.04
	BJP	Mahesh Bage	29,380	15.33	12.13
	NOTA	None of the above	4,273	2.23
	BSP	Anjali Malo	4,168	2.17	0.37
	SUCI(C)	Jyotish Minj	2,553	1.33
Majority			18,462	9.63	6.93
Turnout			191,666	84.26	1.39
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Mal Assembly constituency

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Bulu Chik Baraik	62,037	39.69	8.40
	INC	Hiraman Oraon	57,821	36.99	2.82
	JMM	Ganga Beck	21,756	13.92
	IND	Shibani Oraon	5,724	3.66
	BJP	Baliram Ekka	5,006	3.20
	BSP	Anjali Malo	3,976	2.54
Majority			4,216	2.70	5.58
Turnout			156,320	85.65
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Somra Lakra	56,173	48.09	3.41
	INC	Turi Kol Munda	46,498	39.81	0.66
	AITC	Rabin Tirkey	6,842	5.86
	IND	Rita Kandulna (Munda)	6,773	5.80
Majority			9,675	8.28	4.07
Turnout			116,801
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Somra Lakra	53,683	51.50	3.29
	INC	Shyam Bhagat	40,811	39.15	1.16
	BJP	Kapil Kumar Tamba	9,752	9.35	6.03
Majority			12,872	12.35	2.13
Turnout			104,306	73.07	11.44
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jagannath Oraon	60,559	54.79	0.80
	INC	Turi Kule Munda	44,550	40.31	4.62
	BJP	Phanindra Lal Mutsuddy	3,672	3.32	2.99
	IND	Mahabir Orao	1,743	1.58
Majority			16,009	14.48	5.42
Turnout			115,504	84.51	10.48
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Jagannath Oraon	51,351	55.59	1.50
	INC	Shyam Bhagat	32,968	35.69	1.25
	BJP	Sukman Tirkey	5,828	6.31
	IND	Subrata Oraon	1,898	2.05
	IND	Soma Uraon	326	0.35
Majority			18,383	19.90	2.75
Turnout			96,449	74.03	7.59
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Mohanlal Oraon	39,564	57.09	7.24
	INC	Aao Kalandi	23,869	34.44	1.23
	IND	Birya Lakra	2,866	4.14
	IND	Somra Oraon	2,224	3.21
	IND	Sukman Tirkey	578	0.83
	IND	Arjun Oraon	201	0.29
Majority			15,695	22.65	6.01
Turnout			72,642	66.44	8.95
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Mohanlal Oraon	43,409	64.33	21.36
	INC	Sukman Tirkey	24,071	35.67	12.27
Majority			19,338	28.66	9.09
Turnout			71,449	75.39	19.40
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Mohan Lal Oraon	17,099	42.97	4.78
	INC	Antani Topno	9,314	23.40	38.41
	JP	Birendra Nath Katham	6,530	16.41
	CPI	Prem Oraon	4,816	12.10
	IND	Gyan Prokas Tete	2,038	5.12
Majority			7,785	19.57	4.05
Turnout			41,763	55.99	3.31
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Antoni Topno	25,939	61.81	29.16
	CPI(M)	Jagga Nath Oraon	16,030	38.19	14.67
Majority			9,909	23.62	14.49
Turnout			44,552	59.30	2.42
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Antoni Toppno	13,383	32.65	24.31
	CPI(M)	Jagarnath Oraon	9,640	23.52
	CPI	Arjun Oraon	9,006	21.97	8.40
	PSP	Guruchanran Oraon	3,349	8.17	2.69
	RSP	Elcio Minz	3,068	7.49
	IND	Aplu Oraon	1,687	4.12
	INC(O)	Sukhoo Bhagat	854	2.08
Majority			3,743	9.13	17.46
Turnout			44,894	61.72	0.57
	INC hold		Swing

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mal (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Antoni Topno	22,706	56.96	2.62
	CPI	Arjun Oraon	12,105	30.37	4.30
	PSP	Guru Charan Oraon	4,330	10.86	8.73
	LKD	Sukhoo Bhagat	400	1.00
	NDF	Tejaram Bhagat	320	0.80
Majority			10,601	26.59	1.68
Turnout			42,089	61.15	2.59
	INC hold		Swing

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mal (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Topna	22,095	54.34	2.26
	CPI	A. Oraon	10,600	26.07	0.25
	PSP	M. Bhakat	7,965	19.59	2.01
Majority			11,495	28.27	2.51
Turnout			43,976	63.74	6.18
	INC hold		Swing

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Barendra Krishna Bhowmik	18,528	52.08
	CPI	Debaprosad Ghose	9,364	26.32
	PSP	Ghanashyam Misra	7,683	21.60
Majority			9,164	25.76
Turnout			38,336	57.56
	INC win (new seat)

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mal (ST)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Budhu Bhagat	23,424	22.92
	CPI	Mangru Bhagat	22,177	21.70
	PSP	Ghanashyam Misra	21,728	21.26
	INC	Sasadhar Kar	20,215	19.78
	IND	Birendra Nath Katham	8,482	8.30
	IND	Joynam Munda	3,505	3.43
	IND	Chandra Sekhar Chowdhuri	2,654	2.60
Majority			1,247	1.22
Turnout			102,185	100.55
	INC gain from CPI		Swing
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Munda Antoni Topno	17,111	28.61
	INC	Sasadhar Kar	16,836	28.15
	Socialist	Ganashyam Misra	7,938	13.27
	KMPP	Devendra Mohan Sarkar	6,652	11.12
	Socialist	Jainu	6,398	10.70
	KMPP	Uraon Sukra Bhagat	4,878	8.16
Majority			275	0.46
Turnout			59,813	67.67
	INC win (new seat)