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Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Jalpaiguri is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, 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 and scheduled tribes, Scheduled castes (SC) since 2009. 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 and scheduled tribes, Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following segments from 2009: Members of Parliament Election results General election 2024 General election 2019 General election 2014 General election 2009 General elections 1962-2004 Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is 99,723,000. West Bengal is the List of states and union territories of India by population, fourth-most populous and List of states and union territories of India by area, thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the List of metropolitan areas in India, third-largest metropolis, and List of cities in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the fourth Lok Sabha, an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha. Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously, the last general election to do so. The incumbent Indian National Congress government retained power, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. Indira Gandhi was resworn in as the Prime Minister on 13 March. Background By 1967 economic growth in India had slowed – the 1961–1966 Five-Year Plan gave a target of 6% annual growth, but the actual growth rate was 2%. Under Lal Bahadur Shastri, the government's popularity was boosted after India prevailed in the 1965 War with Pakistan, but the war, along with the previous 1962 War with China, put a strain on the economy. Internal divisions were emerging in the Indian National Congress while its two popular leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri had both died. Indira Gand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, third Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his third and final election campaign. The Indian National Congress received 44.7% of the vote and won 361 of the 494 elected seats. This was only slightly lower than in the previous two elections and they still held over 70% of the seats in the Lok Sabha. Results State wise Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Gujrat * Gujrat was formed a new state in 1961 after separation from Bombay state. Madras By-elections In 1963 a by-election was held for the Bilaspur Lok Sabha constituency, Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat, which was at the time in Madhya Pradesh. The by-election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate Chandrabhan Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician), Chandrabhan Singh, with votes, against M. L. Shukla of Jana Sangh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulu Chik Baraik
Bulu Chik Baraik is the state legislative assembly member from Mal. He was elected as member of state legislative assembly in 2016 as All India Trinamool Congress Candidate. In 2011, he was elected as member of state legislative assembly as Communist Party of India (Marxist) Candidate. He was appointed the Minister of State (Independent Charge), Government of West Bengal for the Backward Classes Welfare Department and Tribal Department under the Third Banerjee Ministry. Early life He was a worker at Rungamatee Tea Estate in Jalpaiguri district. His father was Firu Chik Baraik. Career In 2011, he won election of Mal Assembly as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate. In 2016, he won the election as a Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikha Chatterjee
Sikha Chatterjee is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2021, she was elected as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Dabgram-Phulbari (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Dabgram-Phulbari constituency in Jalpaiguri district. She defeated Trinamool Congress heavyweight minister of West Bengal Goutam Deb with the margin of 27,593 votes. She was the opposition leader of Rajganj Panchayat Samiti. She was former leader of Trinamool Congress. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Women members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 People from Jalpaiguri district Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal 21st-century Indian women politicians {{WestBengal-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khageswar Roy
Khageswar Roy is an Indian politician from Trinamool Congress and also founding member with Kalyan Chakravarti, Kalyan Hor, Mridul Ghoshwami, Baban Paul, Purna prava Barman, and others in Jalpaiguri district. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Rajganj. He also served as Chairman of Jalpaiguri district All India Trinamool Congress until 2022. After that Mahua Gope succeeded as a new President of Jalpaiguri District TMC Unit. Career Roy is from Rajganj, Jalpaiguri district. His father's name is Ramkamal Roy. He passed Higher Secondary Education from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1972 from Belakoba High School. He contested 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election was the 17th quinquennial List of Indian state legislative assembly elections, legislative election held in Elections in West Bengal, West Bengal, to elect List of constituencies of the West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pradip Kumar Barma
Pradip Kumar Barma is an Indian politician from AITC. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Jalpaiguri. Career Barma is from Jalpaiguri district. His father's name is Kalisankar Barma. He passed MBBS from Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, in 1981. He contested in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri (), is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is ... Vidhan Sabha and won the seat on 2 May 2021. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Jalpaiguri district Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 {{WestBengal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaushik Roy (politician)
Kaushik Roy is an Indian politician from BJP. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Maynaguri. Career Roy is from Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri district. His father's name is Nayan Chandra Roy. He passed Higher Secondary from West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education Year 2001 and D.El.Ed West Bengal Board of Primary Education Year 2015. He contested in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election was the 17th quinquennial List of Indian state legislative assembly elections, legislative election held in Elections in West Bengal, West Bengal, to elect List of constituencies of the West ... from Maynaguri Vidhan Sabha and won the seat on 2 May 2021. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Jalpaiguri district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 {{WestBengal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirmal Chandra Roy
Dr. Nirmal Chandra Roy is an Indian politician from Trinamool Congress. In the September 2023 by-election, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Dhupguri. Career Roy is from Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri district, born in 1962 in a Rajbanshi family. His father's name is Gajendra Nath Roy. He passed B.A. from Ananda Chandra College in 1983, M.A. in 1985, and Ph.D. in 2017 from University of North Bengal. Before entering full-time politics, Roy was a Professor of History at Dhupguri Girls' College. In 2021 Jalpaiguri AITC President Krishna Kumar Kalyani wanted him as the candidate in Dhupguri, but the party refused him. After that Prof. Nirmal wanted to contest as an independent candidate. A few days after that Mr. Kalyani went to his house and told him not to compete. Then Prof. Nirmal withdrew his candidacy. After the death of Bisnupada Roy the sitting MLA of Dhupguri Dr. Nirmal contested 2023 (By-election) West Bengal Legislative Assembly election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalpaiguri District
Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of Jalpaiguri division. History Jalpaiguri district comprises western Dooars and the major part of the eastern Morang and this area, according to Sailen Debnath, in the ancient time was a part of the kingdom of Kamarupa, and since the medieval period it became a part of Kamata kingdom.Sailen Debnath, The Dooars in Historical Transition, , N.L. Publishers Sailen writes that three of the five ancient capitals of Kamatapur were geographically in the district of Jalpaiguri; and the three capitals were at Chilapata, Mainaguri and Panchagarh in sequence. According to him, Hingulavas, the first capital of the next Koch kingdom as well was in Jalpaiguri district. Hingulavas has well been identified with Mahakalguri in Alipurduar Sub-Division. Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paresh Chandra Adhikary
Paresh Chandra Adhikary is an Indian politician from AITC(till August 2022). In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Mekliganj. Career Adhikary hails from Mekliganj, Cooch Behar district. His father's name is Dutta Narayan Adhikary. He passed Higher Secondary Examination from Mekhliganj High School, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1970. Paresh Chandra Adhikary became MLA for the first time in 1991 after winning the Forward Bloc ticket. Although he lost the 1996 assembly elections, he continued to win for the Forward Bloc in 2001, 2006 and 2011. He was the Acting Food Minister of the Left Front Government in West Bengal from 2006 to 2011. In 2019, he left the Forward Bloc and joined the Trinamool Congress. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he contested from Cooch Behar Lok Sabha on Trinamul Congress ticket. But Adhikary lost to BJP candidate Nisith Pramanik. In the 2021 assembly elections, he won the Mekhliganj assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
