Siliguri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 26 Siliguri Assembly constituency covers ward nos. 1 to 30 and 45 to 47 of

Siliguri Municipal Corporation Siliguri Municipal Corporation or SMC was established in the year 1994 and has been responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Siliguri. History Siliguri Municipality was established in the year 1949. The first ...

. Siliguri Assembly constituency is part of No. 4

Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency) Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Darjeeling in West Bengal. While five assembly segments are in Darjeeling district, one assembly segment is in Kalimpong di ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Ward Nos. 31 to 44 of Siliguri municipal corporation are covered by

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Election results

2021 Election

In the

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, Shankar Ghosh of BJP defeated his nearest rival Omprakash Mishra of TMC.

2016 Election

In the

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Ashok Bhattacharya Ashok Bhattacharya is an Indian politician and the former mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He is a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He is a prominent leader of CPI(M) in the northern region of West Bengal. He was ...

of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival

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of TMC.

2011 Election

In the

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, Rudra Nath Bhattacharya of TMC defeated his nearest rival Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M).

1977-2006

In the

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, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections,

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won the Siliguri assembly seat defeating Nantu Paul of

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, Prasanta Nandy of

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, Sankar Malakar of Congress and Prasanta Nandy of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gour Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Prasanta Nandy of Congress in 1987. Biren Bose of CPI(M) defeated Krishnendra Narayan Chowdhury and Arun Kumar Moitra, both of Congress, in 1982 and 1977, respectively.

1951–1972

Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Prem Thapa of IGL won in 1969. Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1967. Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee of Congress won in

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. In 1957, the Siliguri seat was a joint seat with one reserved for scheduled tribes. Satendra Narayan Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in

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. In independent India's first election in 1951 Kurseong-Siliguri was a joint seat. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress and George Mahbert, Independent, won in 1951.

References

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