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Madarihat Assembly constituency (Bengali: মাদারিহাট বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Madarihat মাদারিহাট
Assembly constituency
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Coordinates: 26°42′N 89°17′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Alipurduar
Constituency No	14
Type	Reserved for ST
Lok Sabha constituency	2 Alipurduars (ST)
Electorate (year)	161,332 (2011)[1] 191,686 (2016)[2] 212,651 (2021)[3]
Government
• Incumbent	Manoj Tigga (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 14 Madarihat Assembly constituency (ST) covers Madarihat-Birpara community development block and Binnaguri and Sakoyajhora I gram panchayats of Dhupguri community development block.[4]

Madarihat Assembly constituency (ST) is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly[5]

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.		Party Affiliation
1962	A.H. Besterwitch		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1967	D.N.Rai		Indian National Congress
1969	A.H. Besterwitch		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1971
1972
1977
1982	Sushil Kujur
1987
1991
1996
2001	Kumari Kujur
2006
2011
2016	Manoj Tigga		Bharatiya Janata Party
2021

Election results[5]

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Tigga of BJP defeated his nearest rival Rajesh Lakra of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Madarihat (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	90,718	54.35	Winner
	AITC	Rajesh Lakra	61,033	36.56
	RSP	Subhas Lohar	7,072	4.24
	BSP	Uttam Barua	1,696	1.02
	BTP	Vivek Pradeep Tete	1,540	0.92
	NPP	Panchu Oraon	1,272	0.76
	SUCI(C)	Sudhist Baraik	967	0.58
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,622	1.57
Majority			29,685	17.79
Turnout			1,66,920
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Tigga of BJP defeated his nearest rival Padam Lama of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Madarihat (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	66,989	43.98	Winner
	AITC	Padam Lama	44,951	29.51
	RSP	Kumari Kujur	29,885	19.62
	JMM	Padam Oraon	3,089	2.03
	SUCI(C)	Sudhist Baraik	2,319	1.52
	None of the Above	None of the above	5,068	3.32
Majority			22,038	14.47
Turnout			1,52,301	79.45
	BJP gain from RSP		Swing

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Kumari Kujur of RSP defeated her nearest rival Manoj Tigga of BJP.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Madarihat (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Kumari Kujur	42,539	31.93	Winner
	BJP	Manoj Tigga	34,630	26.00
	INC	Atul Subba	26,027	19.54
	JMM	Jerome Lakra	22,541	16.92
	Independent	Ramesh Oraon	4,923	3.70
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Samir Beck	2,553	1.92
Majority			7,909	5.93
Turnout			1,33,213	82.57
	RSP hold		Swing

1977-2006

In 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Kumari Kujur of RSP won the 14 Madarihat assembly seat (ST) defeating her nearest rivals Atul Suba of Congress and Narendra Nath Karjee of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sushil Kujur of RSP defeated Pushpa Rani Lily Kindo of Congress in 1996, Tuna Toppo of Congress in 1991 and 1987, and Jagat Baria of Congress in 1982. A.H. Besterwitch of RSP defeated Dhirendra Narjinary of Congress in 1977.

1962–1972

A.H. Besterwitch of RSP won in 1972, 1971 and 1969. D.N.Rai of Congress won in 1967. A.H.Besterwich of RSP won in 1962.

References

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