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Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency (Bengali: মাটিগাড়া-নকশালবাড়ি বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Matigara-Naxalbari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Coordinates: 26°43′N 88°23′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling
Constituency No	25
Type Electoral system	Reserved for SC First past the post
Lok Sabha constituency	4 Darjeeling
Electorate (year)	194,062 (2011)[1] 249,408 (2016)[2] 287,565 (2021)[3]

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 25 Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency (SC) covers Naxalbari community development block, and Atharakhai, Champasari (excluding villages Sitong Forest, Sivoke Hill Forest and Sivoke Forest), Matigara I, Matigara II, Patharghata gram panchayats of Matigara community development block.[4]

Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly[5]

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2011	Matigara-Naxalbari	Sankar Malakar	Indian National Congress
2016	Matigara-Naxalbari	Sankar Malakar	Indian National Congress
2021	Matigara-Naxalbari	Anandamoy Barman	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[5]

2021 Election

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Anandamoy Barman of BJP defeated his nearest rival Rajen Sundas of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anandamoy Barman	1,39,785	58.10	Winner
	AITC	Rajen Sundas	68,937	28.65
	INC	Sankar Malakar	23,060	9.58
	Independent	Rakesh Mondal	2,046	0.85
	BSP	Sudip Mandal	1,577	0.66
	SUCI(C)	Harish Chandra Barman	1,274	0.53
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,912	1.63
Majority			70,848	29.45
Turnout			2,40,591
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016 Election

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sankar Malakar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Amar Sinha of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sankar Malakar	86,441	41.28	Winner
	AITC	Amar Sinha	67,814	32.39
	BJP	Anandamoy Barman	44,625	21.31
	KPP	Bidur Barman	2,464	1.18
	BSP	Sudip Mandal	1,849	0.88
	Independent	Goutam Kirtania	1,739	0.83
	SUCI(C)	Kshitish Chandra Roy	1,138	0.54
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,307	1.58
Majority			18,627	8.90
Turnout			2,09,377	83.95
	INC hold		Swing

2011 Election

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sankar Malakar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Jharen Roy of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sankar Malakar	74,334	45.19	Winner
	CPI(M)	Jharen Roy	67,501	41.04
	Kamtapur Progressive Party	Atul Chandra Roy	11,906	7.24
	BJP	Asim Sarkar	7,351	4.47
	CPI(ML)L	Dipu Haldar	3,391	2.06
Majority			6,833	4.16
Turnout			1,64,483	84.76
	INC win (new seat)

References

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