Phansidewa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.
Phansidewa | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
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Coordinates: 26°35′N 88°22′E | |
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State | West Bengal |
District | Darjeeling |
Constituency No | 27 |
Type Electoral system | Reserved for ST First past the post |
Lok Sabha constituency | 4 Darjeeling |
Electorate (year) | 164,907 (2011)[1] 206,362 (2016)[2] 240,496 (2021)[3] |
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 27 Phansidewa Assembly constituency (ST) covers Phansidewa and Kharibari community development blocks.[4]
Phansidewa Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
Election Year | MLA | Party | |
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Siliguri-Kurseong | |||
1951 | Tenzing Wangdi | Indian National Congress | |
George Mahbert | Independent | ||
Siliguri Constituency | |||
1957 | Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar | Communist Party of India | |
Tenzing Wangdi | Indian National Congress | ||
Phansidewa constituency created - 1962 | |||
1962 | Tenzing Wangdi | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | |||
1969 | Iswar Chandra Tirkey | ||
1971 | |||
1972 | |||
1977 | Patras Minz | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
1982 | |||
1987 | Prokash Minz | ||
1991 | |||
1996 | |||
2001 | |||
2006 | Choton Kisku | ||
2011 | Sunil Chandra Tirkey | Indian National Congress | |
2016 | |||
2021 | Durga Murmu | Bharatiya Janata Party |
In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Durga Murmu of BJP defeated his nearest rival Choton Kisku of TMC.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Durga Murmu | 1,05,651 | 50.89 | Winner | |
AITC | Choton Kisku | 77,940 | 37.55 | ||
INC | Sunil Chandra Tirkey | 12,815 | 6.17 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Sumanti Ekka | 2,787 | 1.34 | ||
BSP | Karuna Ranjan Soren | 2,291 | 1.10 | ||
SUCI(C) | Bhola Tirki | 1,832 | 0.88 | ||
BTP | Amit Lakra | 1,699 | 0.82 | ||
None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,575 | 1.24 | ||
Majority | 27,711 | 13.34 | |||
Turnout | 2,07,590 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sunil Chandra Tirkey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Carolus Lakra of TMC.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Sunil Chandra Tirkey | 73,158 | 40.35 | Winner | |
AITC | Carolus Lakra | 66,084 | 36.45 | ||
BJP | Durga Murmu | 32,894 | 18.14 | ||
Independent | Jemshan Tirkey | 2,072 | 1.14 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Lalu Oraon | 1,596 | 0.88 | ||
BMP | Bikash Birju | 1,474 | 0.81 | ||
Independent | Sushil Lakra | 1,373 | 0.75 | ||
None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,629 | 1.45 | ||
Majority | 7,074 | 3.90 | |||
Turnout | 1,81,280 | 87.85 | |||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sunil Chandra Tirkey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Chhotan Kiksu of CPI(M).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Sunil Chandra Tirkey | 61,388 | 42.55 | Winner | |
CPI(M) | Choton Kisku | 59,151 | 41.00 | ||
Rashtriya Deshaj Party | Junas Kerketta | 7,536 | 5.22 | ||
BJP | Dila Saibo | 5,734 | 3.97 | ||
KPP | Helarius Ekka | 4,114 | 2.85 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Kandra Murmu | 2,138 | 1.48 | ||
Independent | Sudhir Tirki | 1,896 | 1.31 | ||
CPI(ML)L | Ram Ganesh Baraik | 1,286 | 0.89 | ||
SUCI(C) | Bhola Tirki | 1,028 | 0.71 | ||
Majority | 2,237 | 1.58 | |||
Turnout | 1,44,271 | 87.49 | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Choton Kisku of CPI(M) won the Phansdewa (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mamla Kujur of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Prakash Minj of CPI(M) defeated Mamla Kujur of Congress in 2001. Prokash Minz of CPI(M) defeated Chhabilal Minj of Congress in 1996, and Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Patras Minj of CPI(M) defeated Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress in 1982 and Chacko Toresa Soreng of Congress in 1977.
Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress won in 1972, 1971, and 1969. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in 1967 and 1962. Prior to that, the Phansidewa seat did not exist. In 1957 Satyendranath Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won the Siliguri joint seat.
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