Kalchini Assembly constituency (original) (raw)

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This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal. For 2. its namesake neighbourhood, see Kalchini, Alipurduar. For 3.its namesake community development block, see Kalchini.

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Kalchini
Constituency No. 11 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
MapInteractive Map Outlining Kalchini Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Alipurduar
Lok Sabha constituency Alipurduars
Established 1957
Total electors 247,425
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bishal Lama
Party BJP
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2021

Kalchini Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 11 Kalchini Assembly constituency (ST) covers Kalchini community development block and Majherdabri gram panchayat of Alipurduar II community development block.[1]

Kalchini Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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ElectionYear Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1957 Debendranath Brahma Mandal Indian National Congress
1962 Nani Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party
1967 Denis Lakra Indian National Congress
1969
1971
1972
1977
1982 Manohar Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party
1987 Khudiram Pahan Indian National Congress
1991 Manohar Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party
1996
2001 Paban Kumar Lakra Indian National Congress
2006 Manohar Tirkey Revolutionary Socialist Party
2009 By-election Wilson Champamari Independent (Supported by GJM)
2011
2016 All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Bishal Lama Bharatiya Janata Party

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Bishal Lama of BJP defeated his nearest rival Passang Lama of TMC.

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Wilson Chapramary of TMC defeated his nearest rival Bishal Lama of BJP.

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Wilson Chapramary (GJM supported Independent) defeated his nearest rival Binay Bhushan Kerketta of RSP.

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2009 by elections caused by the election of the sitting MLA Manohar Tirkey of RSP to the Lok Sabha from Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency), Wilson Champamari, Independent candidate supported by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha defeated his nearest rival Sandip Ekka of Adivasi Vikas Parishad.

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Manohar Tirkey of RSP defeated Paban Kumar Lakra of Congress. Paban Kumar Lakra of Congress defeated Manohar Tirkey of RSP in 2001. Manohar Tirkey of RSP defeated Khudiram Pahan of Congress in 1996 and Khudiram Orao of Congress in 1991. Khudiram Pahan of Congress defeated Manohar Tirkey of RSP in 1987. Manohar Tirkey of RSP defeated Khudiram Pahan of Congress in 1982, and Denish Lakra of Congress in 1977.

Denis Lakra of Congress won in 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967. Nani Bhatacharya of RSP won in 1962 when it was an open seat. Debendra Nath Brahma Mandal and Anima Hoare, both of Congress, won in 1957 when it was a joint seat reserved for ST.

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2014.