# Tufanganj Assembly constituency

Tufanganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 9 Tufanganj Assembly constituency covers Tufanganj municipality, Tufanganj II community development block, and Andaran Fulbari I, Balabhut, Dhalpal I, Nakkatigachh gram panchayats of Tufanganj I community development block.
Tufanganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1952 | Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Jiban Krishna Dey | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Sankar Sen Ishore | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Akshay Kumar Barma | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Sisir Isore | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Sisir Isore | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Manindra Nath Barma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Manindra Nath Barma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Manindra Nath Barma | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Debendranath Barman | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Puspa Chandra Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Puspa Chandra Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Alaka Barman | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Arghya Roy Pradhan | All India Trinamul Congress |
| 2016 | Fazal Karim Miah | All India Trinamul Congress |
| 2021 | Malati Rava Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Malati Rava Roy of BJP defeated her nearest rival Pranab Kumar Dey of TMC.
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Malati Rava Roy | 114,503 | 54.69 | Winner |
| | AITC | Pranab Kumar Dey | 83,305 | 39.79 | |
| | INC | Rabin Roy | 5,973 | 2.85 | |
| | Independent | Sushil Chandra Das | 1,461 | 0.70 | |
| | Independent | Prahallad Layek | 601 | 0.29 | |
| | Independent | Dhananjay Barman | 552 | 0.26 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Bhola Saha | 491 | 0.23 | |
| | AMB | Jiban Kumar Saha | 423 | 0.20 | |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,069 | 0.99 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,09,378 | | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Fazal Karim Miah of TMC defeated his nearest rival Shyamal Chowdhury of Congress.
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Fazal Karim Miah | 85,052 | 44.21 | Winner |
| | INC | Shyamal Chowdhury | 69,782 | 36.27 | |
| | BJP | Bivas Sen Ishore | 30,048 | 15.62 | |
| | Independent | Manoj Kumar Mandal | 1,958 | 1.02 | |
| | KPP | Nubash Barman | 1,744 | 0.91 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Santana Datta | 1,320 | 0.69 | |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,498 | 1.30 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,270 | 7.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,92,402 | 90.09 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Arghya Roy Pradhan of TMC defeated his nearest rival Dhananjoy Rava of CPI(M).
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Tufanganj constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Arghya Roy Pradhan | 73,721 | 45.02 | Winner |
| | CPI(M) | Dhanonjoy Rava | 67,539 | 41.24 | |
| | BJP | Bimal Kumar Sarkar | 17,220 | 10.52 | |
| | Independent | Shiben Barman | 2,817 | 1.72 | |
| | Independent | Ganesh Dakua | 2,463 | 1.50 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,182 | 3.78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,63,760 | 89.37 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 1972-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Alaka Barman of CPI(M) won the 9 Tufanganj (SC) Assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Malati Rava (Ray) of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Puspa Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Sachindra Chandra Das representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and representing Congress in 1996. Debendranath Barman of CPI(M) defeated Mahesh Chandra Barman of Congress in 1991. Manindranath Barma of CPI(M) defeated Sisir Isore of Congress in 1987, Sankar Sen Ishore of Congress in 1982 and Surendra Narayan Roy Kungar of Congress in 1977.

### 1957-1972

During 1967 to 1972 Tufanganj was a reserved seat for SC. Sisir Isore of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Akshay Kumar Barma of Congress won in 1969. I.S.Sen of Congress won in 1967. In 1962 and 1957, it was an open seat. Jiban Krishna Dey of CPI won in 1962. Jatindra Nath Sinha Sarker of Congress won in 1957.