# Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency

Jalpaiguri is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 3 Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency are in Jalpaiguri district, one assembly segment is in Cooch Behar district. The constituency has reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) since 2009.

## Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 3 Jalpaiguri, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following segments from 2009:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead |
| 1 | Mekliganj (SC) | Cooch Behar | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 15 | Dhupguri (SC) | Jalpaiguri | Nirmal Chandra Roy | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 16 | Maynaguri (SC) | Jalpaiguri | Kaushik Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 17 | Jalpaiguri (SC) | Jalpaiguri | Pradip Kumar Barma | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 18 | Rajganj (SC) | Jalpaiguri | Khageswar Roy | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 19 | Dabgram-Phulbari | Jalpaiguri | Sikha Chatterjee | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 20 | Mal (ST) | Jalpaiguri | Bulu Chik Baraik | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1962 | Nalini Ranjan Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | B.N.Katham | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Tuna Oraon | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | Independent |
| 1980 | Subodh Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1984 | Manik Sanyal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1989 | Manik Sanyal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Jitendra Nath Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Jitendra Nath Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1998 | Minati Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1999 | Minati Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2004 | Minati Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2009 | Mahendra Kumar Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2014 | Bijoy Chandra Barman | Trinamool Congress |
| 2019 | Jayanta Kumar Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Jayanta Kumar Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Jalpaiguri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jayanta Kumar Roy | 679,885 | 43.07 | 6.85 |
| | AITC | Nirmal Chandra Roy | 7,66,380 | 48.57 | 10 |
| | CPI(M) | Debraj Barman | 74,092 | 4.69 | 0.38 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 16,848 | 1.07 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86,693 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,78,389 | 83.66 | 2.85 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Jalpaiguri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jayanta Kumar Roy | 760,145 | 50.65 | +33.63 |
| | AITC | Bijoy Chandra Barman | 576,141 | 38.39 | +0.39 |
| | CPI(M) | Bhagirath Chandra Roy | 76,054 | 5.07 | −27.58 |
| | INC | Mani Kumar Darnal | 28,488 | 1.90 | −4.83 |
| | BSP | Jiban Krishna Majumder | 8,134 | 0.54 | −0.39 |
| | AMB | Khushi Ranjan Mondal | 2,205 | 0.15 | −0.07 |
| | Samajwadi Jan Parishad | Ranjit Kumar Roy | 1,899 | 0.13 | |
| | Kamtapur People's Party (United) | Subal Chandra Roy | 2,685 | 0.18 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Haribhakta Sardar | 4,692 | 0.31 | |
| | Independent | Sachimohan Barman | 3,413 | 0.23 | |
| | Independent | Subhash Biswas | 10,857 | 0.72 | |
| | Independent | Harekrishna Sarkar | 6,095 | 0.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 184,004 | 12.26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,501,379 | 86.51 | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +16.62 | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jalpaiguri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Bijoy Chandra Barman | 494,773 | 38.00 | +38.00 |
| | CPI(M) | Mahendra Kumar Roy | 425,167 | 32.65 | −12.89 |
| | BJP | Satyalal Sarkar | 221,593 | 17.02 | +7.87 |
| | INC | Sukhbilas Barma | 87,588 | 6.73 | −30.24 |
| | BSP | Kshitish Chandra Mandal | 12,147 | 0.93 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Haribhakta Sardar | 9,283 | 0.71 | |
| | Independent | Subhas Biswas | 8,545 | 0.66 | |
| | RPI | Harekrishna Sarkar | 7,636 | 0.59 | |
| | RJP | Haripada Barman | 6,608 | 0.51 | |
| | BMP | Dilip Sarkar | 4,900 | 0.38 | |
| | RJSP | Dhritiman Roy | 4,501 | 0.35 | |
| | AMB | Dhirendra Nath Roy | 2,835 | 0.22 | |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 16,541 | 1.27 | −−− |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69,606 | 5.35 | −3.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,02,117 | 85.02 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Jalpaiguri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Mahendra Kumar Roy | 469,613 | 45.54 |
| | INC | Sukhbilas Barma | 381,242 | 36.97 |
| | BJP | Dwipendra Nath Pramanik | 94,373 | 9.15 |
| | NCP | Dr. Dhirendra Nath Das | 25,308 | 2.45 |
| | Independent | Hari Bhakta Sardar | 19,295 | 1.87 |
| | BSP | Santi Kumar Sarkar | 14,802 | 1.44 |
| | Independent | Prithwiraj Roy | 8,271 | 0.80 |
| | SWJP | Satyen Prasad Roy | 6,471 | 0.52 |
| | Independent | Chinmay Sarkar | 6,206 | 0.60 |
| | AMB | Pabitra Moitra | 5,709 | 0.55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88,371 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,031,290 | 82.36 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |

### General elections 1962-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Year | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party |
| 1962 | Nalini Ranjan Ghosh | Indian National Congress | Saroj Kumar Chakraborty | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1967 | B.N.Katham | Indian National Congress | A.H. Besterwitch | Independent |
| 1971 | Tuna Oraon | Indian National Congress | Birsen Kujar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | Independent | Maya Ray | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Subodh Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sriram Singh | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Manik Sanyal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Arun Moitra | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Manik Sanyal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sriram Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Jitendra Nath Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Tushar Kanti Choudhuri | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Jitendra Nath Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Deb Prasad Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Minati Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Kalyan Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress |
| 1999 | Minati Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Kalyan Chakraborty | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2004 | Minati Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Parash Datta | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2009 | Mahendra Kumar Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sukhbilas Barma | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Bijoy Chandra Barman | All India Trinamool Congress | Mahendra Kumar Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2019 | Jayanta Kumar Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bijoy Chandra Barman | All India Trinamool Congress |