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Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
1962-present

Current MP
  
Bijoy Chandra Barman

Total Electors
  
1,351,469

State
  
West Bengal

Female electors
  
735,765

Reservation
  
Reserved for SC

Elected Year
  
2014

Member of parliament
  
Bijoy Chandra Barman

Male electors
  
795,704

Assembly Constituencies
  
Mekliganj (SC) Dhupguri (SC) Maynaguri (SC) Jalpaiguri (SC) Rajganj (SC) Dabgram-Phulbari Mal (ST)

Party
  
All India Trinamool Congress

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Dhupguri, Mekliganj, Mal, Maynaguri, Dabgram-Phulbari, Rajganj, Jalpaiguri

Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) 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 is reserved for Scheduled castes (SC).

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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:

  • Mekliganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 1)
  • Dhupguri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 15)
  • Maynaguri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 16)
  • Jalpaiguri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 17)
  • Rajganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 18)
  • Dabgram-Phulbari (assembly constituency no. 19)
  • Mal (ST) (assembly constituency no. 20)
  • Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
    General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

    General elections 1962-2004

    Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

    References

    Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia