| Siliguri | |
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Siliguri
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Darjeeling |
| Constituency No | 26 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 4 Darjeeling |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 26 Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers ward nos. 1 to 30 and 45 to 47 of Siliguri municipal corporation.[1]
Siliguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
In the West Bengal state assembly election, 2011, Rudra Nath Bhattacharya of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ashok Narayan Bhattacharya of CPI(M).
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Siliguri constituency | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Trinamool Congress | Rudra Nath Bhattacharya | 72019 | 48.07 | Winner | |
| CPI(M) | Asok Narayan Bhattacharya | 67013 | 44.73 | ||
| BJP | Arun Prasad Sarker | 6069 | 4.05 | ||
| Independent | Hardwar Singh | 1310 | 0.87 | ||
| BSP | Shankar Das | 1054 | 0.70 | ||
| LJP | Hiralal Paswan | 1028 | 0.68 | ||
| Amra Bangalee | Khushi Ranjan Mondal | 811 | 0.54 | ||
| JD(U) | Adhir Singha | 503 | 0.33 | ||
| Turnout | 149807 | ||||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
In the 2006, 2001, 1996 and 1991 state assembly elections, Ashok Bhattacharya of CPI(M) won the Siliguri assembly seat defeating Nantu Paul of Congress, Prasanta Nandy of Trinamool Congress, Sankar Malakar of Congress and Prasanta Nandy of Congress, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Gour Chakraborty of CPI(M) defeated Prasanta Nandy of Congress in 1987. Biren Bose of CPI(M) defeated Krishnendra Narayan Chowdhury and Arun Kumar Moitra, both of Congress, in 1982 and 1977, respectively. [2]
Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Prem Thapa of IGL won in 1969. Arun Kumar Moitra of Congress won in 1967. Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee of Congress won in 1962. In 1957, the Siliguri seat was a joint seat with one reserved for scheduled tribes. Satendra Narayan Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951 Kurseong-Siliguri was a joint seat. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress and George Mahbert, Independent, won in 1951.[3]
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