Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency

Matigara-Naxalbari
Matigara-Naxalbari
Constituency No. 25 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling
LS constituency	Darjeeling
Established	2011
Total electors	287,565
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Anandamoy Barman
Party	BJP
Elected year	2021

Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 25 Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency (SC) covers Naxalbari community development block, and Atharakhai, Champasari (excluding villages Sitong Forest, Sivoke Hill Forest and Sivoke Forest), Matigara I, Matigara II, Patharghata gram panchayats of Matigara community development block.^[1]

Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
2011	Sankar Malakar	Indian National Congress
2016	Sankar Malakar	Indian National Congress
2021	Anandamoy Barman	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021 election

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Anandamoy Barman of BJP defeated his nearest rival Rajen Sundas of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anandamoy Barman	139,785	58.10	Winner
	AITC	Rajen Sundas	68,937	28.65
	INC	Sankar Malakar	23,060	9.58
	Independent	Rakesh Mondal	2,046	0.85
	BSP	Sudip Mandal	1,577	0.66
	SUCI(C)	Harish Chandra Barman	1,274	0.53
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,912	1.63
Majority			70,848	29.45
Turnout			2,40,591
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016 election

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sankar Malakar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Amar Sinha of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sankar Malakar	86,441	41.28	Winner
	AITC	Amar Sinha	67,814	32.39
	BJP	Anandamoy Barman	44,625	21.31
	KPP	Bidur Barman	2,464	1.18
	BSP	Sudip Mandal	1,849	0.88
	Independent	Goutam Kirtania	1,739	0.83
	SUCI(C)	Kshitish Chandra Roy	1,138	0.54
	None of the Above	None of the Above	3,307	1.58
Majority			18,627	8.90
Turnout			2,09,377	83.95
	INC hold		Swing

2011 election

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sankar Malakar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Jharen Roy of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sankar Malakar	74,334	45.19	Winner
	CPI(M)	Jharen Roy	67,501	41.04
	Kamtapur Progressive Party	Atul Chandra Roy	11,906	7.24
	BJP	Asim Sarkar	7,351	4.47
	CPI(ML)L	Dipu Haldar	3,391	2.06
Majority			6,833	4.16
Turnout			1,64,483	84.76
	INC win (new seat)