Phansidewa Assembly constituency

Phansidewa is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for members of the Scheduled Tribes.

Phansidewa
Constituency No. 27 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictDarjeeling
LS constituencyDarjeeling
Established1962
Total electors240,496
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance National Democratic Alliance
Elected year2021

Most Successful parties from Phansidewa (ST) Assembly

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 27 Phansidewa Assembly constituency (ST) covers Phansidewa and Kharibari community development blocks.[1]

Phansidewa Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election
Year
MLA Party
1962 Tenzing Wangdi

Indian National Congress

1967
1969 Iswar Chandra Tirkey
1971
1972
1977 Patras Minz Communist

Party of India

(Marxist)

1982
1987 Prokash Minz
1991
1996
2001
2006 Choton Kisku
2011 Sunil Chandra Tirkey

Indian National Congress

2016
2021 Durga Murmu

Bharatiya Janata Party

7 Times 7 Times 1 Time
CPI(M) INC BJP

Legislative Assembly Election Results

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2021

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In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Durga Murmu of BJP defeated his nearest rival Choton Kisku of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Durga Murmu 105,651 50.89 Winner
AITC Choton Kisku 77,940 37.55
INC Sunil Chandra Tirkey 12,815 6.17
CPI(ML)L Sumanti Ekka 2,787 1.34
BSP Karuna Ranjan Soren 2,291 1.10
SUCI(C) Bhola Tirki 1,832 0.88
BTP Amit Lakra 1,699 0.82
None of the Above None of the Above 2,575 1.24
Majority 27,711 13.34
Turnout 2,07,590 86.32
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

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In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sunil Chandra Tirkey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Carolus Lakra of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sunil Chandra Tirkey 73,158 40.35 Winner
AITC Carolus Lakra 66,084 36.45
BJP Durga Murmu 32,894 18.14
Independent Jemshan Tirkey 2,072 1.14
CPI(ML)L Lalu Oraon 1,596 0.88
BMP Bikash Birju 1,474 0.81
Independent Sushil Lakra 1,373 0.75
None of the Above None of the Above 2,629 1.45
Majority 7,074 3.90
Turnout 1,81,280 87.85
INC hold Swing

2011

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In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sunil Chandra Tirkey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Choton Kisku of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sunil Chandra Tirkey 61,388 42.55 Winner
CPI(M) Choton Kisku 59,151 41.00
Rashtriya Deshaj Party Junas Kerketta 7,536 5.22
BJP Dila Saibo 5,734 3.97
KPP Helarius Ekka 4,114 2.85
CPI(ML)L Kandra Murmu 2,138 1.48
Independent Sudhir Tirki 1,896 1.31
CPI(ML)L Ram Ganesh Baraik 1,286 0.89
SUCI(C) Bhola Tirki 1,028 0.71
Majority 2,237 1.58
Turnout 1,44,271 87.49
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2006

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In the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Choton Kisku of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Mamla Kujur of Congress.

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Choton Kisku 93,689 50.22% Winner
INC Mamla Kujur 58,185 31.2%
BJP Dila Saibo 14,788 7.92%
Independent Ram Ganesh Baraik 8,337 4.5%
GNLF Ishwaridan Guria 4,556 2.44%
CPI(ML)L Rengta Murmu 2,365 1.3%
BSP Sudhir Hansda 2,346 1.25%
Independent Mahendra Bhagat 2,273 1.22%
Majority 35,504 19.02%
Turnout 1,86,539
CPI(M) hold Swing

2001

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In the 2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Prokash Minz of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Mamla Kujur of Congress.

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Prokash Minz 77,507 47.45% Winner
INC Mamla Kujur 48,870 29.92%
Independent Cornelius Tigga 17,915 10.97%
Independent Ram Ganesh Baraik 6,977 4.27%
BJP Sukhdeo Bhagat 5,723 3.5%
GNLF Akul Munda 4,467 2.73%
Independent Mahendra Bhagat 1,870 1.14%
Majority 28,637 17.53%
Turnout 1,63,329 71.86%
CPI(M) hold Swing

1996

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In the 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Prokash Minz of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Chhabilal Minj of Congress.

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Prokash Minz 85,845 50.79% Winner
INC Chhabilal Minj 67,439 39.9%
BJP Ratan Kumar Hansda 9,559 5.66%
Independent Ram Ganesh Baraik 3,936 2.33%
BSP Radha Munda 1,379 0.82%
CPI(ML)L Rengta Murmu 592 0.35%
Independent Ekka Samarendra (Pintu) 279 0.17%
Majority 18,406 10.89%
Turnout 1,69,029 82.79%
CPI(M) hold Swing

1991

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In the 1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Prokash Minz of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress.

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Prokash Minz 62,076 47.01% Winner
INC Iswar Chandra Tirkey 52,574 39.81%
BJP Tereser Sorang Chacko 10,441 7.91%
Independent Bandhan Uraon 2,203 1.67%
Independent Shanti Sarker (Munda) 1,916 1.45%
BSP Babun Murmu 1,502 1.14%
Independent Bigu Uraon 1,096 0.83%
Independent Suklal Tudu 247 0.19%
Majority 9,502 7.2%
Turnout 1,32,055 72.4%
CPI(M) hold Swing

1987

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In the 1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Prokash Minz of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress.

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Prokash Minz 53,685 49.44% Winner
INC Iswar Chandra Tirkey 47,344 43.6%
Independent Santi Sarkar (Munda) 3,254 3%
Independent Patras Minj 2,045 1.88%
Independent Pandoo Baraik 1,054 0.97%
Independent Bandhan Uraon 630 0.58%
Independent Oraon Maturam 569 0.52%
Majority 6,341 5.84%
Turnout 1,08,581 66.61%
CPI(M) hold Swing

1982

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In the 1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Patras Minz of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress.

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Patras Minz 41,362 45.76% Winner
INC Iswar Chandra Tirkey 36,076 39.92%
JP Teresa Sorang Chacko 5,120 5.66%
Independent Edwar Tirkey 3,973 4.4%
Independent Santi Munda 2,725 3.03%
Independent Dharmendra Nath Birja 1,114 1.23%
Majority 5,286 5.84%
Turnout 90,370 73.69%
CPI(M) hold Swing

1977

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In the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Patras Minz of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Teresa Sorang Chacko of Janata Party.

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Patras Minz 20,819 41.9% Winner
JP Teresa Sorang Chacko 13,354 26.87%
INC Iswar Chandra Tirkey 11,969 24.09%
CPI Besra Ramesh 3,550 7.14%
Majority 7,465 15.03%
Turnout 49,692 52.13%
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

1972

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In the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress(R) defeated his nearest rival Patras Minz of CPI(M).

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(R) Iswar Chandra Tirkey 27,894 62.26% Winner
CPI(M) Patras Minz 16,912 37.74%
Majority 10,907 24.52%
Turnout 44,806 55.21%
INC hold Swing

1971

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In the 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Patras Minz CPI(M) .

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Iswar Chandra Tirkey 19,259 43.76% Winner
CPI(M) Patras Minz 14,678 33.35%
AIFB Gopal Hansda 3,415 7.76%
Bangla Congress Oraon Marianus Tigga 2,169 4.93%
RSP Joseph Kunda 1,968 4.47%
INC(O) Timba Oraon 1,799 4.09%
Independent Anjulush Murmu 725 1.65%
Majority 4,581 10.41%
Turnout 44,013 57.35%
INC hold Swing

1969

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In the 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Iswar Chandra Tirkey of Congress defeated his nearest rival Patras Minz of CPI(M).

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Iswar Chandra Tirkey 20,974 65.13% Winner
CPI(M) Patras Minz 11,228 34.86%
Majority 9,746 30.27%
Turnout 32,202
INC hold Swing

1967

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In the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Tenzing Wangdi of Congress defeated his nearest rival Jangal Santhal of CPI(M).

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Tenzing Wangdi 16,227 60.75% Winner
CPI(M) Jangal Santhal 10,484 39.25%
Majority 5,743 21.5%
Turnout 26,711
INC hold Swing

1962

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In the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Tenzing Wangdi of Congress defeated his nearest rival Jangal Santhal of CPI.

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Tenzing Wangdi 10,389 53.21% Winner
CPI Jangal Santhal 9,132 46.78%
Majority 1,257
Turnout 19,521
INC win (new seat)

Lok Sabha Election Results

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2024

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In the 2024 Indian general election, Raju Bista of BJP was the leading candidate in Phansidewa Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2024 Indian general election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Raju Bista 106,491 50.85
AITC Gopal Lama 81,273 38.81
INC Munish Tamang 13,309 6.36
KMSP Atasi Biswas 961 0.46
NBPP Qamrul Haque 405 0.19
API Pradhan Mardi 748 0.36
Kamtapur People's Party Budharu Roy 515 0.25
SUCI(C) Shahriar Alam 436 0.21
GRC Subodh Pakhrin 275 0.13
Independent Kalicharan Barman 611 0.29
Independent Khushi Ranjan Mandal 608 0.29
Independent Bandana Rai 1,246 0.60
Independent Bishnu Prasad Sharma (alias B.P. Bajgain) 1,285 0.61
Independent Bhupendra Lepcha 1,240 0.59
Majority 25,218 12.04
Turnout 2,09,403
BJP hold Swing

2019

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In the 2019 Indian general election, Raju Bista of BJP was the leading candidate in Phansidewa Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2019 Indian General election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Raju Bista 107,115 55.01% Winner
AITC Amar Singh Rai 53,854 27.6%
INC Sankar Malakar 15,526 8%
CPI(M) Saman Pathak 7933 4.1%
Majority 53,261 27.41%
Turnout 1,84,428 75%
BJP hold Swing

2014

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In the 2014 Indian general election, S. S. Ahluwalia of BJP was the leading candidate in Phansidewa Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2014 Indian general election : Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP S. S. Ahluwalia 49,137 29.27% Winner
AITC Bhaichung Bhutia 44,226 26.24%
CPI(M) Saman Pathak 38,048 22.66%
INC Sujay Ghatak 24,906 14.84%
NOTA None of the Above 3,154 1.88%
Independent Mahendra P Lama 1,690 1.01%
Independent Arun Kumar Agarwal 1,243 0.75%
Independent Rabindra Roy Basunia 1,218 0.73%
SUCI(C) Goutam Bhattacharya 1,204 0.72%
BSP Kakuli Majumdar (Roy) 809 0.49%
RJP Sunil Pandit 804 0.48%
BMP Lalit Singha 558 0.34%
GRC Nima Lama 482 0.29%
Majority 4,911 3.03%
Turnout 1,67,479
BJP hold Swing

2009

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In the 2009 Indian general election, Jibesh Sarkar of CPI(M) was the leading candidate in Phansidewa Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2009 Indian general election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jibesh Sarkar 51,667 44.22% Winner
INC Dawa Narbula 37,177 31.82%
BJP Jaswant Singh 19,831 16.97%
Independent Ram Ganesh Baraik 2851 2.44%
BSP Haridas Thakur 1,206 1.04%
CPI(ML)L Abhijit Majumdar 1,160 1%
Independent Nitu Jai 1,064 0.92%
Independent Arun Kumar Agarwal 709 0.61%
AMB Niranjan Saha 617 0.53%
IPFB Baidyanath Roy 578 0.5%
Majority 14,490 12.4%
Turnout 1,16,860
BJP gain from INC Swing

2004

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In the 2004 Indian general election, Moni Thapa of CPI(M) was the leading candidate in Phansidewa Assembly constituency of Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.

2004 Indian general election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Moni Thapa 68,034 39.68% Winner
INC Dawa Narbula 52,823 30.81%
BJP Dr. G.S. Yonzone 23,757 13.85%
Independent Mohan Chhetri 7,720 4.5%
Independent Raju Bhatta 5,925 3.45%
Independent Sanjay Thakuri 5,147 3%
BSP Bimal Dutta 2,167 1.26%
Independent Kishalay Kanti Sharma 2,167 1.26%
Independent Lalit Barman 2,138 1.25%
Independent Tika Pradhan 1,594 0.93%
Majority 15,211 8.87%
Turnout 1,71,472
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.