Kumargram (West Bengal) Assembly Constituency Elections

About Kumargram Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency

Kumargram is a legislative assembly segment located in the Alipurduars district of West Bengal. It belongs to the Alipurduars (ST) Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of the state. Kumargram is represented in the state legislative assembly by RSP's Manoj Kumar Oraon as he won 65,634 votes in the 2011 assembly elections. AITMC's Joachim Baxla was the runner-up with 62,967 votes. There are 1,73,635 people in the constituency who enjoy the right to votes as per the universal adult franchise, out of whom 91,196 are men and 82,435 are women. According to the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India - 2008, the Kumargram assembly constituency covers areas of Turturi, Bhatibari, Tatpara-I, Kohinoor, Samuktala and Mahakalguri Parokata gram panchayats of Alipurduar community development block; and Kumargram community development block. Only the candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribes (STs) can contest the Kumargram assembly constituency.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kumargram Assembly Constituency