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Jalpaiguri, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) was won by Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 184,004 votes over Bijoy Chandra Barman. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, from 1962 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1962–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Nalini Ranjan Ghosh Indian National Congress 117,814 45.4% Saroj Kumar Chakrabarty (Revolutionary Socialist Party) 24,593 (9.5 pts)
1967 B. N. Katham Indian National Congress 121,613 44.0% A. H. Besterwitch (Independent) 16,888 (6.1 pts)
1971 Tuna Oraon Indian National Congress 113,104 39.2% Birsen Kujar (CPI (Marxist)) 52,967 (18.3 pts)
1977 Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent 173,484 57.3% Maya Ray (Indian National Congress) 57,698 (19.0 pts)
1980 Subodh Sen CPI (Marxist) 232,751 54.0% Sriram Singh (Congress (I)) 90,396 (21.0 pts)
1984 Manik Sanyal CPI (Marxist) 285,619 50.5% Arun Moitra (Indian National Congress) 33,172 (5.9 pts)
1989 Manik Sanyal CPI (Marxist) 387,805 53.2% Sriram Singh (Indian National Congress) 112,128 (15.4 pts)
1991 Jitendra Nath Das CPI (Marxist) 364,285 50.2% Tushar Kanti Choudhuri (Indian National Congress) 114,356 (15.7 pts)
1996 Jitendra Nath Das CPI (Marxist) 434,577 48.7% Deb Prasad Roy (Indian National Congress) 112,462 (12.6 pts)
1998 Minati Sen CPI (Marxist) 426,672 49.1% Kalyan Chakraborty (West Bengal Trinamool Congress) 174,975 (20.1 pts)
1999 Minati Sen CPI (Marxist) 405,785 48.8% Kalyan Chakraborty (All India Trinamool Congress) 108,937 (13.1 pts)
2004 Minati Sen CPI (Marxist) 424,163 47.7% Parash Dutta (All India Trinamool Congress) 180,605 (20.3 pts)
2009 Mahendra Kumar Roy CPI (Marxist) 469,613 45.5% Barma Sukhbilas (Indian National Congress) 88,371 (8.6 pts)
2014 Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress 494,773 38.0% Mahendra Kumar Roy (CPI (Marxist)) 69,606 (5.3 pts)
2019 Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy Bharatiya Janata Party 760,145 51.3% Bijoy Chandra Barman (All India Trinamool Congress) 184,004 (12.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nalini Ranjan Ghosh Indian National Congress 117,814 45.4%
Saroj Kumar Chakrabarty Revolutionary Socialist Party 93,221 35.9%
Jatindra Nath Mitra Praja Socialist Party 48,483 18.7%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B. N. Katham Indian National Congress 121,613 44.0%
A. H. Besterwitch Independent 104,725 37.9%
T. Oraon Independent 28,837 10.4%
J. Murmu Independent 21,041 7.6%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tuna Oraon Indian National Congress 113,104 39.2%
Birsen Kujar CPI (Marxist) 60,137 20.8%
Stephen Kujar Revolutionary Socialist Party 40,443 14.0%
Ganga Ram Oraon Samyukta Socialist Party 26,098 9.0%
Raphael Toppo Independent 22,141 7.7%
Birendra Nath Katham Congress (O) 15,763 5.5%
Soma Oraon Independent 11,097 3.8%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Khagendra Nath Dasgupta Independent 173,484 57.3%
Maya Ray Indian National Congress 115,786 38.2%
Jaybed Mandal SUC 8,640 2.9%
Panchanan Mallick Independent 5,071 1.7%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Subodh Sen CPI (Marxist) 232,751 54.0%
Sriram Singh Congress (I) 142,355 33.0%
Rabindra Nath Sikdar Janata Party 14,404 3.3%
Manmatha Nath Nandy Independent 13,078 3.0%
Jaydeb Mandal SUC 9,269 2.1%
Arun Kumar Moitra Congress (U) 8,028 1.9%
Bankim Chandra Roy Independent 7,136 1.7%
Panchanan Malick Independent 3,440 0.8%
Choudhary Chachan Harikishan Independent 743 0.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manik Sanyal CPI (Marxist) 285,619 50.5%
Arun Moitra Indian National Congress 252,447 44.6%
Pahchanan Mallick Independent 8,362 1.5%
Tapan Biswas Bharatiya Janata Party 7,513 1.3%
Joydev Mandal SUC 6,134 1.1%
Sitansu Bhusan Das Independent 3,543 0.6%
Bankim Chandra Roy Independent 2,086 0.4%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manik Sanyal CPI (Marxist) 387,805 53.2%
Sriram Singh Indian National Congress 275,677 37.8%
Tek Bahadur Chhetri Independent 28,801 4.0%
Indra Prasad Chowhan CPI(ML) 9,996 1.4%
Jaydeb Mandal Independent 7,436 1.0%
Chitta Rajan Sarker Bahujan Samaj Party 6,667 0.9%
Shishir Lahiri Bharatiya Janata Party 6,212 0.9%
Panchanan Mallik Independent 3,168 0.4%
Jaygopal Das AMB 2,470 0.3%
Pandoo Baraik Independent 616 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jitendra Nath Das CPI (Marxist) 364,285 50.2%
Tushar Kanti Choudhuri Indian National Congress 249,929 34.4%
Sisir Lahiri Bharatiya Janata Party 77,741 10.7%
Tek Bahadur Chhetri Independent 12,198 1.7%
Jay Dev Mandal Independent 6,350 0.9%
Chittaranjan Sarkar Bahujan Samaj Party 6,305 0.9%
Amal Roy CPI(ML) 5,229 0.7%
Rukmini Ranjan Roy Independent 2,749 0.4%
Chandra Sekhar Choudhuri Independent 1,599 0.2%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jitendra Nath Das CPI (Marxist) 434,577 48.7%
Deb Prasad Roy Indian National Congress 322,115 36.1%
Sisir Kumar Lahiri Bharatiya Janata Party 79,195 8.9%
Mihir Kumar Roy FB(S) 27,607 3.1%
Upendra Nath Roy Independent 8,588 1.0%
Sankar Kumar Ganguli Independent 6,510 0.7%
Joygopal Das AMB 5,484 0.6%
Jajneswar Roy Independent 2,758 0.3%
Kinsuk Majumder Independent 2,431 0.3%
Sudipta Biswas Independent 1,483 0.2%
Amit Moitra Independent 844 0.1%
Surendra Kumar Yadav Independent 792 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Minati Sen CPI (Marxist) 426,672 49.1%
Kalyan Chakraborty West Bengal Trinamool Congress 251,697 29.0%
Subhra Patra Indian National Congress 165,845 19.1%
Joygopal Das Independent 6,113 0.7%
Sanika Munda Independent 5,477 0.6%
Shankar Ganguly Independent 5,310 0.6%
Anil Roy Bahujan Samaj Party 4,387 0.5%
Lalit Barman Independent 3,171 0.4%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Minati Sen CPI (Marxist) 405,785 48.8%
Kalyan Chakraborty All India Trinamool Congress 296,848 35.7%
Girija Sankar Roy Indian National Congress 99,994 12.0%
Bhim Chandra Roy Independent 14,688 1.8%
Shankar Ganguli Independent 5,165 0.6%
Jagadish Chandra Roy Independent 3,368 0.4%
Anil Roy Bahujan Samaj Party 2,751 0.3%
Bimal Dutta Independent 1,805 0.2%
Pabitra Moitra Independent 1,391 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Minati Sen CPI (Marxist) 424,163 47.7%
Parash Dutta All India Trinamool Congress 243,558 27.4%
Dipak Krishna Bhowmik Indian National Congress 130,255 14.6%
Nachhir Ali Pramanik Independent 19,316 2.2%
Subhasish Dasgupta Independent 18,473 2.1%
Shankar Kumar Ganguli Independent 14,745 1.7%
Santi Kumar Sarkar Bahujan Samaj Party 13,687 1.5%
Bhim Chandra Roy Independent 13,527 1.5%
Sankar Das CPI (ML) Liberation 7,278 0.8%
Pabitra Maitra AMB 5,103 0.6%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mahendra Kumar Roy CPI (Marxist) 469,613 45.5%
Barma Sukhbilas Indian National Congress 381,242 37.0%
Dwipendra Nath Pramanik Bharatiya Janata Party 94,373 9.2%
Dr. Dhirendra Nath Das Nationalist Congress Party 25,308 2.5%
Hari Bhakta Sardar Independent 19,295 1.9%
Santi Kumar Sarkar Bahujan Samaj Party 14,802 1.4%
Prithwiraj Roy Independent 8,271 0.8%
Satyen Prasad Roy SWJP 6,471 0.6%
Chinmay Sarkar Independent 6,206 0.6%
Pabitra Moitra AMB 5,709 0.6%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress 494,773 38.0%
Mahendra Kumar Roy CPI (Marxist) 425,167 32.7%
Satyalal Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party 221,593 17.0%
Sukhbilas Barma Indian National Congress 87,588 6.7%
None Of The Above Independent 16,541 1.3%
Kshitish Chandra Mandal Bahujan Samaj Party 12,147 0.9%
Haribhakta Sardar SUCI(C) 9,283 0.7%
Subhas Biswas Independent 8,545 0.7%
Harekrishna Sarkar RPI(A) 7,636 0.6%
Haripada Barman RJP(RJP) 6,608 0.5%
Dilip Sarkar BMP 4,900 0.4%
Dhritiman Roy RJSP 4,501 0.3%
Dhirendra Nath Roy AB 2,835 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy Bharatiya Janata Party 760,145 51.3%
Bijoy Chandra Barman All India Trinamool Congress 576,141 38.9%
Bhagirath Chandra Roy CPI (Marxist) 76,166 5.1%
Mani Kumar Darnal Indian National Congress 28,562 1.9%
Subhash Biswas Independent 10,857 0.7%
Jiban Krishna Majumder Bahujan Samaj Party 8,134 0.5%
Harekrishna Sarkar Independent 6,095 0.4%
Haribhakta Sardar SUCI(C) 4,692 0.3%
Sachimohan Barman Independent 3,413 0.2%
Subal Chandra Roy KPP(U) 2,685 0.2%
Khushi Ranjan Mondal AB 2,205 0.1%
Ranjit Kumar Roy SJP 1,899 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1962: Indian National Congress margin 9.5 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 6.1 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 18.3 pts 1977: Independent margin 19.0 pts 1980: CPI (Marxist) margin 21.0 pts 1984: CPI (Marxist) margin 5.9 pts 1989: CPI (Marxist) margin 15.4 pts 1991: CPI (Marxist) margin 15.7 pts 1996: CPI (Marxist) margin 12.6 pts 1998: CPI (Marxist) margin 20.1 pts 1999: CPI (Marxist) margin 13.1 pts 2004: CPI (Marxist) margin 20.3 pts 2009: CPI (Marxist) margin 8.6 pts 2014: All India Trinamool Congress margin 5.3 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 12.4 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Jalpaiguri has been contested at 15 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Independent, CPI (Marxist), All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Jalpaiguri in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, in 2019 with 760,145 votes (51.3%), a margin of 184,004 votes over Bijoy Chandra Barman.

Which parties have won Jalpaiguri since 1962?

Since 1962, Jalpaiguri has been won by: All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, CPI (Marxist), Independent, Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Jalpaiguri?

The closest result on record for Jalpaiguri was 2014, when All India Trinamool Congress beat CPI (Marxist) by just 69,606 votes (5.3 percentage points).

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