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Jalpaiguri: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Bijoy Chandra Barman from All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) won the elections by a margin of 69606 votes. The polling / voting in Jalpaiguri constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 2 on 18 April. The major contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party#s DrJayanta Ray and All India Trinamool Congress#s Bijoy Chandra Barman

Jalpaiguri 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, All India Trinamool Congress won 34 out of the 42 parliamentary seat with 39.8 percent vote share while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) managed to win just 2 seats with a 23 percent vote share.

Voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 85.02% Lok Sabha percent with 85.01% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 85.04% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 16541 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 12 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jalpaiguri, 9 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Bijoy Chandra Barman of the All India Trinamool Congress as he defeated Mahendra Kumar Roy by a margin of 69606 votes.

Here are the past results of the Lok Sabha polls in Jalpaiguri constituency in West Bengal

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha election, Communist Party of India candidate had defeated Indian National Congress candidate by a margin of 88371 votes CPM candidate Mahendra Kumar Roy had got 469613 while INC got Barma Sukhbilas votes.
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections: In 14th Lok Sabha poll, Communist Party of India candidate defated All India Trinamool Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, CPM candidate Minati Sen attained 424163 votes and AITC's Parash Dutta bagged 243558 votes.
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections: In 13th Lok Sabha poll, Communist Party of India candidate defated All India Trinamool Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, CPM candidate Minati Sen attained 405785 votes and AITC's Kalyan Chakraborty bagged 296848 votes.
• 1998 Lok Sabha Elections: In 12th Lok Sabha poll, Communist Party of India candidate defated WBTC candidate in one-sided contest. Here, CPM candidate Minati Sen attained 426672 votes and WBTC's Kalyan Chakraborty bagged 251697 votes.
• 1996 Lok Sabha Elections: In 11th Lok Sabha poll, Communist Party of India candidate defated Indian National Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, CPM candidate Jitendra Nath Das attained 434577 votes and INC's Deb Prasad Roy bagged 322115 votes.
• 1991 Lok Sabha Elections: In 10th Lok Sabha poll, Communist Party of India candidate defated Indian National Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, CPM candidate Jitendra Nath Das attained 364285 votes and INC's Tushar Kanti Choudhuri bagged 249929 votes.
• 1989 Lok Sabha Elections: In Ninth Lok Sabha poll, Communist Party of India candidate defated Indian National Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, CPM candidate Manik Sanyal attained 387805 votes and INC's Sriram Singh bagged 275677 votes.
• 1984 Lok Sabha Elections: In 8th Lok Sabha election, Communist Party of India candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 33172 votes. Here, Communist Party of India leader Manik Sanyal attained 285619 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Arun Moitra bagged 252447 votes
• 1980 Lok Sabha Elections: In 7th Lok Sabha election, Communist Party of India candidate had defeated Indian National Congress candidate by a margin of 90396 votes CPM candidate Subodh Sen had got 232751 while INC(I) got Sriram Singh votes.
• 1977 Lok Sabha Elections: In Sixth Lok Sabha election, Independent candidate had defeated INC candidate by a margin of 57698 votes IND candidate Khagendra Nath Dasgupta had got 173484 while INC got Maya Ray votes.
• 1971 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fifth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated CPM candidate by a margin of 52967 votes INC candidate Tuna Oraon had got 113104 while CPM got Birsen Kujar votes.
• 1967 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fourth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated IND candidate with a difference of 16888 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader B. N. Katham attained 121613 votes and IND candidate A. H. Besterwitch bagged 104725 votes
• 1962 Lok Sabha Elections: In Third Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated RSP candidate with a difference of 24593 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Nalini Ranjan Ghosh attained 117814 votes and RSP candidate Saroj Kumar Chakrabarty bagged 93221 votes