Kolkata, May 23: The results of the Alipurduar Lok Sabha Constituency was declared today. The counting of votes began on the Alipurduar Parliamentary seat in West Bengal at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. John Barla of BJP defeated TMC's Dasrath Tirkey by a margin of 2,43,989 votes.

Voting took place for the Alipurduar (ST) seat in the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. A total voter turnout of 70 per cent was recorded, as per Election Commission of India. Stay with us for Live updates on the results for the Alipurduar Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results LIVE News Updates

The incumbent parliamentarian, representing the constituency is from All India Trinamool Congress – Dasrath Tirkey. The MP emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections by defeating the Left Front candidate for RSP – Manohar Tirkey. This time AITC has fielded the same candidate – Dasrath Tirkey for this seat. To defeat the current MP in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, BJP has fielded John Barla while Left Front has fielded Mili Oroan. In the meantime, Congress has fielded Mohan Lal Basumata from Alipurduar seat. West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates: Constituency-Wise Complete Schedule Of Voting And Results For General Elections.

As per the ECI website – updated on March 13, 2019 – there are 12,29,301 voters in the parliamentary constituency, among them 5,88,966 are females while 6,40,335 are males. The average literacy rate is 74 per cent, and the main occupation of people is agriculture, tourism and trade of essential commodities. The female to male ratio is 960.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule for First Phase:

Announcement and Issue of Press Note March 10
Issue of Notification March 18
Last date for filing nomination March 25
Scrutiny of nomination March 26
Last date for withdrawal of candidature March 28
Date Of Poll April 11
Date of Result May 23
Dates Before Elections Shall be Completed May 27

According to the Election Commission’s briefings, the process of filing nomination for Alipurduar Lok Sabha election begun on March 18, which continued till March 25. The scrutiny was done on March 26, and the last date for the withdrawal of the nominations was March 28. The polling took place on April 11 (Thursday) from 7 am to 6 pm.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase 1 Schedule And Dates (Watch Video)

In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, AITC bagged 34 seats – gaining 15 more than 2009, while CPI(M) could win only two seats – Raigunj and Murshidabad. Congress emerged victorious on four seats, and BJP opened their account from Asansol and Darjeeling. Lok Sabha elections took place in seven phases across the state – on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The results would be declared on May 23.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 24, 2019 06:20 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).