Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha Constituency Results 2019 in West Bengal: Dr Jayanta Kumar Roy of BJP Wins Parliamentary Election
Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal will go to polls in the Second phase on April 18. Here’s all you need to know.
Kolkata, May 23: The results of the Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha Constituency was declared today. The counting of votes began on the Jalpaiguri (SC) Parliamentary seat in West Bengal at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Dr Jayanta Kumar Roy of BJP defeated TMC's Bijoy Chandra barman by a margin of 1,84,004 votes.
Voting took place for the Jalpaiguri seat in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. A total voter turnout of 75.27 per cent was recorded, as per Election Commission of India. Stay with us for Live updates on the results for the Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results
The incumbent parliamentarian, representing the constituency is from All India Trinamool Congress – Bijoy Chandra Barman. The MP emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections by defeating the Left Front candidate for CPI(M) – Mahendra Kumar Ray. This time AITC has fielded the same candidate – Mahendra Kumar Roy – for this seat. To defeat the current MP in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, BJP has fielded Dr Jayanta Ray while Left Front has fielded Bhagirath Roy. In the meantime, Congress has fielded Mani Kumar Darnal from Jalpaiguri 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 12,52,142 voters in the parliamentary constituency, among them 66,27,77 are males while 5,89,385 are females. The average literacy rate is 73.79 per cent, and the main occupation of people is agriculture, tourism and trade of essential commodities. The female to male ratio is 954.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule for Second Phase:
| Announcement and Issue of Press Note | March 10 |
| Issue of Notification | March 18 |
| Last date for filing nomination | March 26 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | March 27 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | March 29 |
| Date Of Poll | April 18 |
| 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 Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha election begun on March 18, which continued till March 26. The scrutiny was done on March 27, and the last date for the withdrawal of the nominations wad March 29. The polling took place on April 18.
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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.
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