Bengal election Phase 2: A look at 2011 results in 56 seats going to polls on April 17

Kolkata, April 13: Fifty-six constituencies of the West Bengal Assembly will go to the election on April 17 (Sunday).

These constituencies are situated in seven districts, namely: Alipurduar (five), Jalpaiguri (seven), Darjeeling (six), North Dinajpur (nine), South Dinajpur (six), Malda (12) and Birbhum (11).

In the 2011 Assembly elections, both the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Congress won 18 seats each, followed by the Left (15), Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (three) and others (two). [Top issues of Bengal polls 2016]

Here are the details of the election results in these 56 seats in 2011:

Alipurduar (5 seats)

Kumargram [ST]: 2011 voters number: 2,05,445; vote percentage: 85.27%; winner: Dasarath Tirkey of RSP [vote share: 40.84%]; difference:12,581

Kalchini [ST]: 2011 voters number: 1,82,540; vote percentage: 84.68%; winner: Wilson Champramari [Independent/GJM] [vote share 30.05%]; difference: 7,245

Alipurduar: 2011 voters number: 2,00,879; voter percentage: 86.11%; winner: Debaprasad Roy of Congress [vote share: 46.02%]; difference: 6,783

Falakata [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,89,395; vote percentage: 86.61%; winner: Anil Adhikari of TMC [vote share: 47.44%]; difference: 8,046

Madarihat [ST]: 2011 voters number: 1,61,344; vote per centage: 82.56%; winner: Kumari Kujur of RSP [vote share: 31.93%]; difference: 7,909

Jalpaiguri (7 seats)

Dhupguri [SC]: 2011 voters number: 2,00,612; vote percentage: 86.88%; winner: Mamata Roy of CPI(M) [vote share: 42.25%]; difference: 4,238

Mainaguri [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,98,616; vote percentage: 87.75%; winner: Anantadeb Adhikari of RSP [vote share: 48.71%]; difference: 16,276

Jalpaiguri [SC]: 2011 voters number: 2,08,102; vote percentage: 85.23%; winner: Sukhabilas Barma of Congress [vote share: 48.64%], difference: 11,051

Rajganj [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,78,532; vote percentage: 89.53%; winner: Khageswar Roy of TMC [vote share: 46.64%]; difference: 7,020

Dabgram-Fulbari: 2011 voters number: 2,09,959; vote percentage: 83.49%; winner: Gautam Deb of TMC [vote share: 48.29%]; difference: 11,236

Mal [ST]: 2011 voters number: 1,82,501; vote percentage: 85.65%; winner: Buluchik Baraik of CPI(M) [vote share: 39.69%]; difference: 4,216

Nagrakata [ST]: 2011 voters number: 1,83,655; vote percentage: 83.72%; winner: Joseph Munda of Congress [vote share: 30.27%]; difference: 763

Darjeeling (6 seats)

Kalimpong: 2011 voters number: 1,66,388; vote percentage: 75.06%; winner: Harka Bahadur Chhetri of GJMM [vote share: 87.36%]; difference: 1,01,675

Darjeeling: 2011 voters number: 2,17,964; vote percentage: 70.44%; winner: Trilok Kumar Dewan of GJMM [vote share: 78.51%]; difference: 1,06,555

Kurseong: 2011 voters number: 1,97,531; vote percentage: 78.19%; winner: Rohit Sharma of GJMM [vote share: 74%]; difference: 93,096

Matigara-Naxalbari [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,94,061; vote percentage: 84.76%; winner: Shankar Malakar of Congress [vote share: 45.19%]; difference: 6,833

Siliguri: 2011 voters number: 1,84,303; vote percentage: 81.28%; winner: Rudranath Bhattacharya of TMC [vote share 48.07%]; difference: 5,006

Phansidewa [ST]: 2011 voters number: 1,64,907; vote percentage: 87.49%; winner: Sunil Chandra Tirkey of Congress [vote share 42.55%]; difference: 2,237

North Dinajpur (9 seats)

Chopra: 2011 voters number: 1,67,193; vote percentage: 86.18%; winner: Hamidul Rahaman (Independent) [vote share 44.62%]; difference: 6,570

Islampur: 2011 voters number: 1,50,915; vote percentage: 79.17%; winner: Abdul Karim Chowdhury of TMC [vote share 41.48%]; difference: 11,272

Goalpokhar: 2011 voters number: 1,70,180; vote percentage: 73.45%; winner: Mohammad Gulam Rabbani of Congress [vote share 49.05%]; difference: 13,413

Chakulia: 2011 voters number: 1,67,013; vote percentage: 74.96%; winner: Ali Imran Ramz of Forward Bloc [vote share 52.13%]; difference: 20,413

Karandighi: 2011 voters number: 1,82,521; vote percentage: 82.24%; winner: Gokulbihari Roy of Foward Bloc [vote share 37.99%]; difference: 5,778

Hemtabad [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,85,012; vote percentage: 84.99%; winner: Khagendranath Singha of CPI(M) [vote share 45.51%]; difference: 35,704

Kaliaganj [SC]: 2011 voters number: 2,02,847; vote percentage: 87.91%; winner: Pramathanath Roy of Congress [vote share 47.59%]; difference: 7,290

Raiganj: 2011 voters number: 1,49,614; vote percentage: 84.55%; winner: Mohit Sengupta of Congress [vote share 49.69%]; difference: 5,409

Itahar: 2011 voters number: 1,64,111; vote percentage: 85.55%; winner: Amal Acharjee of TMC [vote share 43.95%]; difference: 7,052

South Dinajpur (6 seats)

Kushmandi [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,55,978; vote percentage: 89.73%; winner: Narmada Chandra Roy of RSP [vote share 47.42%]; difference 3,643

Kumarganj: 2011 voters number: 1,48,934; vote percentage: 89%; winner: Mahmuda Begum of TMC [vote share 46.93%]; difference: 4,218

Balurghat: 2011 voters number: 1,39,816; vote percentage: 88.95%; winner: Shankar Chakraborty of TMC [vote share 54.27%]; difference: 18,291

Tapan [ST]: 2011 voters number: 1,57,109; vote percentage: 89.59%; winner: Bachhu Hansda of TMC [vote share 51.61%]; difference: 18,657

Gangarampur [SC]: 2011 voters numbers: 1,59,575; vote percentage: 89.75%; winner: Satyendranath Roy of TMC [vote share 45.85%]; difference: 7,067

Malda (12 seats)

Habibpur [ST]: 2011 voters number: 1,87,000; vote percentage: 84.31%; winner: Khagen Murmu of CPI(M) [vote share 37.60%]; difference: 2,258

Gajol [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,86,960; vote percentage: 86.62%; winner: Sushil Chandra Roy of Congress [vote share 46.10%]; difference: 5,584

Chanchal: 2011 voters number: 1,71,300; vote percentage: 82.23%; winner: Asif Mehboob of Congress [vote share 48.69%]; difference: 14,187

Harishchandrapur: 2011 voters number: 1,60,562; vote percentage: 83.62%; winner: Tajmul Hossain of Forward Bloc [vote share 46.19%]; difference: 2,441

Malathipur: 2011 voters number: 1,51,848; vote percentage: 83.07%; winner: Abdur Rahim Baksh of RSP [vote share: 43.44%]; difference: 6,701

Ratua: 2011 voters number: 1,92,832; vote percentage: 80.39%; winner: Samar Mukherjee of Congress [vote share: 48.34%]; difference: 6,861

Manikchak: 2011 voters number: 1,74,680; vote percentage: 80.11%; winner: Sabitri Mitra of TMC [vote share: 46.20%]; difference: 6,217

Malda [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,69,551; vote percentage: 86.35%; winner: Bhupendranath Haldar of Congress [vote share 46.55%]; difference: 10,755

Englishbazar: 2011 voters number: 2,08,524; vote percentage: 82.80%; winner: Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury of Congress [vote share 51.79%]; difference: 21,829

Mothabari: 2011 voters number: 1,34,966; vote percentage: 79.72%; winner: Sabina Yasmin of Congress [vote share: 44.11%]; difference: 6,020

Sujapur: 2011 voters number: 1,71,380; vote percentage: 78.14%; winner: Abu Naser Khan Chowdhury of Congress [vote share: 52.75%]; difference: 17,361

Baishnabnagar: 2011 voters number: 1,72,528; vote percentage: 84.33%; winner: Isha Khan Chowdhury of Congress [vote share 43.02%]; difference: 5,023

Birbhum (11 seats)

Dubrajpur [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,82,003; vote percentage: 86.85%; winner: Bijay Bagdi of Forward Bloc [vote share 47.67%]; difference: 2,713

Suri: 2011 voters number: 1,91,155; vote percentage: 51.57%; winner: Swapankumar Ghosh of TMC [vote share 51.57%]; difference: 19,117

Bolpur: 2011 voters number: 2,01,793; vote percentage: 87.71%; winner: Chandranath Sinha of TMC [vote share 50.51%]; difference: 16,627

Nanur [SC]: 2011 voters number: 2,18,319; vote percentage: 85.46%; winner: Gadadhar Hajra of TMC [vote share 49.21%]; difference: 5,863

Labhpur: 2011 voters number: 1,86,920; vote percentage: 88.30%; winner: Manirul Islam of TMC [vote share 47.68%]; difference: 3,006

Sainthia [SC]: 2011 voters number: 1,90,105; vote percentage: 86.93%; winner: Dhiren Bagdi of CPI(M) [vote share 46.91%]; difference: 4,318

Mayureshwar: 2011 voters number: 1,82,594; vote percentage: 87.33%; winner: Ashok Kumar Roy of CPI(M) [vote share 42.31%]; difference: 6,520

Rampurhat: 2011 voters number: 1,90,307; vote percentage: 86.13%; winner: Ashis Banerjee of TMC [vote share 45.80%]; difference: 10,238

Hansan: 2011 voters number: 1,81,254; vote percentage: 86.63%; winner: Asit Maal of Congress [vote share 46.73%]; difference: 26,452

Nalhati: 2011 voters number: 1,76,858; vote percentage: 87.84%; winner: Abhijit Mukherjee of Congress [vote share: 49.03%]; difference: 15,160

Murarai: 2011 voters number: 1,89,414; vote percentage: 86.04%; winner: Nure Alam Chowdhury of TMC [vote share 47.75%]; difference: 4,403

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