Constituency
503. Alipurduars
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-ALIPURDUARS
RSP 41.2%won by 12.1%AITC 29.1%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.3% to 12.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 76.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,29,301
Turnout
76.0%
Valid votes
9,33,734
Margin
1,12,822
12.08%
Candidates
9 contested · winner RSP- 1MANOHAR TIRKEYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP3,84,89041.2%
- 2PABAN KUMAR LAKRAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC2,72,06829.1%
- 3MANOJ TIGGABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,99,84321.4%
- 4JOACHIM BAXLAIndependent · IND18,8552.0%
- 5PAULDEXION KHARIYAIndependent · IND16,8561.8%
- 6ELIAS NARJINARYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,1551.5%
- 7BILKAN BARASWJP · SWJP9,6591.0%
- 8THADDEUS LAKRAIndependent · IND8,7500.9%
- 9KAMAL LAMAIndependent · IND8,6580.9%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–AITC swing
- −33.6%
- RSP share
- 45.7% → 41.2%
- AITC share
- 0.0% → 29.1%
- Turnout
- 80.5% → 76.0%