Kumargram Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal. For 2. its namesake village, see Kumargram, Alipurduar. For 3.its namesake community development block, see Kumargram.

Kumargram (ST)
Constituency No. 10 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kumargram (ST) Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Alipurduar
Lok Sabha constituency	Alipurduars (ST)
Established	1967
Total electors	260,288
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manoj Kumar Oraon
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2026

Most Successful parties from Kamargram (ST) assembly

1. Revolutionary Socialist Party (9 times) (56.2%)
2. Indian National Congress (4 times) (25.0%)
3. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (12.5%)
4. All India Trinamool Congress (1 time) (6.25%)

Kumargarm is an assembly constituency in Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 10 Kumargram (ST) covers Kumargram community development block and Bhatibari, Kohinoor, Mahakalguri Parokata, Samuktala, Tatpara I and Turturi gram panchayats in Alipurduar II community development block.

Kumargram Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1967	Pijushkanti Mukherjee		Indian National Congress
1969
1971
1972	Debabrata Chatterjee
1977	John Arther Baxla		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1982	Subodh Oraon
1987
1991	Salib Toppo
1996
2001	Dasrath Tirkey
2006
2011
2014^	Manoj Kumar Oraon
2016	James Kujur		All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Manoj Kumar Oraon		Bharatiya Janata Party
2026

• ^ by-election

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2026			57.95%
2021			48.16%
2016			37.27%
2014 (Bye-Poll)			34.79%
2011			40.84%
2006			53.92%
2001			54.98%
1996			52.21%
1991			52.21%
1987			58.21%
1982			56.27%
1977			53.75%
1972			67.90%
1971			43.94%
1969			48.19%
1967			41.30%

2026

In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Kumar Oraon of BJP defeated his nearest rival Rajeev Tirkey of TMC by 52,877 votes.

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Oraon	143,044	57.95	9.79
	AITC	Rajeev Tirkey	90,167	36.53	6.9
	RSP	Kishor Minj	4,111	1.67	3.17
	INC	Sudham Lama	2,261	0.92	7.57
	IND	Bikash Oraon	1,791	0.73
	IND	Paulus Tudu	873	0.35
	AJUP	Unilish Mochari	461	0.19
	IND	Abkari Kujur	423	0.17
	SUCI(C)	Ram Oraon	279	0.11
	IND	Amit Chompramari	248	0.1
	GSP	Sushil Minz	245	0.1
	NOTA	Nota	2,924	1.18	0.01
Majority			52,877	21.42	16.69
Turnout			246,827	94.83	9.65
Registered electors			260,288		9.65
	BJP hold		Swing	8.34

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Manoj Kumar Oraon of BJP defeated his nearest rival Leos Kujur of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Oraon	111,974	48.16
	AITC	Leos Kujur	100,973	43.43
	RSP	Kishor Minz	11,253	4.84
	NOTA	None of the above	2,718	1.17
Majority			11,001	4.73
Turnout			232,489	85.18
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, James Kujur of TMC defeated his nearest rival Manoj Kumar Oraon of RSP.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	James Kujur	77,668	37.27	Winner
	RSP	Manoj Kumar Oraon	71,515	34.32
	BJP	Leos Kujur	45,137	21.66
	JMM	Vinay Kr. Minj	3,296	1.58
	BSP	Eliash Narjinary	2,737	1.31
	SUCI(C)	Ram Oraon	2,179	1.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,874	2.82
Majority			6,153	2.95
Turnout			2,08,406	85.64
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing

2014

In the bye-elections held in 2014, Manoj Kumar Oraon of RSP defeated Joachim Baxla of AITC by 2,667 votes.

2014 West Bengal Legislative Assembly bye- election: Kumargram (ST) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Manoj Kumar Oraon	65,634	34.79
	AITC	Joachim Baxla	62,967	33.38
	BJP	Binod Minj	44,039	23.34
	INC	Clement Dungdung	16,020	8.49
	NOTA	None of the above	4,377
Majority			2,677	1.35
Turnout			197,414	96.04
	RSP hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Dasrath Tirkey	71,545	40.84
	AITC	Joachim Baxla	58,964	33.66
	JMM	Vinay Kumar Minj	18,784	10.72
	BJP	Hopna Soren	12,488	7.13
	IND	Hira Charan Narjinari	4,687	2.68
	IND	Sanjib Kumar Narjinari	2,960	1.69
	BSP	Eliash Narjinary	2,782	1.59
	IND	Khulu Saren	1,751	1.00
	RADP	Sushila Lakra	1,220	0.70
Majority			12,581	7.18
Turnout			175,181	85.22
	RSP hold		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Dasrath Tirkey	69,540	53.92
	AITC	Swapan Kujur	32,372	25.10
	INC	Clement Dungdung	27,065	20.99
Majority			37,168	28.82
Turnout			128,977
	RSP hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Dasrath Tirkey	60,966	54.98
	AITC	Paresh Chandra Das	27,782	25.05
	IND	Samarjit Narjinary	13,882	12.52
	BJP	Laudha Oraon	8,266	7.45
Majority			33,184	29.93
Turnout			110,967	75.95
	RSP hold		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Salib Toppo	59,032	52.21
	INC	Krishna Chik Baraik	41,580	36.77
	BJP	Laudha Oraon	10,337	9.14
	IND	Jarj Besra	959	0.85
	SWJP	Silbanus Lakra	654	0.58
	IND	Jharia Oraon	436	0.39
	IND	Ekka Samendra	76	0.07
Majority			17,452	15.44
Turnout			116,551	86.12
	RSP hold		Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Salib Topo	52,282	52.21
	INC	Dudsai Topp	35,021	34.97
	BJP	Laudha Oraon	11,626	11.61
	IND	Samarendra Ekka	838	0.84
	AMB	Lawrence Lakra	367	0.37
Majority			17,261	17.24
Turnout			102,955	80.78
	RSP hold		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Subodh Barwa	48,081	58.21
	INC	Khagendra Nath Thakur	34,514	41.79
Majority			13,567	16.42
Turnout			85,325	77.29
	RSP hold		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	Subodh Uraon	40,531	56.27
	INC	Dutsai Toppo	31,493	43.73
Majority			9,038	12.54
Turnout			75,170	80.61
	RSP hold		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram (ST)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	John Arther Baxla	22,882	53.75
	INC	Konda Bhagat	15,543	36.51
	JP	Naranarayan Narjinary	3,807	8.94
	IND	Degendra Nath Das	337	0.79
Majority			7,339	17.24
Turnout			43,937	59.38
	Swing to RSP from INC		Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Debabrata Chatterjee	25,515	67.90
	CPI(M)	Nitai Chandra Das	12,061	32.10
Majority			13,454	35.80
Turnout			39,175	56.39
	INC hold		Swing

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pijush Kanti Mukherjee	16,619	43.94
	CPI(M)	Netai Chandra Das	7,984	21.11
	INC(O)	Anima Hmare	4,089	10.81
	RSP	Suresh Talukdar	4,083	10.80
	AIFB	Dhirendra Chandra Sarker	3,261	8.62
	IND	Benjamin Soren	994	2.63
	IND	Karji Lalit Mohan	793	2.10
Majority			8,635	22.83
Turnout			41,321	60.39
	INC hold		Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pijish Kanti Mukherjee	19,197	48.19
	CPI(M)	Ranjit Das Gupta	13,760	34.55
	NDF	Michael Basumata	4,345	10.91
	IND	Sankhapati Roy	1,819	4.57
	PBI	Kalipada Chattopadhaya	711	1.78
Majority			5,437	13.64
Turnout			41,375	64.71
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kumargram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. K. Mukherjee	16,093	41.30
	CPI(M)	R. Das Gupta	9,007	23.11
	IND	M. Basumata	8,927	22.91
	AIFB	M. Adhikari	2,981	7.65
	IND	J. N. Das	1,962	5.03
Majority			7,086	18.19
Turnout			43,201	67.30
	INC win (new seat)