Phansidewa Assembly Constituency

Phansidewa Assembly constituency
Phansidewa Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 27 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Phansidewa (ST) Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling
Lok Sabha constituency	Darjeeling
Established	1962
Total electors	217,918
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Durga Murmu
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026
Preceded by	Sunil Chandra Tirkey

Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India

Phansidewa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for members of the Scheduled Tribes.

Most Successful parties from Phansidewa(ST) Assembly

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (7 times) (43.8%)
Indian National Congress (7 times) (43.8%)
Bharatiya Janata Party(2 times) (12.5%)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 27 Phansidewa Assembly constituency (ST) covers Phansidewa and Kharibari community development blocks.^[1]

Phansidewa Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	MLA
1962	Tenzing Wangdi	Indian National Congress
1967	Tenzing Wangdi
1969	Iswar Chandra Tirkey
1971
1972
1977	Patras Minz	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982	Patras Minz
1987	Prokash Minz
1991
1996
2001
2006	Choton Kisku
2011	Sunil Chandra Tirkey	Indian National Congress
2016	Sunil Chandra Tirkey	Indian National Congress
2021	Durga Murmu	Bharatiya Janata Party
2026	Durga Murmu	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Durga Murmu	118,241	56.92	6.03
	AITC	Reena Topno Ekka	72,978	35.13	2.42
	INC	Navaneeta Tirkey	4,948	2.38	3.79
	Independent	Amit Kumar Lakra	3,503	1.69
	CPI(ML)L	Sumanti Ekka	2,229	1.07	0.27
	NOTA	None of the above	2,193	1.06	0.18
Majority			45,263	21.79	8.45
Turnout			207,732	95.33	9.01
	BJP hold		Swing	4.22

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Durga Murmu	105,651	50.89	32.75
	AITC	Chhotan Kisku	77,940	37.55
	INC	Sunil Chandra Tirkey	12,815	6.17	34.18
	CPI(ML)L	Sumanti Ekka	2,787	1.34
	BSP	Karuna Ranjan Soren	2,291	1.1
	NOTA	None of the above	2,575	1.24
Majority			27,711	13.34
Turnout			207,590	86.32
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunil Chandra Tirkey	73,158	40.35	2.2
	AITC	Carolus Lakra	66,084	36.45
	BJP	Durga Murmu	32,894	18.14	14.17
	Independent	Jemshan Tirkey	2,072	1.14
	CPI(ML)L	Lalu Oraon	1,596	0.88	0.6
	BMP	Bikash Birju	1,474	0.81
	Independent	Sushil Lakra	1,373	0.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,629	1.45
Majority			7,074	3.90	2.32
Turnout			1,81,280	87.85
	INC hold		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunil Chandra Tirkey	61,388	42.55	11.35
	CPI(M)	Choton Kisku	59,151	41.00	9.22
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Junas Kerketta	7,536	5.22
	BJP	Dila Saibo	5,734	3.97	3.95
	KPP	Helarius Ekka	4,114	2.85
	CPI(ML)L	Kandra Murmu	2,138	1.48
	Independent	Sudhir Tirki	1,896	1.31
	CPI(ML)L	Ram Ganesh Baraik	1,286	0.89
	SUCI(C)	Bhola Tirki	1,028	0.71
Majority			2,237	1.58	17.44
Turnout			144,271	87.49
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Choton Kisku	93,689	50.22	2.77
	INC	Mamla Kujur	58,185	31.2	1.28
	BJP	Dila Saibo	14,788	7.92	4.42
	Independent	Ram Ganesh Baraik	8,337	4.5
	GNLF	Ishwaridan Guria	4,556	2.44	0.29
	CPI(ML)L	Rengta Murmu	2,365	1.3
	BSP	Sudhir Hansda	2,346	1.25
	Independent	Mahendra Bhagat	2,273	1.22
Majority			35,504	19.02	1.49
Turnout			1,86,539
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prokash Minz	77,507	47.45	3.34
	INC	Mamla Kujur	48,870	29.92	9.98
	Independent	Cornelius Tigga	17,915	10.97
	Independent	Ram Ganesh Baraik	6,977	4.27
	BJP	Sukhdeo Bhagat	5,723	3.5	2.16
	GNLF	Akul Munda	4,467	2.73
	Independent	Mahendra Bhagat	1,870	1.14
Majority			28,637	17.53	6.64
Turnout			1,63,329	71.86
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prokash Minz	85,845	50.79	3.78
	INC	Chhabilal Minj	67,439	39.9	0.09
	BJP	Ratan Kumar Hansda	9,559	5.66	2.25
	Independent	Ram Ganesh Baraik	3,936	2.33
	BSP	Radha Munda	1,379	0.82	0.32
	CPI(ML)L	Rengta Murmu	592	0.35
	Independent	Ekka Samarendra (Pintu)	279	0.17
Majority			18,406	10.89
Turnout			1,69,029	82.79
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prokash Minz	62,076	47.01%	Winner
	INC	Iswar Chandra Tirkey	52,574	39.81%
	BJP	Tereser Sorang Chacko	10,441	7.91%
	Independent	Bandhan Uraon	2,203	1.67%
	Independent	Shanti Sarker (Munda)	1,916	1.45%
	BSP	Babun Murmu	1,502	1.14%
	Independent	Bigu Uraon	1,096	0.83%
	Independent	Suklal Tudu	247	0.19%
Majority			9,502	7.2%
Turnout			1,32,055	72.4%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Prokash Minz	53,685	49.44%	Winner
	INC	Iswar Chandra Tirkey	47,344	43.6%
	Independent	Santi Sarkar (Munda)	3,254	3%
	Independent	Patras Minj	2,045	1.88%
	Independent	Pandoo Baraik	1,054	0.97%
	Independent	Bandhan Uraon	630	0.58%
	Independent	Oraon Maturam	569	0.52%
Majority			6,341	5.84%
Turnout			1,08,581	66.61%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Patras Minz	41,362	45.76%	Winner
	INC	Iswar Chandra Tirkey	36,076	39.92%
	JP	Teresa Sorang Chacko	5,120	5.66%
	Independent	Edwar Tirkey	3,973	4.4%
	Independent	Santi Munda	2,725	3.03%
	Independent	Dharmendra Nath Birja	1,114	1.23%
Majority			5,286	5.84%
Turnout			90,370	73.69%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Patras Minz	20,819	41.9%	Winner
	JP	Teresa Sorang Chacko	13,354	26.87%
	INC	Iswar Chandra Tirkey	11,969	24.09%
	CPI	Besra Ramesh	3,550	7.14%
Majority			7,465	15.03%
Turnout			49,692	52.13%
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(R)	Iswar Chandra Tirkey	27,894	62.26%	Winner
	CPI(M)	Patras Minz	16,912	37.74%
Majority			10,907	24.52%
Turnout			44,806	55.21%
	INC hold		Swing

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Iswar Chandra Tirkey	19,259	43.76%	Winner
	CPI(M)	Patras Minz	14,678	33.35%
	AIFB	Gopal Hansda	3,415	7.76%
	Bangla Congress	Oraon Marianus Tigga	2,169	4.93%
	RSP	Joseph Kunda	1,968	4.47%
	INC(O)	Timba Oraon	1,799	4.09%
	Independent	Anjulush Murmu	725	1.65%
Majority			4,581	10.41%
Turnout			44,013	57.35%
	INC hold		Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Iswar Chandra Tirkey	20,974	65.13%	Winner
	CPI(M)	Patras Minz	11,228	34.86%
Majority			9,746	30.27%
Turnout			32,202
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tenzing Wangdi	16,227	60.75%	Winner
	CPI(M)	Jangal Santhal	10,484	39.25%
Majority			5,743	21.5%
Turnout			26,711
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Phansidewa (ST) constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tenzing Wangdi	10,389	53.21%	Winner
	CPI	Jangal Santhal	9,132	46.78%
Majority			1,257
Turnout			19,521
	INC win (new seat)

References

1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[delimitation-1] 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

[election2026-2] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2021-3] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

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