Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Matigara.

Matigara–Naxalbari (SC) Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Matigara–Naxalbari (SC)
Constituency No. 25 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Darjeeling
Lok Sabha constituency	Darjeeling
Established	2011
Total electors	270,154
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anandamay Barman
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2026
Preceded by	Shankar Malakar

Most Successful parties from Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) assembly constituency

1. Indian National Congress (2 times) (50.0%)
2. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (50.0%)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 25 Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency (SC) covers Naxalbari community development block, and Atharakhai, Champasari (excluding villages Sitong Forest, Sivoke Hill Forest and Sivoke Forest), Matigara I, Matigara II, Patharghata gram panchayats of Matigara community development block.

Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2011	Sankar Malakar		Indian National Congress
2016
2021	Anandamoy Barman		Bharatiya Janata Party
2026

Election results

Vote share of Winning Candidates

Year			Percent
2026			66.50%
2021			58.10%
2016			41.28%
2011			45.19%

2026

In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Anandamoy Barman of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sankar Malakar of TMC by 104,265 votes.In the 2026 elections, he emerged as the candidate with the second largest victory margin in the entire state of West Bengal.

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anandamay Barman	166,905	66.5	8.4
	AITC	Shankar Malakar	62,640	24.96	3.69
	CPI(M)	Jharen Roy	8,585	3.42
	INC	Amitava Sarkar	5,498	2.19	7.39
	NOTA	None of the above	1,811	0.72	0.91
Majority			104,265	41.54	12.09
Turnout			250,985	92.9	9.24
	BJP hold		Swing	6.04

2021

In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Anandamoy Barman of BJP defeated his nearest rival Rajen Sundas of TMC.

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anandamoy Barman	139,785	58.1
	AITC	Rajen Sundas	68,937	28.65
	INC	Sankar Malakar	23,060	9.58
	NOTA	None of the above	3,912	1.63
Majority			70,848	29.45
Turnout			240,591	83.66
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sankar Malakar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Amar Sinha of TMC.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sankar Malakar	86,441	41.28	3.91
	AITC	Amar Sinha	67,814	32.39
	BJP	Anandamoy Barman	44,625	21.31	16.84
	KPP	Bidur Barman	2,464	1.18
	BSP	Sudip Mandal	1,849	0.88
	Independent	Goutam Kirtania	1,739	0.83
	SUCI(C)	Kshitish Chandra Roy	1,138	0.54
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,307	1.58
Majority			18,627	8.90	4.74
Turnout			209,377	83.95
	INC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sankar Malakar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Jharen Roy of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Matigara-Naxalbari (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sankar Malakar	74,334	45.19
	CPI(M)	Jharen Roy	67,501	41.04
	KPP	Atul Chandra Roy	11,906	7.24
	BJP	Asim Sarkar	7,351	4.47
	CPI(ML)L	Dipu Haldar	3,391	2.06
Majority			6,833	4.16
Turnout			1,64,483	84.76
	INC win (new seat)