Tapan Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 40 Tapan Assembly constituency (ST) covers Dwip Khanda, Gophanagar, Harsura, Malancha and Tapan Chandipur gram panchayats of Tapan community development block, and Boaldar, Chak Vrigu, Jalghar, Bolla, Danga, Gopalbati, Najirpur and Patiram gram panchayats of Balurghat community development block,

Tapan Assembly constituency (ST) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly Year Member Party 1962Nathaniel Murmu 1967 1969 1971Patrash Hembram 1972 1977 Nathaniel Murmu 1982Khara Soren 1987 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011Bachchu Hansda 2016 2021Budhrai Tudu 2026

Election results

2026

2021 In the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Budhrai Tudu of BJP defeated his nearest rival, Kalpana Kisku of TMC.

2016 In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Bachchu Hansda of TMC defeated his nearest rival Raghu Urow of RSP.

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1967

1962

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