Municipal elections were held in Siliguri on 12 February 2022 to elect members of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation.

The Trinamool Congress party won the election defeating CPI(M) led Left Front with an overwhelming majority. The sitting mayor of Siliguri Ashok Bhattacharya lost his ward to TMC candidate Alam Khan by 482 votes. After the result, Goutam Deb became the new Mayor. The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the second largest party.

Schedule Poll eventScheduleNotification date28 Dec, 2021Last Date for filing nomination3 Jan, 2022Last Date for withdrawal of nomination6 Jan, 2022Date of poll12 Feb, 2022Date of counting of votes14 Feb, 2022

Voter Statistics

Parties and alliances Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:

PartySymbolAllianceNo. of contesting candidatesAll India Forward Bloc (AIFB) Left Front3Communist Party of India (CPI)2Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))36Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)2All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)None47Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)46Indian National Congress (INC)34Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation CPI(ML)L1Independents (IND)30

Candidates + List of candidatesWardReservationLeft FrontAITCBJPINC#NameSC/ST/WomenParty CandidateParty CandidateParty CandidateParty Candidate1 Ward No. 1 None RSP Biswajit Roy AITC Sanjay Pathak BJP Kanhaiya Kumar Pathak INC Maksudan Sahani2 Ward No. 2 Women CPI(M) Snighda Hazra(Halder) AITC Gargi Chatterjee BJP Bani Paul INC Tanu Ghosh3 Ward No. 3None RSP Chhanda Goswami Sarkar AITC Ram Bhajan Mahato BJP Binod Kumar Gupta INC Roshan Kumar Jha4 Ward No. 4 CPI(M) Sourove Kanti Sarkar AITC Parimal Mitra BJP Vivekananda Singh INC Chabi Das5 Ward No. 5 Women AIFB Rina Yadav AITC Saroj Goenka BJP Anita Mahato INC Shruti Yadav6 Ward No. 6None CPI(M) Ashok Narayan Bhattacharya AITC Alam Khan BJP Noor Jahan Ansari INC Md Shahanawaz Hussain7 Ward No. 7Left Front supports INC AITC Pintu Ghosh BJP Shakuntala Mishra INC Rajeev Kumar Mishra8 Ward No. 8 Women CPI(M) Sabita Mitruka AITC Khusboo Mittal BJP Shalini DalmiaINC supports CPI(M) 9 Ward No. 9None AIFB Mohan Lal Mandal AITC Pradip Kumar Goyel BJP Amit Jain INC Harendra Lohia10 Ward No. 10 CPI(M) Suraj Kundu AITC Kamal Agarwal BJP Prasenjit PaulINC supports CPI(M)11 Ward No. 11 WomenLeft Front supported Independent candidate Santosh Devi Singhal AITC Uma Goyal BJP Manjushree PaulINC supports Left Front12 Ward No. 12None CPI(M) Pradip Ghosh AITC Basudeb Ghosh BJP Nantu Paul INC Soubhik Sengupta13 Ward No. 13 CPI Raman Tuli AITC Manik Dey BJP Bhushan JainINC supports CPI14 Ward No. 14 Women CPI(M) Munmun Bhowmik AITC Srabani Dutta BJP Madhabi Mukherjee INC Shilpi Sarkar15 Ward No. 15None CPI Habul Ghosh AITC Ranjan Sarkar BJP Raju Saha INC Subin Bhowmick16 Ward No. 16Left Front supports INC AITC Sanjeeb Chakraborty BJP Shibendhu Dutta INC Sujoy Ghatak17 Ward No. 17 Women CPI(M) Joyita Mitra AITC Mili Seal Sinha BJP Shipra Mondal INC Ruma Nath18 Ward No. 18None CPI(M) Deepak Kumar Sahani AITC Sanjay Sharma BJP Debkumar SenguptaINC supports CPI(M)19 Ward No. 19 CPI(M) Mousumi Hazra AITC Bimal Ghosh BJP Tridib SahaINC supports CPI(M)20 Ward No. 20 Women CPI(M) Anjana Dey AITC Abhaya Bose BJP Pala Balo Majumder INC Shampa Bhattacharjee21 Ward No. 21NoneLeft Front supports INC AITC Kuntal Roy BJP Suman Sarkar INC Tapan Dutta22 Ward No. 22 CPI(M) Dipta Karmakar AITC Dhiman Bose BJP Shyama Shankar Rakshit INC Sujit Dutta23 Ward No. 23 Women CPI(M) Ayantika Chakraborty AITC Lakshmi Paul BJP Sharmistha Dey Sarkar INC Ayantika Ghosh Guha24 Ward No. 24None CPI(M) Indrajit Chanda AITC Pratul Chakraborty BJP Sankar Ghosh INC Dipak Kar25 Ward No. 25 AIFB Dalia Ghosh AITC Jayanta Saha BJP Santosh Modak INC Shankar Choudhury26 Ward No. 26 Women CPI(M) Binapani Dutta AITC Sikta Dey Basu Ray BJP Anindita Roy Das INC Ruchira Malakar27 Ward No. 27 None CPI(M) Sudip Bhattacharjee AITC Prasanta Chakraborty BJP Ranvir MajumderINC supports CPI(M)28 Ward No. 28 SC Women CPI(M) Aparna Dalai AITC Samprita Das BJP Jyoti Prasad BhagatINC supports CPI(M)29 Ward No. 29 None CPI(M) Saradindu Chakraborty AITC Susmita Bose Moitra BJP Prosenjit Saha INC Nandita Saha Bose30 Ward No. 30 Women CPI(M) Manju Karmakar AITC Sathi Das BJP Rinku DuttaINC supports CPI(M)31 Ward No. 31 SC Women CPI(M) Bani Barman AITC Moumita Mondal BJP Rinku Bagchi INC Navaneeta Tirkey32 Ward No. 32None CPI(M) Bidhayak Chandra Das AITC Tapas Chatterjee BJP Kajal DasINC supports CPI(M)33 Ward No. 33 CPI(M) Ashim Kumar Saha AITC Goutam Deb BJP Parimal Sutradhar INC Niranjan Acharjya34 Ward No. 34 SC CPI(M) Golap Roy Das AITC Biman Chandra Tapadar BJP Ratan Das INC Swati Sarkar Bhattacharjee35 Ward No. 35 Women CPI(M) Shefali Bhattacharjee AITC Sampa Nandi BJP Arpita Das INC Rita Chaudhury 36 Ward No.36 None CPI(M) Barun Talukdar AITC Ranjan Sil Sharma BJP Partha BaidyaINC supports CPI(M)37 Ward No. 37 SC CPI(M) Nakul Chandra Sarkar AITC Alok Bhakta BJP Amrit PoddarINC supports CPI(M)38 Ward No. 38 None CPI(M) Tapas Das AITC Dulal Dutta BJP Nityananda PalINC supports CPI(M)39 Ward No. 39 Women CPI(M) Priya Dey AITC Pinki Saha BJP Arundhati Jha INC Pritilata Roy40 Ward No. 40None CPI(M) Biplab Dutta AITC Rajesh Prasad Sah BJP Dilip Roy INC Manoj Agarwal41 Ward No. 41 CPI(M) Naresh Singh AITC Shivika Mittal BJP Julee Tamang INC Kamal Majumdar42 Ward No. 42 ST CPI(M) Sunita Gheesing AITC Shobha Subba BJP Kersensia Kindo INC Chingzong Helena Lepcha43 Ward No. 43SC CPI(M) Surendra Sharma AITC Sukhdeo Mahato BJP Sachin Prasad INC Santosh Roy44 Ward No. 44 CPI(M) Mahua Bhattacharjee AITC Pritikana Biswas BJP Iti Acharjee INC Nabina Sarkar45 Ward No. 45 Women CPI(M) Munshi Nurul Islam AITC Bedabrata Dutta BJP Dinesh Singh INC Bablu Mahato46 Ward No. 46 None CPI(M) Paresh Chandra Sarkar AITC Dilip BarmanDidn't Field Candidate INC Shikha Roy47 Ward No. 47 SC CPI(M) Mukul Sengupta AITC Amar Ananda Das BJP Nirmal Bagchi INC Sudhan Bhowmick

Result Party-wise result + 37 5 4 1 AITC BJP CPI(M) INC

Ward-wise result The Ward-wise Results were announced by the West Bengal State Election Commission after the counting.

+ ResultsWard numberWinnerRunner UpMargin Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate VotesWard No. 1AITCSanjay Pathak3,341 IndependentBirandra Kapoor2,472 869Ward No. 2AITCGargi Chatterjee3,613 CPI(M)Snigdha Hazra(Halder)2,557 1,056Ward No. 3AITCRambhajan Mahato3,606BJPBinod Kumar Gupta2,046 1,560Ward No. 4BJPVivek Singh4,936 AITCParimal Mitra4,867 69Ward No. 5BJPAnita Mahato2,551IndependentRakhi Gupta2,315236Ward No. 6AITCAlam Khan1,929CPI(M)Ashok Bhattacharya1,447482Ward No. 7AITCPintu Ghosh3,206BJPShakuntala Mishra1,2391,967Ward No. 8BJPShalini Dalmia2,160AITCKhushboo Mittal1,367793Ward No. 9BJPAmit Jain2,168AITCPradip Kumar Goyel2,09771Ward No. 10AITCKamal Agarwal1363BJPPrasenjit Paul1,042321Ward No. 11BJPManjushree Paul833AITCUma Goyal79340Ward No. 12AITCBasudeb Ghosh1,056BJPNantu Paul791265Ward No. 13AITCManik Dey1,762BJPBhushan Jain892870Ward No. 14AITCSrabani Dutta2,312BJPMadhabi Mukherjee1,1021,210Ward No. 15AITCRanjan Sarkar2,612BJPRaju Saha1,2761,336Ward No. 16INCSujoy Ghattak1,804AITCSanjeeb Chakroborty980824Ward No. 17AITCMili Sil Sinha1,850CPI(M)Joyita Mitra(Jaya)5311,319Ward No. 18AITCSanjay Sharma1,862BJPDeb Kumar Sengupta1,449213Ward No. 19CPI(M)Mousumi Hazra1,208AITCBimal Ghosh757451Ward No. 20AITCAbhaya Bose2,878CPI(M)Anjana Dey1,2471,631Ward No. 21AITCKuntal Roy1,961INCTapan Dutta1,307654Ward No. 22CPI(M)Dipta Karmakar3,776AITCDhiman Bose2,5691,209Ward No. 23AITCLakshmi Paul3,247CPI(M)Sayantika Chakroborty (Mou)7741,145Ward No. 24AITCPratul Chakraborty 2,102INDBikash Sarkar2,09111Ward No. 25AITCJayanta Saha2,629BJPSantosh Modak1,3671,269Ward No. 26AITCSikta Dey Basu Ray810BJPAnindita Roy Das629181Ward No. 27AITCPrasanta Chakraborty2,225CPI(M)Sudip Bhattacharjee1,2161,009Ward No. 28AITCSamprita Das1,577CPI(M)Aparna Dalai1,51463Ward No. 29CPI(M)Sharadidu Chakraborty2,494AITCSusmita Bose Moitra1,2601,234Ward No. 30AITCSathi Das2,915CPI(M)Manju Karmakar1,0561,859Ward No. 31AITCMoumita Mondal4,833BJPRinku Bagchi2,6532,180Ward No. 32AITCTapas Chatterjee3,516BJPKajal Das1,2112,305Ward No. 33AITCGoutam Deb4,820INDBijan Sarkar1,3843,436Ward No. 34AITCBiman Chandra Tapadar4,531CPI(M)Golap Roy2,6621,869Ward No. 35AITCSampa Nandi4,632CPI(M)Shefali Bhattacharjee 2,7321,900Ward No. 36AITCRanjan Shil Sharma5,911BJPPartha Baidya2,4573,454Ward No. 37AITCAlak Bhakta4,325BJPAmrit Poddar3,810515Ward No. 38AITCDulal Dutta5,072BJPNityananda Pal1,8603,212Ward No. 39AITCPinki Saha3,288INDRina Das1,7261,562Ward No. 40AITCRajesh Prasad Sah6,677BJPDilip Roy3,7332,944Ward No. 41AITCShivika Mittal3,115BJPJulee Tamang2,785330Ward No. 42AITCShobha Subba3,537BJPKersensia Kindo3,370167Ward No. 43AITCSukhdeo Mahato3798BJPSachin Prasad3,103695Ward No. 44AITCPritikana Biswas4,473BJPIti Acharjee1,5892,884Ward No. 45CPI(M)Munshi Nurul Islam2,036AITCBedabrata Dutta1,933103Ward No. 46AITCDilip Barman9,549CPI(M)Paresh Chandra Sarkar 3,9835,566Ward No. 47AITCAmar Nanda Das2,309CPI(M)Mukul Sengupta2,172137

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