Tufanganj is a general Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district, characterised by agrarian plains, riverine belts, border-adjacent settlements, and semi-urban market clusters. Electoral behaviour is shaped by agrarian income stability, flood and embankment management, minority–majority demographic balance, and turnout elasticity in peripheral rural zones. Psephologically, Tufanganj functions as a competitive agrarian–border seat where mobilisation symmetry and riverine volatility significantly influence margin compression.