Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency
Cooch Behar | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
Assembly constituencies |
Mathabhanga Cooch Behar Uttar Cooch Behar Dakshin Sitalkuchi Sitai Dinhata Natabari |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 1,814,200 |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2019 |
Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Cooch Behar in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 1 Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency are in Cooch Behar district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 1 Coochbehar, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following segments from 2009:
# | Name | District | Member | Party | |
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2 | Mathabhanga (SC) | Cooch Behar | Sushil Barman | BJP | |
3 | Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) | Sukumar Roy | BJP | ||
4 | Cooch Behar Dakshin | Nikhil Ranjan Dey | BJP | ||
5 | Sitalkuchi (SC) | Baren Chandra Barman | BJP | ||
6 | Sitai (SC) | Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia | TMC | ||
7 | Dinhata | Udayan Guha | TMC | ||
8 | Natabari | Mihir Goswami | BJP |
The area under the Mathabhanga subdivision of the Cooch Behar district will constitute the assembly constituencies of Mathabhanga and Sitalkuchi, whereas the area under the Dinhata subdivision will form the constituencies of Dinahata and Sitai. The area under Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision will form Cooch Behar Uttar, Cooch Behar Dakshin and Natabari constituencies, though Natabari will contain gram panchayats from Tufanganj subdivision also.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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1951 | Upendra Nath Barman | Indian National Congress | |
Birendra Nath Katham | |||
Amiya Kanta Basu | |||
1957 | Upendra Nath Barman | ||
Santosh Banerjee | |||
1962 | Debendra Nath Karjee | All India Forward Bloc | |
1963^ | P. C. Barman | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | Benoy Krishna Das Choudhury | All India Forward Bloc | |
1971 | Indian National Congress | ||
1977 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc | |
1980 | |||
1984 | |||
1989 | |||
1991 | |||
1996 | |||
1998 | |||
1999 | |||
2004 | Hiten Barman | ||
2009 | Nripendra Nath Roy | ||
2014 | Renuka Sinha | Trinamool Congress | |
2016^ | Partha Pratim Roy | ||
2019 | Nisith Pramanik | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ denotes by-polls
Election results
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Nisith Pramanik | 731,594 | 47.98 | +31.64 | |
AITC | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | 6,77,363 | 44.43 | +4.92 | |
AIFB | Gobinda Chandra Roy | 46,648 | 3.07 | -29.91 | |
INC | Piya Roy Chowdhury | 28,215 | 1.85 | -2.52 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 14,490 | 0.95 | ||
Majority | 54,231 | 3.55 | |||
Turnout | 15,25,446 | 84.08 | +1.27 | ||
BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +13.36 |
2016 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Partha Pratim Ray | 7,94,375 | 59.03 | +19.52 | |
BJP | Hem Chandra Barman | 3,81,134 | 28.32 | +11.98 | |
AIFB | Nripendra Nath Roy | 87,363 | 6.49 | -26.49 | |
INC | Partha Pratim Isore | 33,470 | 2.49 | -3.10 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 9,680 | 0.72 | -0.14 | |
Majority | 4,13,241 | 30.71 | +24.18 | ||
Turnout | 13,45,717 | 78.39 | -4.42 | ||
AITC hold | Swing |
2014 result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Renuka Sinha | 5,26,499 | 39.51 | -2.14 | |
AIFB | Dipak Kumar Roy | 4,39,393 | 32.98 | -11.68 | |
BJP | Hem Chandra Barman | 2,17,653 | 16.34 | +10.51 | |
INC | Keshab Chandra Ray | 74,540 | 5.59 | N/A | |
BSP | Girindra Nath Barman | 15,683 | 1.18 | -0.86 | |
Independent | Bangshi Badan Barman | 13,205 | 0.99 | -2.33 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 11,409 | 0.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 87,107 | 6.53 | +3.52 | ||
Turnout | 13,32,409 | 82.81 | -1.54 | ||
AITC gain from AIFB | Swing |
General election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIFB | Nripendra Nath Roy | 5,08,677 | 44.66 | ||
AITC | Arghya Roy Pradhan | 4,66,928 | 41.65 | ||
BJP | Bhabendra Nath Barman | 65,325 | 5.83 | ||
Independent | Bangshi Badan Barman | 37,226 | 3.32 | ||
BSP | Niranjan Barman | 22,925 | 2.04 | ||
Independent | Hitendra Das | 11,374 | 1.01 | ||
Majority | 41,749 | 3.01 | |||
Turnout | 11,21,043 | 84.35 | |||
AIFB hold | Swing |
General election 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIFB | Hiten Barman | 490,982 | 51.90 | ||
AITC | Girindra Nath Barman | 264,413 | 27.90 | ||
INC | Sailen Barma | 116,715 | 12.30 | ||
Forward Bloc(S) | Amar Roy Pradhan | 26,755 | 2.80 | ||
NCP | Bharat Singha Sarkar | 17,393 | 1.80 | ||
Independent | Pradip Kumar Roy | 11,021 | 1.20 | ||
Independent | Nripen Karjee | 10,682 | 1.10 | ||
AMB | Dalendra Roy | 8,527 | 0.90 | ||
Samajwadi Party | Piyush Barman | 6,075 | 0.60 | ||
Majority | 226,569 | 23.90% | |||
Turnout | 9,47,381 | 82.5% | |||
AIFB hold | Swing |
General election 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIFB | Amar Roy Pradhan | 443,148 | 49.70 | ||
AITC | Ambika Charan Ray | 334,983 | 37.60 | ||
INC | Sabita Roy | 90,378 | 10.10 | ||
BSP | Papiya Barman | 17,188 | 1.90 | ||
Independent (politician) (KPP) | Mahendra Nath Das | 2,766 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Nripen Karjee | 2,385 | 0.30 | ||
NCP | Usha Roy | 981 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 108,165 | (12.0%) | |||
Turnout | 9,02,487 | (80.8%) | |||
AIFB hold | Swing |
General election 1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AIFB | Amar Roy Pradhan | 396,140 | 43.20 | ||
MFB | Gobinda Ray | 272,974 | 29.80 | ||
AITC | Prasenjit Barman | 218,093 | 10.10 | ||
BSP | Papiya Barman | 13,480 | 1.50 | ||
AMB | Karneswar Barman | 2,766 | 0.30 | ||
Majority | 123,166 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,16,783 | 83.6% | |||
AIFB hold | Swing |
General elections 1957-2004
In 1951, Upendra Nath Barman, Birendra Nath Katham and Amiya Kanta Basu, all of Congress, won the North Bengal seat. The winners and runners-up from Cooch Behar for subsequent elections are shown below. In a (by-election) in 1958Nalini Ranjan Ghosh of Indian National Congress won.
Year | Winner | Runner Up | Ref. | ||
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Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | ||
1957 | Santosh Banerjee | Indian National Congress | Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc | |
Upendranath Barman | |||||
1962 | Debendranath Karjee | All India Forward Bloc | Upendra Nath Barman | Indian National Congress | |
1967 | BKD Chowdhury | PC Barman | Indian National Congress | ||
1972 | Benoy Krishna Das Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | Nagendra Nath Roy | CPI(M) | |
1977 | Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc | Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
1980 | Amar Roy Pradhan | Ambika Charan Roy | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
1984 | Amar Roy Pradhan | Prasenjit Barman | Indian National Congress | ||
1989 | Amar Roy Pradhan | Sabita Roy | Indian National Congress | ||
1991 | Amar Roy Pradhan | Sabita Roy | Indian National Congress | ||
1996 | Amar Roy Pradhan | Sabita Roy | Indian National Congress | ||
1998 | Amar Roy Pradhan | Gobinda Roy | Forward Bloc (Socialist) | ||
1999 | Amar Roy Pradhan | Ambika Charan Ray | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
2004 | Hiten Barman | Girindra Nath Barman | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
2009 | Nripendra Nath Roy | Arghya Roy Pradhan | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
2014 | Renuka Sinha | All India Trinamool Congress | Dipak Kumar Roy | All India Forward Bloc | |
2016
(By Poll) |
Partha Pratim Roy | Hem Chandra Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2019 | Nisith Pramanik | Bharatiya Janata Party | Paresh Chandra Adhikari | All India Trinamool Congress |