Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency

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Cooch Behar
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Lok Sabha constituency
Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Cooch Behar 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
Established1957
Total electors19,66,893 (2024) [1]
Reservation SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2024

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.

Contents

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

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: [2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
2 Mathabhanga (SC) Cooch Behar Sushil Barman Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) Sukumar Roy
4 Cooch Behar Dakshin Nikhil Ranjan Dey Trinamool Congress
5 Sitalkuchi (SC) Baren Chandra Barman
6 Sitai (SC) Sangita Roy Trinamool Congress
7 Dinhata Udayan Guha
8 Natabari Mihir Goswami Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party

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. [2] 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. [2]

Members of Parliament

YearMember [3] Party
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
2024 Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia Trinamool Congress

^ denotes by-polls

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia 788,375 48.57 Increase2.svg4.24
BJP Nisith Pramanik 749,12546.16Decrease2.svg1.82
AIFB Nitish Chandra Roy302671.86Decrease2.svg1.21
INC Piya Roy Chowdhury106790.66Decrease2.svg1.19
Independent Harekrishna Sarkar94670.58New
Independent Kamalesh Barman29930.18New
Independent Nabi Barman27240.17New
Independent Subodh Barman25990.16New
SUCI(C) Dilip Chandra Barman24680.15New
BSP Purna Mohan Roy20970.13New
Independent Bidhan Das20720.13New
Independent Kishore Ray16060.1New
Kamtapur People's Party Pradip Kumar Roy15180.09New
Independent Amal Das14950.09New
NOTA None of the above155630.96Increase2.svg0.1
Majority392500.02Decrease2.svg3.53
Turnout 162304882.16Decrease2.svg1.92
AITC gain from BJP Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Nisith Pramanik 731,594 47.98 Increase2.svg31.64
AITC Paresh Chandra Adhikary677,36344.43Increase2.svg4.92
AIFB Gobinda Chandra Roy46,6483.07Decrease2.svg29.91
INC Piya Roy Chowdhury28,2151.85Decrease2.svg2.52
NOTA None of the above14,4900.95
Majority54,2313.55
Turnout 1,525,44684.08Increase2.svg1.27
BJP gain from AITC Swing Increase2.svg13.36

2016 by-election

Bye-election, 2016 : Cooch Behar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Partha Pratim Ray 794,375 59.03 +19.52
BJP Hem Chandra Barman3,81,13428.32+11.98
AIFB Nripendra Nath Roy 87,3636.49−26.49
INC Partha Pratim Isore33,4702.49−3.10
NOTA None of the above9,6800.72−0.14
Majority4,13,24130.71+24.18
Turnout 13,45,71778.39−4.42
AITC hold Swing

2014 result

2014 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Renuka Sinha 5,26,49939.51−2.14
AIFB Dipak Kumar Roy4,39,39332.98−11.68
BJP Hem Chandra Barman2,17,65316.34+10.51
INC Keshab Chandra Ray74,5405.59N/A
BSP Girindra Nath Barman15,6831.18−0.86
Independent Bangshi Badan Barman13,2050.99−2.33
NOTA None of the above11,4090.86N/A
Majority87,1076.53+3.52
Turnout 13,32,40982.81−1.54
AITC gain from AIFB Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Nripendra Nath Roy 5,08,67744.66
AITC Arghya Roy Pradhan 4,66,92841.65
BJP Bhabendra Nath Barman65,3255.83
Independent Bangshi Badan Barman37,2263.32
BSP Niranjan Barman22,9252.04
Independent Hitendra Das11,3741.01
Majority41,7493.01
Turnout 11,21,04384.35
AIFB hold Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Cooch Behar [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Hiten Barman 490,98251.90
AITC Girindra Nath Barman264,41327.90
INC Sailen Barma116,71512.30
Forward Bloc(S) Amar Roy Pradhan 26,7552.80
NCP Bharat Singha Sarkar17,3931.80
Independent Pradip Kumar Roy11,0211.20
Independent Nripen Karjee10,6821.10
AMB Dalendra Roy8,5270.90
Samajwadi PartyPiyush Barman6,0750.60
Majority226,56923.90%
Turnout 9,47,38182.5%
AIFB hold Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Cooch Behar [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan 443,14849.70
AITC Ambika Charan Ray334,98337.60
INC Sabita Roy90,37810.10
BSP Papiya Barman17,1881.90
Independent (politician) (KPP) Mahendra Nath Das2,7660.30
Independent Nripen Karjee2,3850.30
NCP Usha Roy9810.10
Majority108,165(12.0%)
Turnout 9,02,487(80.8%)
AIFB hold Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Cooch Behar [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan 396,14043.20
Forward Bloc (Socialist) Gobinda Ray272,97429.80
AITC Prasenjit Barman218,09310.10
BSP Papiya Barman13,4801.50
AMB Karneswar Barman2,7660.30
Majority123,16613.4
Turnout 9,16,78383.6%
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. [9] The winners and runners-up from Cooch Behar for subsequent elections are shown below. In (by-election)1958, Nalini Ranjan Ghosh of Indian National Congress won. [10]

YearWinnerRunner UpRef.
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1957Santosh Banerjee Indian National Congress Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya All India Forward Bloc
Upendranath Barman
1962Debendranath Karjee All India Forward Bloc Upendra Nath Barman Indian National Congress [11]
1967BKD ChowdhuryPC Barman [12]
1972Benoy Krishna Das Chowdhury Indian National Congress Nagendra Nath Roy Communist Party of India [13]
1977 Amar Roy Pradhan All India Forward Bloc Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury Indian National Congress [14]
1980Ambika Charan Roy Indian National Congress [15]
1984Prasenjit Barman Indian National Congress [16]
1989 Sabita Roy [17]
1991 [18]
1996 [19]
1998Gobinda Roy Forward Bloc [20]
1999Ambika Charan Ray All India Trinamool Congress [21]
2004 Hiten Barman Girindra Nath Barman [22]
2009 Nripendra Nath Roy Arghya Roy Pradhan
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

Notes

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf Archived 26 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
    2. 1 2 3 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
    3. ↑ "Cooch Behar (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Cooch Behar Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
    4. ↑ "Results, Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
    5. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Section - West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
    6. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Section - West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
    7. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India, General Elections, 1999 (13th Lok Sabha) Section - West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
    8. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India, General Elections, 1999 (13th Lok Sabha) Section - West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
    9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
    10. ↑ "Bengal Congress MP, MLA". West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
    11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
    12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
    13. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
    14. ↑ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
    15. ↑ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
    16. ↑ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
    17. ↑ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
    18. ↑ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
    19. ↑ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
    20. ↑ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
    21. ↑ "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
    22. ↑ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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