Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mathabhanga
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mathabhanga Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Mathabhanga Mathabhanga (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°20′N89°13′E / 26.333°N 89.217°E / 26.333; 89.217 Coordinates: 26°20′N89°13′E / 26.333°N 89.217°E / 26.333; 89.217
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
Constituency No	2
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	1 Cooch Behar (SC)
Electorate (year)	194,088 (2011) [1] 229,622 (2016) [2] 248,022 (2021) [3]
Government
• Incumbent	Sushil Barman (Bharatiya Janata Party)

Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 2 Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Mathabhanga municipality, Mathabhanga II community development block, and Hazrahat I, Hazrahat II and Pachagarh gram panchayats of Mathabhanga I community development block. ^[4]

Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 1. Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.		Party Affiliation
1951	Sarada Prasad Pramanick		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Mahendra Nath Dakua
1967	Dinesh Chanra Dakua		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969	Birendranath Roy		Indian National Congress
1971
1972
1977	Dinesh Chandra Dakua		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001
2006	Ananta Roy
2011	Binay Krishna Barman		All India Trinamul Congress
2016
2021	Sushil Barman		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mekliganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushil Barman
	AITC	Girindra Nath Barman
	CPI(M)	Ashok Barman
	None of the Above	None of the Above
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mathabhanga (SC) constituency ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Binay Krishna Barman	96,383		#
	CPI(M)	Khagen Barman	64,465
	BJP	Sushil Barman	31,258
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Binay Krishna Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ananta Roy of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mathabhanga (SC) constituency ^{[5] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Binay Krishna Barman	78,249	46.94	#
	CPI(M)	Ananta Roy	72,925	43.74	-11.18
	BJP	Sushil Barman	11,308	6.78
	Independent	Mantu Barman	2,919
	BSP	Tilak Chand Barman	1,954
	Independent	Hare Krishan Sarkar	1,079
Turnout			166,710	85.97
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[8] Ananta Roy of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the Mathabhanga seat defeating Hem Chandra Barman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dinesh Chandra Dakua of CPI(M) won the seat six times in a row from 1977 to 2001, and also in 1967. He defeated Binoy Krishna Barman of the Trinamool Congress in 2001, ^[9] Jatindranath Barman of the Indian National Congress in 1996, ^[10] Prasenjit Barman of Congress in 1991, ^[11] Jatindranath Barman of Congress in 1987, ^[12] Hitendra Nath Pramanik of Congress on 1982 ^[13] and Pratap Singha in 1977. ^{[14] [15]}

1951-1972

Birendranath Roy of Congress won in 1972, ^[16] 1971 ^[17] and 1969. ^[18] Dinesh Chandra Dakua of CPI(M) won in 1967. ^[19] Mahendra Nath Dakua of Congress won in 1962. ^[20] Sarada Prasad Pramanick of Congress won in 1957 ^[21] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[22]

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