Mathabhanga Assembly constituency

Mathabhanga
Constituency No. 2 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Mathabhanga Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
LS constituency	Cooch Behar
Established	1951
Total electors	248,022
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sushil Barman
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2021

Mathabhanga is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 2 Mathabhanga Assembly 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. ^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name	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	113249	52.87
	AITC	Girindra Nath Barman	87125	40.67
	CPI(M)	Ashok Barman	7718	3.6
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1443	0.67
Turnout			214203	86.36
	gain from		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Mathabhanga (SC) constituency ^{[2] [3]}

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 ^{[2] [4]}

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, ^[5] 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, ^[6] Jatindranath Barman of the Indian National Congress in 1996, ^[7] Prasenjit Barman of Congress in 1991, ^[8] Jatindranath Barman of Congress in 1987, ^[9] Hitendra Nath Pramanik of Congress on 1982 ^[10] and Pratap Singha in 1977. ^{[11] [12]}

1951-1972

Birendranath Roy of Congress won in 1972, ^[13] 1971 ^[14] and 1969. ^[15] Dinesh Chandra Dakua of CPI(M) won in 1967. ^[16] Mahendra Nath Dakua of Congress won in 1962. ^[17] Sarada Prasad Pramanick of Congress won in 1957 ^[18] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[19]

References

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16. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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18. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
19. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.