Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mekliganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mekliganj Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Mekliganj Mekliganj (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°21′N88°55′E / 26.350°N 88.917°E / 26.350; 88.917 Coordinates: 26°21′N88°55′E / 26.350°N 88.917°E / 26.350; 88.917
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
Constituency No	1
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
Electorate (year)	170,181 (2011) [1] 202,689 (2016) [2] 226,465 (2021) [3]
Government
• Incumbent	Paresh Chandra Adhikary (All India Trinamool Congress)

Mekliganj (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. 1 Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Mekliganj municipality, Mekliganj community development block, Haldibari municipality and Haldibari community development block. ^[4]

Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name of M.L.A.		Party
1951		Prasanta Chatterjee	INC [5]
1957
1962		Amar Roy Pradhan	AIFB [6]
1967
1969
1971		Mihir Kumar Roy
1972		Madhu Sudan Roy	INC [7]
1977		Sada Kanta Roy	AIFB [8]
1982
1987
1991		Paresh Chandra Adhikari
1996		Ramesh Roy
2001		Paresh Chandra Adhikary
2006
2011
2016		Arghya Roy Pradhan	AITC
2021		Paresh Chandra Adhikary

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			49.98%

2021 Election Result

In 2021 election, All India Trinamool Congress candidate Paresh Chandra Adhikary defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dadhiram Ray by a margin of 14,685 votes. ^[9]

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Chandra Adhikary	99338	49.98	8.63
	BJP	Dadhiram Ray	84653	42.59	29.68
	AIFB	Gobindo Ray	6853	3.45	-34.23
	SUCI(C)	Ranjit Kumar Roy	1768	0.89
	BSP	Jyotish Roy	1025	0.52	-2.6
	NOTA	None of the above	2447	1.23
Majority			14685	7.38
Turnout			198744
	AITC hold		Swing

2016 Election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mekliganj (SC) constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arghya Roy Pradhan	74823	41.35
	AIFB	Paresh Chandra Adhikary	68186	37.68
	BJP	Dadhiram Ray	23355	12.91
	BSP	Jyotish Roy	5650	3.12
Turnout			180960	89.28
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Paresh Chandra Adhikary of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Jayanta Kumar Ray of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mekliganj (SC) constituency ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Paresh Chandra Adhikary	72,040	48.67	+1.88
	INC	Jayanta Kumar Ray	39,408	26.63	-0.75
	Independent	Sunil Chandra Roy	23,540	15.9
	BJP	Subhash Barman	3,713	2.51
	BSP	Jyotish Ray	3,359	2.27
	SUCI(C)	Pramila Roy	2,593
	Independent	Purnendu Ray	1,474
	AMB	Ratan Barman	123
Turnout			148,010	87.01
	AIFB hold		Swing	2.63

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, ^[12] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc won the Mekliganj seat defeating his nearest rival Sunil Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001, ^[13] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Ramesh Roy of Trinmool Congress. In 1996, ^[14] Ramesh Roy representing Forward Bloc defeated Sunil Chandra Roy representing Congress. In 1991, ^[15] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Mani Bhusan Roy of Congress. Sada Kanta Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1987, ^[16] Niren Chowdhury of ICS in 1982 ^[17] and Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1977. ^{[8] [18]}

1951-1972

Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress won in 1972. ^[7] Mihir Kumar Ray of Forward Bloc won in 1971. ^[19] Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan of Forward Bloc won in 1969, ^[20] 1967 ^[21] and 1962. ^[6] Prasanta Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957 ^[22] and in independent India's first election in 1951. ^[5]

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