Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal. For 2. its namesake village, see Natabari, Cooch Behar.

Natabari
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Natabari Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Natabari Natabari (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°24′57″N89°35′45″E / 26.41583°N 89.59583°E / 26.41583; 89.59583 Coordinates: 26°24′57″N89°35′45″E / 26.41583°N 89.59583°E / 26.41583; 89.59583
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
Constituency No	8
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	1 Cooch Behar (SC)
Electorate (year)	193,375 (2011) [1] 223,747 (2016) [2] 245,040 (2021) [3]

Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 8 Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Deoanhat, Dauaguri, Guriahati I, Guriahati II, Jiranpur and Panisala gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I community development block and Andaran Fulbari II, Balarampur I, Balarampur II, Chilkhana I, Chilkhana II, Deocharai, Dhalpal II, Maruganj, Natabari I, Natabari II gram panchayats of Tufanganj I community development block. ^[4]

Natabari (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
1977	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001	Tamser Ali
2006
2011	Rabindra Nath Ghosh		All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Mihir Goswami		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Natabari constituency ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rabindra Nath Ghosh
	CPI(M)	Akik Hasan
	BJP	Mihir Goswami
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Rabindra Nath Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tamser Ali of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Natabari constituency ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rabindra Nath Ghosh	81,951	47.56	+1.80
	CPI(M)	Tamser Ali	74,386	43.17	-5.67
	BJP	Utpal Kanti Deb	9,923	5.76
	Independent	Siddikuddin Bepari	2,972
	RPI	Girindra Nath Barman	1,867
	Independent	Prodyut Kumar Dey	1,197
Turnout			172,296	89.17
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	+7.47

1972-2006

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006 ^[9] and 2001 ^[10] state assembly elections, Tamser Ali of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Nath Ghosh of Trinamool Congress. Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Rabindranath Ghosh representing Congress in 1996, ^[11] Biimbal Chandra Dhar of Congress in 1991, ^[12] Santosh Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987, ^[13] 1982 ^[14] and 1977. ^{[15] [16]} Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

References

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