Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency

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Cooch Behar
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Lok Sabha constituency
Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency
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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 electors1,814,200 [1]
Reservation SC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister.jpg
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

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.

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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]

#NameDistrictMemberParty
(as of 2024)
2 Mathabhanga (SC) Cooch Behar Sushil Barman BJP
3 Cooch Behar Uttar (SC)Sukumar Roy BJP
4 Cooch Behar Dakshin Nikhil Ranjan Dey BJP
5 Sitalkuchi (SC) Baren Chandra Barman BJP
6 Sitai (SC) Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia TMC
7 Dinhata Udayan Guha TMC
8 Natabari Mihir Goswami BJP

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

^ denotes by-polls

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Nisith Pramanik
AITC Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia
AIFB Nitish Chandra Roy
INC Piya Roy Chowdhury
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout 82.16Decrease2.svg1.92
Void election resultSwing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Nisith Pramanik 731,594 47.98 +31.64
AITC Paresh Chandra Adhikary677,36344.43+4.92
AIFB Gobinda Chandra Roy46,6483.07-29.91
INC Piya Roy Chowdhury28,2151.85-2.52
NOTA None of the above14,4900.95
Majority54,2313.55
Turnout 1,525,44684.08+1.27
BJP gain from AITC Swing +13.36

2016 by-election

Bye-election, 2016 : Cooch Behar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Partha Pratim Ray 7,94,37559.03+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 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Nripendra Nath Roy5,08,67744.66
AITC Arghya Roy Pradhan4,66,92841.65
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 [5]
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 [6]
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 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan 396,14043.20
MFB 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. [8] The winners and runners-up from Cooch Behar for subsequent elections are shown below. In a (by-election) in 1958 [9] Nalini Ranjan Ghosh of Indian National Congress won.

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 [10]
1967BKD ChowdhuryPC BarmanIndian National Congress [11]
1972Benoy Krishna Das Chowdhury Indian National Congress Nagendra Nath Roy CPI(M) [12]
1977 Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan All India Forward Bloc Benoy Krishna DaschowdhuryIndian National Congress [13]
1980 Amar Roy Pradhan Ambika Charan Roy Indian National Congress (I) [14]
1984 Amar Roy Pradhan Prasenjit BarmanIndian National Congress [15]
1989 Amar Roy Pradhan Sabita RoyIndian National Congress [16]
1991 Amar Roy Pradhan Sabita RoyIndian National Congress [17]
1996 Amar Roy Pradhan Sabita RoyIndian National Congress [18]
1998 Amar Roy Pradhan Gobinda Roy Forward Bloc (Socialist) [19]
1999 Amar Roy Pradhan Ambika Charan Ray All India Trinamool Congress [20]
2004 Hiten Barman Girindra Nath Barman All India Trinamool Congress [21]
2009 Nripendra Nath Roy Arghya Roy Pradhan All India Trinamool Congress
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

See also

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