Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency

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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.

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

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:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
2 Mathabhanga None Cooch Behar BJP Sushil Barman
3 Cooch Behar Uttar SC Cooch Behar BJP Sukumar Roy
4 Cooch Behar Dakshin None Cooch Behar BJP Nikhil Ranjan Dey
5 Sitalkuchi SC Cooch Behar BJP Baren Chandra Barman
6 Sitai SC Cooch Behar AITC Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia
7 Dinhata None Cooch Behar AITC Udayan Guha
8 Natabari None Cooch Behar BJP Mihir Goswami

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. 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.

Members of Parliament

Election Member of Parliament Party Party Sign
1951 Upendra Nath Barman Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg
Birendra Nath Katham
Amiya Kanta Basu
1957 Upendra Nath Barman
Santosh Banerjee
1962 Debendra Nath Karjee All India Forward Bloc Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg
1963 (bypoll) P. C. Barman Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg
1967 Benoy Krishna Das Choudhury All India Forward Bloc Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg
1971 Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg
1977 Amarendranath Roy Pradhan All India Forward Bloc Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004 Hiten Barman
2009 Nripendra Nath Roy
2014 Renuka Sinha All India Trinamool Congress All India Trinamool Congress symbol 2021.svg
2016 (bypoll) Partha Pratim Roy
2019 Nisith Pramanik Bharatiya Janata Party Lotos flower symbol.svg

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nisith Pramanik 7,31,594 47.98 +31.64
AITC Paresh Chandra Adhikary 6,77,363 44.43 +4.92
AIFB Gobinda Chandra Roy 46,648 3.07 -29.91
INC Piya Roy Chowdhury 28,215 1.85 -2.52
NOTA None of the above 14,490 0.95
Majority 54,231 3.55
Turnout 15,25,446 84.08 +1.27
BJP gain from AITC Swing +13.36

2016 by-election

Bye-election, 2016 : Cooch Behar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Partha Pratim Ray 7,94,375 59.03 +19.52
BJP Hem Chandra Barman 3,81,134 28.32 +11.98
AIFB Nripendra Nath Roy 87,363 6.49 -26.49
INC Partha Pratim Isore 33,470 2.49 -3.10
NOTA None of the above 9,680 0.72 -0.14
Majority 4,13,241 30.71 +24.18
Turnout 13,45,717 78.39 -4.42
AITC hold Swing

2014 result

2014 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Renuka Sinha 5,26,499 39.51 -2.14
AIFB Dipak Kumar Roy 4,39,393 32.98 -11.68
BJP Hem Chandra Barman 2,17,653 16.34 +10.51
INC Keshab Chandra Ray 74,540 5.59 N/A
BSP Girindra Nath Barman 15,683 1.18 -0.86
Independent Bangshi Badan Barman 13,205 0.99 -2.33
NOTA None of the above 11,409 0.86 N/A
Majority 87,107 6.53 +3.52
Turnout 13,32,409 82.81 -1.54
AITC gain from AIFB Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Nripendra Nath Roy 5,08,677 44.66
AITC Arghya Roy Pradhan 4,66,928 41.65
BJP Bhabendra Nath Barman 65,325 5.83
Independent Bangshi Badan Barman 37,226 3.32
BSP Niranjan Barman 22,925 2.04
Independent Hitendra Das 11,374 1.01
Majority 41,749 3.01
Turnout 11,21,043 84.35
AIFB hold Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Cooch Behar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Hiten Barman 490,982 51.90
AITC Girindra Nath Barman 264,413 27.90
INC Sailen Barma 116,715 12.30
Forward Bloc(S) Amar Roy Pradhan 26,755 2.80
NCP Bharat Singha Sarkar 17,393 1.80
Independent Pradip Kumar Roy 11,021 1.20
Independent Nripen Karjee 10,682 1.10
AMB Dalendra Roy 8,527 0.90
Samajwadi Party Piyush Barman 6,075 0.60
Majority 226,569 23.90%
Turnout 9,47,381 82.5%
AIFB hold Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Cooch Behar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan 443,148 49.70
AITC Ambika Charan Ray 334,983 37.60
INC Sabita Roy 90,378 10.10
BSP Papiya Barman 17,188 1.90
Independent Mahendra Nath Das 2,766 0.30
Independent Nripen Karjee 2,385 0.30
NCP Usha Roy 981 0.10
Majority 108,165 (12.0%)
Turnout 9,02,487 (80.8%)
AIFB hold Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Cooch Behar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Amar Roy Pradhan 396,140 43.20
MFB Gobinda Ray 272,974 29.80
AITC Prasenjit Barman 218,093 10.10
BSP Papiya Barman 13,480 1.50
AMB Karneswar Barman 2,766 0.30
Majority 123,166 13.4
Turnout 9,16,783 83.6%
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. The winners and runners-up from Cooch Behar for subsequent elections are shown below. In a (by-election) in 1958Nalini Ranjan Ghosh of Indian National Congress won.

Year Winner Runner Up Ref.
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1957 Santosh Banerjee Indian National Congress Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya All India Forward Bloc
Upendranath Barman
1962 Debendranath Karjee All India Forward Bloc Upendra Nath Barman Indian National Congress
1967 BKD Chowdhury PC Barman Indian National Congress
1972 Benoy Krishna Das Chowdhury Indian National Congress Nagendra Nath Roy CPI(M)
1977 Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan All India Forward Bloc Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury Indian National Congress
1980 Amar Roy Pradhan Ambika Charan Roy Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Amar Roy Pradhan Prasenjit Barman Indian National Congress
1989 Amar Roy Pradhan Sabita Roy Indian National Congress
1991 Amar Roy Pradhan Sabita Roy Indian National Congress
1996 Amar Roy Pradhan Sabita Roy Indian National Congress
1998 Amar Roy Pradhan Gobinda Roy Forward Bloc (Socialist)
1999 Amar Roy Pradhan Ambika Charan Ray All India Trinamool Congress
2004 Hiten Barman Girindra Nath Barman All India Trinamool Congress
2009
2004 Hiten Barman Girindra Nath Barman All India Trinamool Congress [
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