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Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India
Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | LS |
| name | Cooch Behar WB-1 |
| map_image | |
| map_caption | Interactive Map Outlining Cooch Behar Lok Sabha Constituency |
| established | 1957 |
| reservation | SC |
| mp | Jagadish Basunia |
| party | |
| alliance | |
| latest_election_year | 2024 |
| state | West Bengal |
| assembly_cons | Mathabhanga |
| Cooch Behar Uttar | |
| Cooch Behar Dakshin | |
| Sitalkuchi | |
| Sitai | |
| Dinhata | |
| Natabari | |
| electors | 19,66,893 (2024) |
Cooch Behar Uttar Cooch Behar Dakshin Sitalkuchi Sitai Dinhata Natabari
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
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:
| No | Name | Reservation | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | None | None |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Mathabhanga | SC | Cooch Behar | Sushil Barman | ||||
| 3 | Cooch Behar Uttar | Sukumar Roy | ||||||
| 4 | Cooch Behar Dakshin | Nikhil Ranjan Dey | ||||||
| 5 | Sitalkuchi | SC | Baren Chandra Barman | |||||
| 6 | Sitai | Sangita Roy | ||||||
| 7 | Dinhata | Udayan Guha | ||||||
| 8 | Natabari | 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
| Year | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Upendra Nath Barman | |
| Birendra Nath Katham | ||
| Amiya Kanta Basu | ||
| 1957 | Upendra Nath Barman | |
| Santosh Banerjee | ||
| 1962 | Debendra Nath Karjee | |
| 1963^ | P. C. Barman | |
| 1967 | Benoy Krishna Das Choudhury | |
| 1971 | ||
| 1977 | Amar Roy Pradhan | |
| 1980 | ||
| 1984 | ||
| 1989 | ||
| 1991 | ||
| 1996 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 | ||
| 2004 | Hiten Barman | |
| 2009 | Nripendra Nath Roy | |
| 2014 | Renuka Sinha | |
| 2016^ | Partha Pratim Roy | |
| 2019 | Nisith Pramanik | |
| 2024 | Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia |
^ denotes by-polls
Election results
2024
2019
2016 by-election
2014 result
General election 2009
General election 2004
General election 1999
General election 1998
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 (by-election)1958, Nalini Ranjan Ghosh of Indian National Congress won.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Ref. | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Santosh Banerjee | Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya | ||||||||||||
| Upendranath Barman | ||||||||||||||
| 1962 | Debendranath Karjee | Upendra Nath Barman | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf | title=General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission | access-date=23 May 2013 | archive-date=5 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105080518/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf | url-status=live}} | ||||
| 1967 | BKD Chowdhury | PC Barman | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf | title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf | archive-date=18 July 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=23 May 2014}} | ||||
| 1972 | Benoy Krishna Das Chowdhury | Nagendra Nath Roy | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf | title=General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf | archive-date=18 July 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=23 May 2014}} | ||||
| 1977 | Amar Roy Pradhan | Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf | title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf | archive-date=18 July 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=22 May 2014}} | ||||
| 1980 | Ambika Charan Roy | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf | title=General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf | archive-date=18 July 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=22 May 2014}} | |||||
| 1984 | Prasenjit Barman | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf | title=General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf | archive-date=18 July 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=22 May 2014}} | |||||
| 1989 | Sabita Roy | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf | title=General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf | archive-date=18 July 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=22 May 2014}} | |||||
| 1991 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf | title=General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf | archive-date=18 July 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=22 May 2014}} | ||||||
| 1996 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf | title=General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=22 May 2014 | archive-date=18 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf | url-status=live}} | ||||||
| 1998 | Gobinda Roy | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf | title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf | archive-date=20 October 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=22 May 2014}} | |||||
| 1999 | Ambika Charan Ray | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf | title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223218/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf | archive-date=20 October 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=22 May 2014}} | |||||
| 2004 | Hiten Barman | Girindra Nath Barman | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf | title=General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work=West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=22 May 2014 | archive-date=18 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf | url-status=live}} | ||||
| 2009 | Nripendra Nath Roy | Arghya Roy Pradhan | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Renuka Sinha | Dipak Kumar Roy | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Partha Pratim Roy | Hem Chandra Barman | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Nisith Pramanik | Paresh Chandra Adhikari |
References
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