Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency explained

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:^[2]

	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
2	Mathabhanga (SC)	Cooch Behar	Sushil Barman
3	Cooch Behar Uttar (SC)		Sukumar Roy
4	Cooch Behar Dakshin		Nikhil Ranjan Dey
5	Sitalkuchi (SC)		Baren Chandra Barman
6	Sitai (SC)		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.^[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

Year	Member[3]	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

General elections 1957-2004

In 1951, Upendra Nath Barman, Birendra Nath Katham and Amiya Kanta Basu, all of Congress, won the North Bengal seat.^[4] 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.^[5]

Year	Winner			Runner Up			Ref.
	Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party
1957	Santosh Banerjee		Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya
	Upendranath Barman
1962	Debendranath Karjee		Upendra Nath Barman		[6]
1967	BKD Chowdhury	PC Barman	[7]
1972	Benoy Krishna Das Chowdhury		Nagendra Nath Roy		[8]
1977	Amar Roy Pradhan		Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury		[9]
1980		Ambika Charan Roy		[10]
1984		Prasenjit Barman		[11]
1989		Sabita Roy	[12]
1991			[13]
1996			[14]
1998		Gobinda Roy		[15]
1999		Ambika Charan Ray		[16]
2004	Hiten Barman	Girindra Nath Barman	[17]
2009	Nripendra Nath Roy	Arghya Roy Pradhan
2014	Renuka Sinha		Dipak Kumar Roy
2016(By Poll)	Partha Pratim Roy	Hem Chandra Barman
2019	Nisith Pramanik		Paresh Chandra Adhikari

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Coochbehar lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

Notes and References

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 26 May 2014 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal . 18 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . live .
3. Web site: Cooch Behar (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Cooch Behar Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name . 18 January 2023 . 18 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172119/https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/cooch-behar.html . live .
4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 23 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF . 8 October 2014 .
5. Web site: Bengal Congress MP, MLA . West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee . 13 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110110011010/http://www.wbpcc.org/congmpmla.htm . 10 January 2011 . dead .
6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission. 23 May 2013. 5 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160105080518/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf. live.
7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 23 May 2014.
8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 23 May 2014.
9. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
10. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
11. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
12. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
13. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf. 18 July 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
14. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. 22 May 2014. 18 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf. live.
15. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf. 20 October 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
16. Web site: General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223218/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf. 20 October 2014. dead. 22 May 2014.
17. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. 22 May 2014. 18 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf. live.