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:
# Name District MLA, from 2026MLA's Party2024 Lok Sabha Lead2Mathabhanga (SC)Cooch BeharNisith Pramanik3Cooch Behar Uttar (SC)Sukumar Roy4Cooch Behar DakshinRathindra Bose5Sitalkuchi (SC)Sabitri Barman6Sitai (SC)Sangita Roy7DinhataAjay Ray8NatabariGirija Shankar Ray
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 YearMemberParty1951Upendra Nath Barman Birendra Nath KathamAmiya Kanta Basu1957Upendra Nath BarmanSantosh Banerjee1962Debendra Nath Karjee1963^P. C. Barman 1967Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury 19711977Amar Roy Pradhan 19801984198919911996199819992004Hiten Barman2009Nripendra Nath Roy2014Renuka Sinha 2016^Partha Pratim Roy2019Nisith Pramanik 2024Jagadish 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.
YearWinnerRunner-upRef.CandidatePartyCandidateParty1957Santosh BanerjeeShibendra Kumar BhattacharyaUpendranath Barman1962Debendranath KarjeeUpendra Nath Barman1967BKD ChowdhuryPC Barman1972Benoy Krishna Das ChowdhuryNagendra Nath Roy1977Amar Roy PradhanBenoy Krishna Daschowdhury1980Ambika Charan Roy1984Prasenjit Barman1989Sabita Roy199119961998Gobinda Roy1999Ambika Charan Ray2004Hiten BarmanGirindra Nath Barman2009Nripendra Nath RoyArghya Roy Pradhan2014Renuka SinhaDipak Kumar Roy2016 (By Poll)Partha Pratim RoyHem Chandra Barman2019Nisith PramanikParesh Chandra Adhikari
See also List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
External links Coochbehar lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule