Sitalkuchi is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 5 Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency (SC) covers Sitalkuchi community development block and Bairagirhat, Gopalpur, Jorpatiki, Kedarhat, Kursamari, Nayarhat and Shikarpur gram panchayats of Mathabhanga I community development block.
Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).
Members of the Legislative Assembly Year NamePartyBefore 1962 - Constituency did not exist1962Bejoy Kumar Roy1967–1977 - Constituency did not exist1977Sudhir Pramanik198219871991199620012006Harish Chandra Barman2011Hiten Barman20162021Baren Chandra Barman2026Sabitri Barman
Election results 2026 In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sabitri Barman of BJP defeated her nearest rival Harihas Das of TMC by 25,278 votes.
2021
In the 2021 elections Baren Chandra Barman of Bharatiya Janata Party won defeating his nearest rival Partha Pratim R0y of All India Trinamool Congress
2016 In the 2016 election, Hiten Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Namadipti Adhikary of CPI(M).
2011 In the 2011 election, Hiten Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Pramanik of CPI(M).
2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, Harish Chandra Barman of CPI(M) won the Sitalkuchi seat defeating his nearest rival Lalit Chandra Pramanik of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhir Pramanik of CPI(M) defeated Birendra Narayan Barma of Congress in 2001 and 1996, Ambika Charan Ray of Congress in 1991, Sabita Roy of Congress in 1987, and Birendranath Roy of Congress in 1982 and 1977.
Earlier Bejoy Kumar Roy of Forward Bloc won the Sitalkuchi seat in 1962.
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