Natabari Assembly constituency

Natabari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Natabari
Constituency No. 8 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Natabari Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
LS constituencyCooch Behar
Established1977
Total electors245,040
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 8 Natabari Assembly constituency covers Deoanhat, Dauaguri, Guriahati I, Guriahati II, Jiranpur and Panisala gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I community development block and Andaran Fulbari II, Balarampur I, Balarampur II, Chilkhana I, Chilkhana II, Deocharai, Dhalpal II, Maruganj, Natabari I, Natabari II gram panchayats of Tufanganj I community development block.[1]

Natabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
Name of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1977Sibendra Narayan ChowdhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001Tamser Ali
2006
2011Rabindra Nath GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021Mihir GoswamiBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2021: Natabari[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPMihir Goswami 111,743 51.45 40.67
AITCRabindra Nath Ghosh88,30340.66 6.06
CPI(M)Akik Hasan11,8395.45 33.18
Majority23,44010.79 2.7
Turnout2,17,17388.63 0.58
BJP gain from AITCSwing

2011

In the 2011 election, Rabindra Nath Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tamser Ali of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Natabari constituency[4][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCRabindra Nath Ghosh81,95147.56+1.80
CPI(M)Tamser Ali74,38643.17-5.67
BJPUtpal Kanti Deb9,9235.76
IndependentSiddikuddin Bepari2,972
RPIGirindra Nath Barman1,867
IndependentProdyut Kumar Dey1,197
Turnout172,29689.17
AITC gain from CPI(M)Swing+7.47

1972-2006

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006[6] and 2001[7] state assembly elections, Tamser Ali of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Nath Ghosh of Trinamool Congress. Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Rabindranath Ghosh representing Congress in 1996,[8] Biimbal Chandra Dhar of Congress in 1991,[9] Santosh Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987,[10] 1982[11] and 1977.[12][13] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

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