Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency

Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Sitalkuchi
Constituency No. 5 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Sitalkuchi Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
LS constituencyCooch Behar
Established1962
Total electors285,260
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

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.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

From 1967 to 1977 there was no seat at Sitalkuchi.

Election
Year
Name of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962Bejoy Kumar RoyForward Bloc
1977Sudhir PramanikCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001
2006Harish Chandra Barman
2011Hiten BarmanAll India Trinamul Congress
2016
2021Baren Chandra BarmanBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sitalkuchi[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPBaren Chandra Barman 124,955 50.80 +373.47
AITCPartha Pratim Ray107,14043.56+5.40
CPI(M)Sudhangshu Pramanik6,7202.73-861.64
IndependentHare Krishna Sarkar20180.82
Kamtapur People's Party (United)Manick Chandra Barman9760.4
AMBKamal Barman7210.29
SUCI(C)Jagadish Adhikari6930.28
Turnout245,96685.57
BJP gain from AITCSwing
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2021
Cooch Behar district summary
PartySeats wonSeat change
Bharatiya Janata Party7 7
Trinamool Congress2 6
Left Front0 1

2016

In the 2016 election, Hiten Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Namadipti Adhikary of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Sitalkuchi (SC) constituency[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCHiten Barman1,01,64742.71-1.51
CPI(M)Namadipti Adhikari86,16436.32-7.76
BJPBaren Chandra Barman37,34715.74+11.13
Kamtapur People's Party (United)Premamamda Barman4,9532.08
SUCI(C)Jagadish Adhikari2,2670.95
BSPGirindranath Barman2,2350.93
AMBSubodh Barman1,8380.77
IndependentFulkumar Barman1,5200.63
Majority15,4836.39+6.25
Turnout2,37,971
AITC holdSwing
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2016
Cooch Behar district summary
PartySeats wonSeat change
Trinamool Congress8 4
Left Front1 3
Indian National Congress0 1

2011

In the 2011 election, Hiten Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Pramanik of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sitalkuchi (SC) constituency[5][6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCHiten Barman84,65144.22+4.73
CPI(M)Biswanath Pramanik84,39444.08-8.66
BJPBhabendra Nath Barman8,8294.61
JMMSubal Barman6,0003.13
IndependentDwijendra Nath Barman3,547
BSPGautam Barman2,369
AMBSubodh Barman1,663
Majority2570.14
Turnout191,45388.45
AITC gain from CPI(M)Swing+13.39

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[7] 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[8] and 1996,[9] Ambika Charan Ray of Congress in 1991,[10] Sabita Roy of Congress in 1987,[11] and Birendranath Roy of Congress in 1982[12] and 1977.[13][14]

Earlier

Bejoy Kumar Roy of Forward Bloc won the Sitalkuchi seat in 1962.[15]

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