# 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.

## 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

| Election | Member | Party |
| Before 1962: Constituency did not exist ||||
| 1962 | Bejoy Kumar Roy | Forward Bloc |
| 1967–77: Constituency did not exist ||||
| 1977 | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2006 | Harish Chandra Barman | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Hiten Barman | All India Trinamul Congress |
| 2016 | Hiten Barman | All India Trinamul Congress |
| 2021 | Baren Chandra Barman | Bharatiya 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Baren Chandra Barman | 124,955 | 50.80 | +373.47 |
| | AITC | Partha Pratim Roy | 107,140 | 43.56 | +5.40 |
| | CPI(M) | Sudhangshu Pramanik | 6,720 | 2.73 | −861.64 |
| | Independent | Hare Krishna Sarkar | 2018 | 0.82 | |
| | Kamtapur People's Party (United) | Manick Chandra Barman | 976 | 0.4 | |
| | AMB | Kamal Barman | 721 | 0.29 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Jagadish Adhikari | 693 | 0.28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 245,966 | 85.57 | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2021 Cooch Behar district summary :
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 7 | 7 |
| Trinamool Congress | 2 | 6 |
| Left Front | 0 | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Hiten Barman | 1,01,647 | 42.71 | −1.51 |
| | CPI(M) | Namadipti Adhikari | 86,164 | 36.32 | −7.76 |
| | BJP | Baren Chandra Barman | 37,347 | 15.74 | +11.13 |
| | Kamtapur People's Party (United) | Premamamda Barman | 4,953 | 2.08 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Jagadish Adhikari | 2,267 | 0.95 | |
| | BSP | Girindranath Barman | 2,235 | 0.93 | |
| | AMB | Subodh Barman | 1,838 | 0.77 | |
| | Independent | Fulkumar Barman | 1,520 | 0.63 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,483 | 6.39 | +6.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,37,971 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2016 Cooch Behar district summary :
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
| Trinamool Congress | 8 | 4 |
| Left Front | 1 | 3 |
| Indian National Congress | 0 | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Hiten Barman | 84,651 | 44.22 | +4.73 |
| | CPI(M) | Biswanath Pramanik | 84,394 | 44.08 | −8.66 |
| | BJP | Bhabendra Nath Barman | 8,829 | 4.61 | |
| | JMM | Subal Barman | 6,000 | 3.13 | |
| | Independent | Dwijendra Nath Barman | 3,547 | | |
| | BSP | Gautam Barman | 2,369 | | |
| | AMB | Subodh Barman | 1,663 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 257 | 0.14 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 191,453 | 88.45 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +13.39 | |

### 1977-2006

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.