# Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency

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:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 2 | Mathabhanga (SC) | Cooch Behar | Sushil Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Cooch Behar Uttar (SC) | Cooch Behar | Sukumar Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4 | Cooch Behar Dakshin | Cooch Behar | Nikhil Ranjan Dey | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trinamool Congress |
| 5 | Sitalkuchi (SC) | Cooch Behar | Baren Chandra Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trinamool Congress |
| 6 | Sitai (SC) | Cooch Behar | Sangita Roy | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 7 | Dinhata | Cooch Behar | Udayan Guha | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 8 | Natabari | Cooch Behar | Mihir Goswami | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1951 | Upendra Nath Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 1951 | Birendra Nath Katham | Indian National Congress |
| 1951 | Amiya Kanta Basu | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Upendra Nath Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Santosh Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Debendra Nath Karjee | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1963^ | P. C. Barman | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Benoy Krishna Das Choudhury | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1971 | Benoy Krishna Das Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1980 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1984 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1989 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1991 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1996 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1998 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1999 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2004 | Hiten Barman | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2009 | Nripendra Nath Roy | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2014 | Renuka Sinha | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016^ | Partha Pratim Roy | Trinamool Congress |
| 2019 | Nisith Pramanik | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia | Trinamool Congress |
^ denotes by-polls

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia | 788,375 | 48.57 | 4.24 |
| | BJP | Nisith Pramanik | 749,125 | 46.16 | 1.82 |
| | AIFB | Nitish Chandra Roy | 30267 | 1.86 | 1.21 |
| | INC | Piya Roy Chowdhury | 10679 | 0.66 | 1.19 |
| | Independent | Harekrishna Sarkar | 9467 | 0.58 | New |
| | Independent | Kamalesh Barman | 2993 | 0.18 | New |
| | Independent | Nabi Barman | 2724 | 0.17 | New |
| | Independent | Subodh Barman | 2599 | 0.16 | New |
| | SUCI(C) | Dilip Chandra Barman | 2468 | 0.15 | New |
| | BSP | Purna Mohan Roy | 2097 | 0.13 | New |
| | Independent | Bidhan Das | 2072 | 0.13 | New |
| | Independent | Kishore Ray | 1606 | 0.1 | New |
| | Kamtapur People's Party | Pradip Kumar Roy | 1518 | 0.09 | New |
| | Independent | Amal Das | 1495 | 0.09 | New |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 15563 | 0.96 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39250 | 0.02 | 3.53 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1623048 | 82.16 | 1.92 |
| | AITC gain from BJP | AITC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Nisith Pramanik | 731,594 | 47.98 | 31.64 |
| | AITC | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | 677,363 | 44.43 | 4.92 |
| | AIFB | Gobinda Chandra Roy | 46,648 | 3.07 | 29.91 |
| | INC | Piya Roy Chowdhury | 28,215 | 1.85 | 2.52 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 14,490 | 0.95 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54,231 | 3.55 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,525,446 | 84.08 | 1.27 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | 13.36 | |

### 2016 by-election

Bye-election, 2016 : Cooch Behar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Partha Pratim Ray | 794,375 | 59.03 | +19.52 |
| | BJP | Hem Chandra Barman | 3,81,134 | 28.32 | +11.98 |
| | AIFB | Nripendra Nath Roy | 87,363 | 6.49 | −26.49 |
| | INC | Partha Pratim Isore | 33,470 | 2.49 | −3.10 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 9,680 | 0.72 | −0.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,13,241 | 30.71 | +24.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,45,717 | 78.39 | −4.42 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2014 result

2014 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Renuka Sinha | 5,26,499 | 39.51 | −2.14 |
| | AIFB | Dipak Kumar Roy | 4,39,393 | 32.98 | −11.68 |
| | BJP | Hem Chandra Barman | 2,17,653 | 16.34 | +10.51 |
| | INC | Keshab Chandra Ray | 74,540 | 5.59 | N/A |
| | BSP | Girindra Nath Barman | 15,683 | 1.18 | −0.86 |
| | Independent | Bangshi Badan Barman | 13,205 | 0.99 | −2.33 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 11,409 | 0.86 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87,107 | 6.53 | +3.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,32,409 | 82.81 | −1.54 |
| | AITC gain from AIFB | AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Cooch Behar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AIFB | Nripendra Nath Roy | 5,08,677 | 44.66 |
| | AITC | Arghya Roy Pradhan | 4,66,928 | 41.65 |
| | BJP | Bhabendra Nath Barman | 65,325 | 5.83 |
| | Independent | Bangshi Badan Barman | 37,226 | 3.32 |
| | BSP | Niranjan Barman | 22,925 | 2.04 |
| | Independent | Hitendra Das | 11,374 | 1.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41,749 | 3.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,21,043 | 84.35 |
| | AIFB hold | AIFB hold | Swing | |

### General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Cooch Behar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AIFB | Hiten Barman | 490,982 | 51.90 |
| | AITC | Girindra Nath Barman | 264,413 | 27.90 |
| | INC | Sailen Barma | 116,715 | 12.30 |
| | Forward Bloc(S) | Amar Roy Pradhan | 26,755 | 2.80 |
| | NCP | Bharat Singha Sarkar | 17,393 | 1.80 |
| | Independent | Pradip Kumar Roy | 11,021 | 1.20 |
| | Independent | Nripen Karjee | 10,682 | 1.10 |
| | AMB | Dalendra Roy | 8,527 | 0.90 |
| | Samajwadi Party | Piyush Barman | 6,075 | 0.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226,569 | 23.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,47,381 | 82.5% |
| | AIFB hold | AIFB hold | Swing | |

### General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Cooch Behar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AIFB | Amar Roy Pradhan | 443,148 | 49.70 |
| | AITC | Ambika Charan Ray | 334,983 | 37.60 |
| | INC | Sabita Roy | 90,378 | 10.10 |
| | BSP | Papiya Barman | 17,188 | 1.90 |
| | Independent (politician) (KPP) | Mahendra Nath Das | 2,766 | 0.30 |
| | Independent | Nripen Karjee | 2,385 | 0.30 |
| | NCP | Usha Roy | 981 | 0.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 108,165 | (12.0%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,02,487 | (80.8%) |
| | AIFB hold | AIFB hold | Swing | |

### General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Cooch Behar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AIFB | Amar Roy Pradhan | 396,140 | 43.20 |
| | Forward Bloc (Socialist) | Gobinda Ray | 272,974 | 29.80 |
| | AITC | Prasenjit Barman | 218,093 | 10.10 |
| | BSP | Papiya Barman | 13,480 | 1.50 |
| | AMB | Karneswar Barman | 2,766 | 0.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 123,166 | 13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,16,783 | 83.6% |
| | AIFB hold | AIFB hold | Swing | |

### 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.
| Year | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up |
| Year | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1957 | Santosh Banerjee | | Indian National Congress | Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya | | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1957 | Upendranath Barman | | Indian National Congress | Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya | | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1962 | Debendranath Karjee | | All India Forward Bloc | Upendra Nath Barman | | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | BKD Chowdhury | | All India Forward Bloc | PC Barman | | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Benoy Krishna Das Chowdhury | | Indian National Congress | Nagendra Nath Roy | | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Amar Roy Pradhan | | All India Forward Bloc | Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury | | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Amar Roy Pradhan | | All India Forward Bloc | Ambika Charan Roy | | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Amar Roy Pradhan | | All India Forward Bloc | Prasenjit Barman | | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Amar Roy Pradhan | | All India Forward Bloc | Sabita Roy | | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Amar Roy Pradhan | | All India Forward Bloc | Sabita Roy | | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Amar Roy Pradhan | | All India Forward Bloc | Sabita Roy | | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Amar Roy Pradhan | | All India Forward Bloc | Gobinda Roy | | Forward Bloc |
| 1999 | Amar Roy Pradhan | | All India Forward Bloc | Ambika Charan Ray | | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2004 | Hiten Barman | | All India Forward Bloc | Girindra Nath Barman | | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2009 | Nripendra Nath Roy | | All India Forward Bloc | Arghya Roy Pradhan | | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2014 | Renuka Sinha | | All India Trinamool Congress | Dipak Kumar Roy | | All India Forward Bloc |
| 2016 (By Poll) | Partha Pratim Roy | | All India Trinamool Congress | Hem Chandra Barman | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Nisith Pramanik | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Paresh Chandra Adhikari | | All India Trinamool Congress |