Cooch Behar Dakshin

Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Cooch Behar Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Cooch Behar Dakshin
Location in West Bengal
Cooch Behar Dakshin
Cooch Behar Dakshin (India)
Coordinates: 26°19′27″N 89°27′07″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
Constituency No4
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency1 Cooch Behar (SC)
Electorate (year)182,448 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 4 Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Cooch Behar municipality and Chandamari, Chilkirhat, Falimari, Ghughumari, Haribhanga, Moyamari, Patchhara, Putimari Fuleswari and Suktabari gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I community development block.[1]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951Cooch BeharMaziruddin AhmedIndian National Congress[2]
Jatindra Nath Singha SarkarIndian National Congress[2]
1957Maziruddin AhmedIndian National Congress[3]
Satish Chandra Roy SinghaIndian National Congress[3]
1962Cooch Behar NorthSunil DasguptaForward Bloc [4]
Cooch Behar SouthSunil BasuniaForward Bloc[4]
1967Cooch Behar NorthM.R.TarIndian National Congress[5]
Cooch Behar SouthSantosh Kumar RoyIndian National Congress[5]
Cooch Behar WestPrasenjit BarmanIndian National Congress[5]
1969Cooch Behar NorthBimal Kanti BasuForward Bloc[6]
Cooch Behar SouthSantosh Kumar RoyIndian National Congress[6]
Cooch Behar WestPrasenjit BarmanIndian National Congress[6]
1971Cooch Behar NorthSunil KarIndian National Congress[7]
Cooch Behar SouthSantosh Kumar RoyIndian National Congress[7]
Cooch Behar WestRajani DasIndian National Congress[7]
1972Cooch Behar NorthSunil KarIndian National Congress[8]
Cooch Behar SouthSantosh Kumar RoyIndian National Congress[8]
Cooch Behar WestRajani DasIndian National Congress[8]
1977Cooch Behar NorthAparajita GoppiForward Bloc[9]
Cooch Behar WestBimal Kanti BasuForward Bloc[9]
1982Cooch Behar NorthAparajita GoppiForward Bloc[10]
Cooch Behar WestBimal Kanti BasuForward Bloc[10]
1987Cooch Behar NorthAparajita GoppiForward Bloc[11]
Cooch Behar WestBimal Kanti BasuForward Bloc[11]
1991Cooch Behar NorthBimal Kanti BasuForward Bloc[12]
Cooch Behar WestSoumindra Chandra DasForward Bloc[12]
1996Cooch Behar NorthMihir GoswamiIndian National Congress[13]
Cooch Behar WestSoumindra Chandra DasForward Bloc[13]
2001Cooch Behar NorthDipak Chandra SarkarForward Bloc[14]
Cooch Behar WestAkshay ThakurForward Bloc[14]
2006Cooch Behar NorthDipak Chandra SarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Cooch Behar WestAkshay ThakurForward Bloc[15]
2011Cooch Behar DakshinAkshay ThakurForward Bloc[16]
2016Cooch Behar DakshinMihir GoswamiAll India Trinamool Congress
2020Cooch Behar DakshinMihir GoswamiBharatiya Janata Party [17]

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Akshay Thakur of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Abdul Jalil Ahmed of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Cooch Behar Dakshin constituency[16][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Akshay Thakur 72,028 47.04 -4.03
AITC Abdul Jalil Ahmed 69,165 45.17 +11.29
BJP Gayetri Kar 6,419 4.19
Independent Sanat Sen 2,207
Independent Shyamal Chandra Barman 1,277
Independent Prahlad Chandra Datta 745
Independent Krishna Kanta Barman 685
People's Democratic Conference of India Chanchal Sarkar 589
Turnout 153,115 83.92
AIFB hold Swing -15.32
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Cooch Behar district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 4 3
Indian National Congress 1 0
Forward bloc 4 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 4

1977 – 2006: Cooch Behar North constituency

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006[15] and 2001[14] state assembly elections Dipak Chandra Sarkar of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Trinamool Congress. Mihir Goswami representing Congress had defeated Aparajita Goppi of Forward Bloc in 1996.[13] Bimal Kanti Basu of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Congress in 1991.[12] Aparajita Goppi of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Congress in 1987,[11] Sunil Kar of Congress in 1982[10] and Bimal Chandra Dhar of Congress in 1977.[9][19]

1977 – 2006: Cooch Behar West constituency

In the 2006[15] and 2001[14] state assembly elections, Akshay Thakur of Forward Bloc won the Cooch Behar West seat defeating Abdul Jalil Ahmed and Soumendra Chandra Das (both of Trinamool Congress) respectively. Soumindra Chandra Das of Forward Bloc defeated Abdul Jalil Ahmed representing Congress in 1996[13] and Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1991.[12] Bimal Kanti Basu of Forward Bloc defeated Shyamal Choudhury of Congress in 1987[11] and 1982,[10] and Maqsudar Rahman of Congress in 1977.[9][20]

1962-1972: Cooch Behar North, South and West constituencies

Sunil Kar of Congress won the Cooch Behar North in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Bimal Kanti Basu of Forward Bloc won it in 1969.[6] M.R.Tar of Congress won it in 1967.[5] Sunil Dasgupta of Forward Bloc won it in 1962.[4] Santosh Kumar Roy of Congress won the Cooch Behar South seat in 1972,[8] 1971,[7] 1969[6] and 1967.[5] Sunil Basunia of Forward Bloc won the seat in 1962.[4] Rajani Das of Congress won the Cooch Behar West seat in 1972[8] and 1971.[7] Prasenjit Barman of Congress won it in 1969[6] and 1967.[5] The seat was not there prior to 1967.

1951 & 1957: Cooch Behar constituency

Cooch Behar was a joint seat in 1957.[3] It was won by Maziruddin Ahmed and Satish Chandra Roy Singha (both of Congress). In independent India's first election in 1951,[2] Maziruddin Ahmed and Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar (both of Congress) won the Cooch Behar joint seat.

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  17. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/mla-mihir-goswami-quits-tmc-joins-bjp-7071239/
  18. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Cooch Behar Dakshin. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  19. "4 - Cooch Behar North Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  20. "5 - Cooch Behar West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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