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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
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| name = Dinhata
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| type= SLA
|name = Dinhata <!-- at least one of the first two fields must be filled in -->
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|official_name =
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Dinhata Assembly Constituency
|other_name =
|native_name = <!-- if different from the English name -->
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Udayan Guha]]
|settlement_type =Vidhan Sabha constituency <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.-->
|total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|motto =
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
| district = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]]
| latd = 26 | latm =08 | lats = | latNS = N
| longd = 89 | longm = 28 | longs = | longEW = E
| constituency_no = 7
| established = 1951
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|coordinates_display = inline,title
| electors = 299,251
| reservation = None
|coordinates_region = IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}
|subdivision_type = Country
| abolished =
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 7
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|1 Cooch Behar (SC)]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 221,691 (2011)

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|website =
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'''Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Cooch Behar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].
'''Dinhata Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Cooch Behar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 7 Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Dinhata]] municipality, [[Dinhata II (Community development block)|Dinhata II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Bhetaguri I, Dinhata Gram I, Dinhata Gram II and Putimari I [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Dinhata I (Community development block)|Dinhata I]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | accessdate = 20 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher =Election Commission}}</ref>
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 7 Dinhata Assembly constituency covers [[Dinhata]] municipality, [[Dinhata II (Community development block)|Dinhata II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Bhetaguri I, Dinhata Gram I, Dinhata Gram II and Putimari I [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Dinhata I (Community development block)|Dinhata I]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 20 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher =Election Commission}}</ref>
Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 1 [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name =delimitation/>


Dinhata Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name =delimitation/>
==Members of Legislative Assembly==

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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
|-
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center; background-color:#EAECF0;"
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Election
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Name
! style="background-color:#eaecf0; font-weight:normal; text-align:left;" |
! style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Party
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Satish Chandra Roy Singha
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#00bfff;" |
| rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1951|1951]]||Dinhata||Satish Chandra Roy Singha||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | Kamal Guha
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:#d70000;" |
| rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | [[All India Forward Bloc]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#0645AD;" | [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|||||Umesh Chandra Mandal||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Animesh Mukharjee
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:#00bfff;" |
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957|1957]]||||Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | Jogesh Chandra Sarkar
|-
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|||||Umesh Chandra Mandal||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Kamal Guha]]
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:#d70000;" |
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[All India Forward Bloc]]
|-
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1962|1962]]||||[[Kamal Guha]]||[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967|1967]]||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F8F9FA; color:#202122;" | [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|1969||||Animesh Mukharjee||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|1971||||Jogesh Chandra Sarkar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#9b0000;" |
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Forward Bloc (Socialist)]]
|1972||||Jogesh Chandra Sarkar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|1977||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#d70000;" |
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[All India Forward Bloc]]
|1982||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|1987||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | Ashok Mandal
|-
| style="background-color:#20c646;" |
|1991||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
|1996||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc (Socialist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Udayan Guha]]
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001|2001]]||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#d70000;" |
|-
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[All India Forward Bloc]]
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2006|2006]]||||Ashok Mandal||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
|-
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2011|2011]]||||Udayan Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
| style="background-color:#20c646;" |
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Trinamool Congress]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Nisith Pramanik]]
| style="background-color:#ff9933;" |
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|- style="background-color:#F8F9FA;"
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[2021-26 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections|2021^]]
| style="color:#0645AD;" | [[Udayan Guha]]
| style="background-color:#20c646;" |
| style="vertical-align:middle; color:#202122;" | [[Trinamool Congress]]
|}
|}
<small>^: by-elections</small>


==Election results==
==Election results==

===2021 Bye election===
{{Election box begin | title= Bye-election, 2021: Dinhata}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Udayan Guha]]
|votes = 1,89,575
|percentage = 84.15
|change = +36.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ashok Mandal
|votes = 25,486
|percentage = 11.31
|change = -36.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Abdur Rouf
|votes = 6,290
|percentage = 2.79
|change = +0.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 3,935
|percentage = 1.75
|change = +1.12
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,64,089
|percentage = 72.84
|change = +72.82
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,25,447
|percentage = 75.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Dinhata]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130617053552/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 17 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Nisith Pramanik]]
|votes = 1,16,035
|percentage = 47.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Udayan Guha]]
|votes = 1,15,978
|percentage = 47.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Abdur Rouf
|votes = 6,069
|percentage = 2.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,537
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 57
|percentage = 0.02
|change = -9.72
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,44,004
|percentage = 81.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, Joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.<ref name="Udayan joins Trinamul">{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/archives/archive.html | title = Udayan joins Trinamul | work = Bengal | publisher = The Telegraph 2 October 2015 | access-date = 2 October 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081112044743/http://www.telegraphindia.com/archives/archive.html | archive-date = 12 November 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="The Hindu 2 October 2015">{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/forward-bloc-mla-joins-trinamool-congress/article7713843.ece |title = Forward Bloc MLA joins Trinamool Congress | work= Other states |publisher =The Hindu 2 October 2015| access-date = 2 October 2015}}</ref>
In the 2016 election, Udayan Guha of [[Trinamool Congress]] defeated his nearest rival Akshay Thakur of [[All India Forward Bloc]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Dinhata]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130617053552/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 17 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Udayan Guha
|votes = 1,00,732
|percentage = 54.52
|change = +54.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Akshay Thakur
|votes = 78,939
|percentage = 44.22
|change = -8.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sachindra Kumar Adhikari
|votes = 25,598
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Debendra Nath Roy
|votes = 5,842
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Dr. Md Fazle Haque
|votes = 4,010
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,619
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,793
|percentage = 9.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,23,783
|percentage = 81.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = +7.45
}}
{{Election box end}}


===2011===
===2011===
Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.<ref name="Udayan joins Trinamul"/><ref name="The Hindu 2 October 2015"/>
In the 2011 election, Udayan Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dr. Md Fazle Haque ( Independent ).


<small>.
{{Election box begin | title=[[West Bengal state assembly election, 2011|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Dinhata constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |accessdate = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}
In the 2011 election, Udayan Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dr. Md Fazle Haque Independent.</small>


{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Dinhata]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130617053552/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 17 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Udayan Guha
{{Election box candidate with party link
|votes = 93,050
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|percentage = 50.52
|candidate = Udayan Guha
|change = +7.45
|votes = 93,050
|percentage = 50.52
|change = +7.45
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate|
{{Election box candidate
|party = Indipendent
|party = IND
|candidate = Dr. Md. Fazle Haque
|candidate = Dr. Md. Fazle Haque
|votes = 63,024
|votes = 63,024
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|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Amiya Kumar Barman
|candidate = Amiya Kumar Sarkar
|votes = 13,093
|votes = 13,093
|percentage = 7.11
|percentage = 7.11
|change = #
|change = #
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Niranjan Barman
|candidate = Niranjan Barman
|votes = 4,135
|votes = 4,135
|percentage = 2.25
|percentage = 2.25
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sudhansu Kumar Roy
|candidate = Sudhansu Kumar Roy
|votes = 3,964
|votes = 3,964
|percentage = 2.15
|percentage = 2.15
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate|
{{Election box majority
|party = Independent
|votes = 30,026
|candidate = Chayan Roy
|percentage = 16.30
|votes = 2,610
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box turnout
|party = Indian People's Forward Bloc
|votes = 1,84,186
|percentage = 82.96
|candidate = Mayamana Khatun
|votes = 1,903
|percentage =
|change =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Goutam Barman
|votes = 1,753
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Narayan Barman
|votes = 65
|percentage =
|change =
}}
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The outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA, Ashok Mondal, was publicly expelled by Mamata Banerjee for campaigning for Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, dissident Congress leader and MLA from Sitai.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110414/jsp/siliguri/story_13851785.jsp|title = Trinamool North MLA axed |work =| publisher =The Telegraph, 14 April 2011 |accessdate = 20 April 2011}}</ref>
The outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA, Ashok Mondal, was publicly expelled by Mamata Banerjee for campaigning for Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, dissident Congress leader and MLA from Sitai.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110414/jsp/siliguri/story_13851785.jsp| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120915081823/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110414/jsp/siliguri/story_13851785.jsp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 15 September 2012|title = Trinamool North MLA axed | publisher =The Telegraph, 14 April 2011 |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>
Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, contesting as an Independent Candidate, was a rebel congress leader.


<small>.# Nationalist Congress Party did not contest this seat in 2006.</small>
# Nationalist Congress Party did not contest this seat in 2006.
{{Cooch Behar 2011 election summary}}


===2006===
===2006===
In the 2006 election, Ashok Mondal of [[AITC]] defeated his nearest rival Udayan Guha of [[AIFB]]
In the 2006 election, Ashok Mondal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival Udayan Guha of [[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]


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===2001===
In the 2001 election, Kamal Guha of [[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] defeated his nearest rival Dipak Sengupta of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]

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===1972-2006===
===1972-2006===
In the [[West Bengal state assembly election, 2006|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Ashok Mandal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Dinhata seat defeating his nearest rival Udayan Guha of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Kamal Guha]] won the seat in a row from 1977 to 2001 (and also earlier – see below). He reperesented Forward Bloc in all years except 1996, when he represented the break away [[Forward Bloc (Socialist)]], which subsequently was reunited with the parent body. He defeated Dipak Sengupta representing Trinamool Congress in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and representing Forward Bloc in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Alok Nandi of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Alok Nandy of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp07.htm | title = 7 - Dinhata Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| accessdate = 29 August 2009}}</ref>
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Ashok Mandal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Dinhata seat defeating his nearest rival Udayan Guha of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Kamal Guha]] won the seat in a row from 1977 to 2001 (and also earlier – see below). He represented Forward Bloc in all years except 1996, when he represented the break away [[Forward Bloc (Socialist)]], which subsequently was reunited with the parent body. He defeated Dipak Sengupta representing Trinamool Congress in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and representing Forward Bloc in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Alok Nandi of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and Alok Nandy of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp07.htm | title = 7 - Dinhata Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>


===1951-1972===
===1951-1972===
Jogesh Chandra Sarkar of Congress won the Dinhata seat in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Animesh Mukharjee of Congress won it in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> Kamal Guha of Forward Bloc won it 1967<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> and [[West Bengal state assembly election, 1962|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> In [[West Bengal state assembly election, 1957|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Dinhata was double seat reserved for SC. Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won. In [[West Bengal state assembly election, 1952|independent India’s first election in 1951]],<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> Satish Chandra Roy Singha and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won from Dinhata.
Jogesh Chandra Sarkar of Congress won the Dinhata seat in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Animesh Mukharjee of Congress won it in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Kamal Guha of Forward Bloc won it 1967<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> and [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Dinhata was double seat reserved for SC. Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]],<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref> Satish Chandra Roy Singha and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won from Dinhata.


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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics in Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:Politics of Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

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Dinhata
Constituency No. 7 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Dinhata Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
LS constituencyCooch Behar
Established1951
Total electors299,251
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

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

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 7 Dinhata Assembly constituency covers Dinhata municipality, Dinhata II community development block, and Bhetaguri I, Dinhata Gram I, Dinhata Gram II and Putimari I gram panchayats of Dinhata I community development block.[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Name Party
1951 Satish Chandra Roy Singha Indian National Congress
1957 Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar
1962 Kamal Guha All India Forward Bloc
1967
1969 Animesh Mukharjee Indian National Congress
1971 Jogesh Chandra Sarkar
1972
1977 Kamal Guha All India Forward Bloc
1982
1987
1991
1996 Forward Bloc (Socialist)
2001 All India Forward Bloc
2006 Ashok Mandal Trinamool Congress
2011 Udayan Guha All India Forward Bloc
2016 Trinamool Congress
2021 Nisith Pramanik Bharatiya Janata Party
2021^ Udayan Guha Trinamool Congress

^: by-elections

Election results

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2021 Bye election

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Bye-election, 2021: Dinhata
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Udayan Guha 1,89,575 84.15 +36.57
BJP Ashok Mandal 25,486 11.31 −36.29
AIFB Abdur Rouf 6,290 2.79 +0.30
None of the Above None of the Above 3,935 1.75 +1.12
Majority 1,64,089 72.84 +72.82
Turnout 2,25,447 75.42
AITC gain from BJP Swing

2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nisith Pramanik 116,035 47.60
AITC Udayan Guha 1,15,978 47.58
AIFB Abdur Rouf 6,069 2.49
None of the Above None of the Above 1,537 0.63
Majority 57 0.02 −9.72
Turnout 2,44,004 81.54
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

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Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, Joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.[4][5] In the 2016 election, Udayan Guha of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Akshay Thakur of All India Forward Bloc.

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata[2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Udayan Guha 1,00,732 54.52 +54.52
AIFB Akshay Thakur 78,939 44.22 −8.69
BJP Sachindra Kumar Adhikari 25,598
BSP Debendra Nath Roy 5,842
Independent Dr. Md Fazle Haque 4,010
None of the Above None of the Above 2,619
Majority 21,793 9.74
Turnout 2,23,783 81.88
AITC gain from AIFB Swing +7.45

2011

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Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.[4][5]

. In the 2011 election, Udayan Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dr. Md Fazle Haque Independent.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata[2][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Udayan Guha 93,050 50.52 +7.45
IND Dr. Md. Fazle Haque 63,024 34.22
NCP Amiya Kumar Sarkar 13,093 7.11
BSP Niranjan Barman 4,135 2.25
BJP Sudhansu Kumar Roy 3,964 2.15
Majority 30,026 16.30
Turnout 1,84,186 82.96
AIFB gain from AITC Swing +7.45

The outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA, Ashok Mondal, was publicly expelled by Mamata Banerjee for campaigning for Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, dissident Congress leader and MLA from Sitai.[8] Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, contesting as an Independent Candidate, was a rebel congress leader.

  1. Nationalist Congress Party did not contest this seat in 2006.

2006

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In the 2006 election, Ashok Mondal of AITC defeated his nearest rival Udayan Guha of AIFB

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Dinhata constituency[2][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ashok Mondal 66,774 42.52 +7.45
AIFB Udayan Guha 63,144 39.92
Independent Hitendra Kumar Nag 6,362 7.11
IPFB Makbul Hussain Sarkar 5,843 2.25
BSP Debendra Nath Roy 2,812 2.15
Independent Anarul Sekh 1,666
Turnout 146,601 83.08
AITC gain from AIFB Swing +7.45

2001

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In the 2001 election, Kamal Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dipak Sengupta of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Dinhata constituency[2][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Kamal Kanti Guha 72,887 53.05% +7.45
Trinamool Congress Dipak Sengupta 53,167 38.70%
BJP Madan Mohan Goswami 4,768 3.47%
BSP Debasish Barman 2,271 1.65%
NCP Jiban Krishna Saha 1,729 1.26%
Independent Dinesh Chandra Karji 1,424 1.04%
Independent Kabita Das 1,152 0.84%
Turnout 137,398 78.07%
AIFB hold Swing +7.45

1972-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections,[11] Ashok Mandal of Trinamool Congress won the Dinhata seat defeating his nearest rival Udayan Guha of Forward Bloc. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kamal Guha won the seat in a row from 1977 to 2001 (and also earlier – see below). He represented Forward Bloc in all years except 1996, when he represented the break away Forward Bloc (Socialist), which subsequently was reunited with the parent body. He defeated Dipak Sengupta representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[12] and representing Forward Bloc in 1996,[13] Alok Nandi of Congress in 1991[14] and 1987,[15] Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1982[16] and Alok Nandy of Congress in 1977.[17][18]

1951-1972

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Jogesh Chandra Sarkar of Congress won the Dinhata seat in 1972[19] and 1971.[20] Animesh Mukharjee of Congress won it in 1969.[21] Kamal Guha of Forward Bloc won it 1967[22] and 1962.[23] In 1957[24] Dinhata was double seat reserved for SC. Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won. In independent India's first election in 1951,[25] Satish Chandra Roy Singha and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won from Dinhata.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Dinhata. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b "Udayan joins Trinamul". Bengal. The Telegraph 2 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Forward Bloc MLA joins Trinamool Congress". Other states. The Hindu 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  6. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dinhata. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dinhata. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "Trinamool North MLA axed". The Telegraph, 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  9. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dinhata. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dinhata. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, 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, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  15. ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  18. ^ "7 - Dinhata Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  19. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  20. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  21. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  22. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  23. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  24. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  25. ^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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