Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency in West Bengal, India

Cooch Behar Uttar

Constituency No. 3 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Interactive Map Outlining Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly Constituency

Constituency details
Country| India
Region| East India
State| West Bengal
District| Cooch Behar
Lok Sabha constituency| Cooch Behar
Established| 1951
Total electors| 282,988
Reservation| SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent

Sukumar Roy

Party| Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year| 2021

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

## Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 3 Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly constituency (SC) covers Cooch Behar II community development block.[1]

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

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election
Year  | Name of M.L.A.  | Party Affiliation

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2011 | Nagendra Nath Roy | All India Forward Bloc[2]
2016
2021 | Sukumar Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party

## Election results

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### 2021

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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Cooch Behar Uttar  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Sukumar Roy | 120,483  | 49.40  | 35.98
| AITC | Binoy Krishna Barman  | 1,05,868  | 43.40  | 5.26
| AIFB | Nagendra Nath Roy  | 11,475  | 4.70  | 38.85
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,570  | 0.64  | 0.54
| SUCI(C) | Anil Chandra Roy  | 1,386  | 0.57  | 0.2
| Independent  | Naresh Chandra Roy  | 1,379  | 0.57  |
| Kamtapur People's Party (United)  | Samaresh Ray  | 1,127  | 0.46  | New
| AMB | Gopal Roy  | 628  | 0.26  | 0.41
Turnout | 2,43,916  | 86.19  | 0.3
| BJP gain from AIFB | Swing |  |

### 2016

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In the 2016 elections, Nagendranath Roy of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Parimal Burman of Trinamool Congress.

2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Cooch Behar Uttar[2][3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| AIFB | Nagendra Nath Roy  | 97,629  | 43.63  | −1.48
| AITC | Parimal Barman  | 85,336  | 38.14  | −5.80
| BJP | Sukumar Roy  | 30,025  | 13.42  | +6.71
| NOTA | None of the above  | 2,649  | 1.18  | +1.18
Turnout | 2,23,771  | 86.49  | +0.44
| AIFB hold | Swing |  |

### 2011

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In the 2011 elections, Nagendranath Roy of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Prasenjit Burman of Trinamool Congress.

2011 West Bengal state assembly election: Cooch Behar Uttar[2][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| AIFB | Nagendra Nath Roy  | 84,825  | 45.11  | −5.96
| AITC | Prasenjit Barman  | 82,628  | 43.94  | +10.06
| BJP | Malati Rava (Ray)  | 12,608  | 6.71  |
| Independent  | Nirmal Kumar Roy  | 4,745  | 2.52  |
| RPI | Ratan Barman  | 1,883  |  |
| Independent  | Kulen Das  | 1,343  |  |
Turnout | 188,032  | 86.05  |
| AIFB hold | Swing | -16.02  |

### 1977 – 2006: Cooch Behar North constituency

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Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006[5] and 2001[6] 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.[7] Bimal Kanti Basu of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Congress in 1991.[8] Aparajita Goppi of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Congress in 1987,[9] Sunil Kar of Congress in 1982[10] and Bimal Chandra Dhar of Congress in 1977.[11][12]

### 1977 – 2006: Cooch Behar West constituency

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In the 2006[5] and 2001[6] 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[7] and Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1991.[8] Bimal Kanti Basu of Forward Bloc defeated Shyamal Choudhury of Congress in 1987[9] and 1982,[10] and Maqsudar Rahman of Congress in 1977.[11][13]

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

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Sunil Kar of Congress won the Cooch Behar North in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Bimal Kanti Basu of Forward Bloc won it in 1969.[16] M.R.Tar of Congress won it in 1967.[17] Sunil Dasgupta of Forward Bloc won it in 1962.[18] Santosh Kumar Roy of Congress won the Cooch Behar South seat in 1972,[14] 1971,[15] 1969[16] and 1967.[17] Sunil Basunia of Forward Bloc won the seat in 1962.[18] Rajani Das of Congress won the Cooch Behar West seat in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Prasenjit Barman of Congress won it in 1969[16] and 1967.[17] The seat was not there prior to 1967.

### 1951 & 1957: Cooch Behar constituency

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Cooch Behar was a joint seat in 1957.[19] It was won by Maziruddin Ahmed and Satish Chandra Roy Singha (both of Congress). In independent India's first election in 1951,[20] Maziruddin Ahmed and Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar (both of Congress) won the Cooch Behar joint seat.

## 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 "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 2011". Cooch Behar Uttar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
4. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Cooch Behar Uttar. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
10. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
11. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
12. ^ "4 - Cooch Behar North Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
13. ^ "5 - Cooch Behar West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
14. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
15. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
16. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
17. ^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
18. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
19. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
20. ^ "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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Cooch Behar district topics

General|

* Cooch Behar Airport
* Cooch Behar Palace
* Dooars
* India–Bangladesh enclaves
* Jagaddipendra Narayan
* Cooch Behar
* Cooch Behar State
* Kamata Kingdom
* Khen dynasty
* Koch dynasty
* North Bengal
* Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya
* Madhupur Satra
* Rajpat
* Kamteswari temple
* Baneswar Shiva temple

Subdivisions|

* Cooch Behar Sadar
* Dinhata
* Mathabhanga
* Tufanganj
* Mekhliganj

Community development
blocks|

| Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision|

* Cooch Behar I
* Cooch Behar II

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Dinhata subdivision|

* Dinhata I
* Dinhata II
* Sitai

Mathabhanga subdivision|

* Sitalkuchi
* Mathabhanga I
* Mathabhanga II

Tufanganj subdivision|

* Tufanganj I
* Tufanganj II

Mekhliganj subdivision|

* Mekhliganj
* Haldibari

Rivers|

* Dharla
* Raidak
* Teesta
* Torsa

Transport|

* NH 17
* New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
* Cooch Behar State Railway

Railway stations|

* Bamanhat
* Cooch Behar
* New Gitaldaha
* New Cooch Behar Junction

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Cooch Behar
* Alipurduars (one assembly segment)
* Jalpaiguri (one assembly segment)

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Mekliganj
* Mathabhanga
* Cooch Behar Uttar
* Cooch Behar Dakshin
* Sitalkuchi
* Sitai
* Dinhata
* Natabari
* Tufanganj

Educational institutions|

* Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University
* Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya
* Tufanganj Government Polytechnic
* JNV Cooch Behar
* Cooch Behar GEC
* Netaji Subhas Mahavidyalaya

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* People from Cooch Behar district
* Villages in Cooch Behar district

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