Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543

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constituencies in

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. The constituency centres on

Cooch Behar Cooch Behar (), or Koch Bihar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. It is in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas at . Cooch Behar is the only planned city in the ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. All the seven assembly segments of No. 1 Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency are in

Cooch Behar district Cooch Behar district () is a district of Indian state of West Bengal. Formerly part of the Kamarupa kingdom, the area became the heart of the Kamata Kingdom in the 12th century. During the British Raj, the district was known as Cooch Behar st ...

. The seat is reserved for

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Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the

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in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 1 Coochbehar, reserved for Scheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following segments from 2009: The area under the

Mathabhanga subdivision Mathabhanga subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Mathabhanga subdivi ...

of the

will constitute the assembly constituencies of Mathabhanga and Sitalkuchi, whereas the area under the

Dinhata subdivision Dinhata subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Dinhata subdivision has 2 ...

will form the constituencies of Dinahata and Sitai. The area under

Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Cooch Behar Sa ...

will form Cooch Behar Uttar, Cooch Behar Dakshin and Natabari constituencies, though Natabari will contain

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s from

Tufanganj subdivision Tufanganj subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Tufanganj subdivision ...

also.

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

2016 by-election

2014 result

General election 2009

General election 2004

General election 1999

General election 1998

General elections 1957-2004

In 1951, Upendra Nath Barman, Birendra Nath Katham and Amiya Kanta Basu, all of

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, won the North Bengal seat. The winners and runners-up from Cooch Behar for subsequent elections are shown below. In a (

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) in 1958 Nalini Ranjan Ghosh of Indian National Congress won.

References

External links

Coochbehar lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule
{{West Bengal elections Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal Politics of Cooch Behar district