Dinhata Assembly constituency is an

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constituency 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 ...

in the

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n state of

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 7 Dinhata Assembly constituency covers Dinhata municipality,

Dinhata II Dinhata II is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Dinhata subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Sahebganj, one of the constituent panchayats of the ...

community development block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

, and Bhetaguri I, Dinhata Gram I, Dinhata Gram II and Putimari I

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s of

Dinhata I Dinhata I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Dinhata subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Petla, one of the constituent panchayats of the block ...

community development block. Dinhata Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).

Members of Legislative Assembly

2nd Member (1951-1957)

Election results

2021 Bye election

2021

2016

Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, Joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015. In the 2016 election, Udayan Guha of

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defeated his nearest rival Akshay Thakur of

All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...

2011

Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015. . In the 2011 election, Udayan Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dr. Md Fazle Haque Independent. 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. Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, contesting as an Independent Candidate, was a rebel congress leader. # Nationalist Congress Party did not contest this seat in 2006.

2006

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

AIFB The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...

2001

In the 2001 election, Kamal Guha of

defeated his nearest rival Dipak Sengupta of AITC

1972-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ashok Mandal of

won the Dinhata seat defeating his nearest rival Udayan Guha of

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

Kamal Guha Kamal Guha (1928–2007) was an Indian politician. He was an All India Forward Bloc leader and member of the Left Front cabinet in the Indian state of West Bengal for over two decades. Early life Kamal Guha was born at Dinhata on 20 January 1 ...

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) Forward Bloc (Socialist), a break-away group from the All India Forward Bloc. FB(S) existed around 1996–1998. The party was primarily based in northern West Bengal. In the Lok Sabha elections 1996 FB(S) had launched two candidates from West Ben ...

, which subsequently was reunited with the parent body. He defeated Dipak Sengupta representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and representing Forward Bloc in 1996, Alok Nandi of Congress in 1991 and 1987, Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1982 and Alok Nandy of Congress in 1977.

1951-1972

Jogesh Chandra Sarkar of Congress won the Dinhata seat in 1972 and 1971. Animesh Mukharjee of Congress won it in 1969. Kamal Guha of Forward Bloc won it 1967 and

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. In

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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, Satish Chandra Roy Singha and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won from Dinhata.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Cooch Behar district