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1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed the first non-Congress government of the state. Results !colspan=10, , - !colspan=2, Party !Candidates !Seats !Votes !Vote% !Seat change , - ! , 280, , 127, , 5,207,930, , 41.13%, , 30 , - ! , 135, , 43, , 2,293,026, , 18.11%, , 43 , - ! , 80, , 34, , 1,286,028, , 10.16%, , 34 , - ! , 62, , 16, , 827,196, , 6.53%, , 34 , - ! , 42, , 13, , 561,148, , 4.43%, , , - ! , 26, , 7, , 269,234, , 2.13%, , 7 , - ! , 26, , 7, , 238,694, , 1.88%, , 2 , - ! , 58, , 1, , 167,934, , 1.33%, , 1 , - ! , 21, , 1, , 102,576, , 0.81%, , 1 , - ! , 327, , 31, , 1,708,011, , 13.49%, , 20 , - !colspan=2, Total , 1058 , 280 , 12,663,030 , , , - Elected members Post-Poll Alliance United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee formed the Government. United Front was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies through the first-past-the-post voting, FPTP voting system. The Assembly meets at Vidhan Sabha Bhavan in Kolkata, the capital of the state. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Speaker, currently Biman Banerjee. Members of the Assembly are directly elected by the people of West Bengal through elections held every five years, unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier. The current Assembly was elected in April–May 2021, and the next election is scheduled for 2026. The Assembly plays a key role in law-making for the state, handling crucial matters such as state budgets, development policies, and local governance. It has the authority to legislate on issues specified und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
India West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1967
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly Constituency
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 As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 3 Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly constituency (SC) covers Cooch Behar II community development block. Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2016 In the 2016 elections, Nagendranath Roy of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Parimal Burman of Trinamool Congress. 2011 In the 2011 elections, Nagendranath Roy of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Prasenjit Burman of Trinamool Congress. 1977 – 2006: Cooch Behar North constituency Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Dipak Chandra Sarkar of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 1928. He graduated from Dinhata High School, and passed Intermediate Arts from Victoria College (now Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College) in Cooch Behar, which was then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Guha was inspired by Subhas Chandra Bose at a very young age. He decided to join the Forward Bloc when he was still a student. Guha is one of the childhood friend of Hussain Muhammad Ershad, former president of Bangladesh. Political career Guha was first elected to the Dinhata seat of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He was re-elected to this seat in 1967, but lost in 1969. He was re-elected in 1977, holding the seat through the 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, and 2001 elections. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dinhata Assembly Constituency
Dinhata Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview 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. Dinhata Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). Members of the Legislative Assembly ^: by-elections 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 Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Akshay Thakur of All India Forward Bloc. 2011 Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015. . In the 2011 election, Udayan Guha of AIFB def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fazle Haque
Mohammed Fazle Haque is an Indian politician and also was the past Minister of State for Home Ministry as well as Public Works in the government of West Bengal. He was also an Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), MLA, elected from the Sitai (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Sitai constituency in the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2006 West Bengal legislative assembly election. He served 6 terms as an MLA. Early life and education Haque was born on 9 February 1937 to a Bengalis, Bengali family of Muslim Nashya Shaikhs in the princely state of Cooch Behar State, Cooch Behar. He is the son of Haji Hossain Ali Bepai and Javeda Bewa. Ali completed his education at the Dinhata High School and the Scottish Church College in Calcutta. He graduated with an MBBS from Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, Medical College & Hospital, Calcutta. Personal life Haque married Ayesha Haque, daughter of Abul Hossain Bepai. They have three sons and two daughters. Career Haque is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sitai Assembly Constituency
Sitai is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 6 Sitai Assembly constituency covers Sitai community development block and Bara Atiabari I, Bara Atiabari II, Bara Soulmari, Bhetaguri II, Gitaldaha I, Gitaldaha II, Gosanimari I, Gosanimari II, Matalhat, Okrabari and Petla Putimari II gram panchayats of Dinhata I community development block. Sitai Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2024 by-election 2021 2011 In the 2011 elections, Keshab Chandra Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Roy of AIFB. 1972-2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, Dr. Md. Fazle Haque of Congress won the Sitai seat defeating his nearest rival Nripendra Nath Roy of Forward Bloc The All India Forward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Prasenjit Barman
Prasenjit Barman (1 October 1934 – 22 December 2021) was an Indian politician and lawyer from Cooch Behar, northern West Bengal. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1970, and a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from 1976 to 1982. He was noted for advocacy for Rajbanshi culture and language, including efforts to secure the restoration of the Cooch Behar Palace. Career Barman was politically active in the Indian National Congress.Sukhabilāsa Barmā. Socio-political Movements in North Bengal: A Sub-Himalayan Tract, Vol. 2'. Global Vision Publishing House, 2007. p. 181 He was twice a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly; representing the Cooch Behar West constituency 1967–1968 and 1969–1970. For the 1971 election, the Congress Party fielded Rajani Das as their candidate for Cooch Behar West instead. Barman was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament of India, between 3 April 1976, and 2 April 1982, as a Congre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cooch Behar West Assembly Constituency
Cooch Behar West was an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi .... Members of the Legislative Assembly References {{reflist Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Cooch Behar district Constituencies established in 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dinesh Chandra Dakua
Dinesh Dakua is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He represented the Mathabhanga constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1967–1969 and 1977–2006. He was a cabinet minister in the West Bengal state governments between 1987 and 2006, first as Minister for Scheduled Caste and Tribes Welfare and later as Minister of Tourism. Legislator Dakua was active in the students movement 1948–1950. As a lawyer, we practiced law in Mathabhanga Court. He contested the Mathabhanga seat in the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election as the Communist Party of India candidate. He finished in second place with 15,482 votes (45.20%). He stood as the CPI candidate in the 1963 by-election for the Cooch Behar parliamentary seat, finishing in fourth place with 17,760 votes (7.83%). He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1967 election, standing as a CPI(M) candidate and winning the Mathabhanga seat with 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mathabhanga Assembly Constituency
Mathabhanga is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 2 Mathabhanga Assembly constituency (SC) covers Mathabhanga municipality, Mathabhanga II community development block, and Hazrahat I, Hazrahat II and Pachagarh gram panchayats of Mathabhanga I community development block. Mathabhanga Assembly constituency is part of No. 1. Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2016 2011 In the 2011 election, Binay Krishna Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ananta Roy of CPI(M). .# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006. 1977–2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ananta Roy of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) won the Mathabhanga seat defeating Hem Chandra Barman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Amar Roy Pradhan
Amar Roy Pradhan or Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan (15 August 1930 – 3 July 2013) was an Indian politician from All India Forward Bloc party. He remained MP from Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency eight times from 1977 to 1999, prior to which he was member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly MLA from Mekhliganj thrice (1962–1971). Early life and background Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan was born on 15 August 1930 to Talendranath Roy Pradhan at Barashashi, Dinajpur District (now in Bangladesh). He studied at Victoria College, Cooch Behar (then affiliated with University of Calcutta), followed by A.C. College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Career Pradhan started his political career at state-level, and was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Mekhliganj three times, 1962, 1967 and 1977. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency eight consecutive times from 1977 to 1999. He also published a number of books, including ''Upeksit Uttarbange'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
