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| Dinhata | |
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| Constituency No. 7 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Dinhata Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| LS constituency | Cooch Behar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 299,251 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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.[1]
Dinhata Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Satish Chandra Roy Singha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar | ||
| 1962 | Kamal Guha | Forward Bloc | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Animesh Mukharjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Jogesh Chandra Sarkar | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Kamal Guha | Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Forward Bloc (Socialist) | ||
| 2001 | Forward Bloc | ||
| 2006 | Ashok Mandal | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2011 | Udayan Guha | Forward Bloc | |
| 2016 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2021 | Nisith Pramanik | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2021^ | Udayan Guha | All India Trinamool Congress |
^: by-elections
Election results
2023 Bye election
| 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
| 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
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.
| 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
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.
| 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 |
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| 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.
- 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