| Natabari | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 8 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Natabari Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Cooch Behar |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 245,040 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Natabari Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inCooch Behar district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 8 Natabari Assembly constituency covers Deoanhat, Dauaguri, Guriahati I, Guriahati II, Jiranpur and Panisalagram panchayats ofCooch Behar Icommunity development block and Andaran Fulbari II, Balarampur I, Balarampur II, Chilkhana I, Chilkhana II, Deocharai, Dhalpal II, Maruganj, Natabari I, Natabari II gram panchayats ofTufanganj I community development block.[1]
Natabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 1Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Tamser Ali | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Rabindra Nath Ghosh | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Mihir Goswami | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mihir Goswami | 111,743 | 51.45 |  40.67 | |
| AITC | Rabindra Nath Ghosh | 88,303 | 40.66 |  6.06 | |
| CPI(M) | Akik Hasan | 11,839 | 5.45 | 33.18 | |
| Majority | 23,440 | 10.79 | 2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,17,173 | 88.63 | 0.58 | ||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Rabindra Nath Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rivalTamser Ali of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Rabindra Nath Ghosh | 81,951 | 47.56 | +1.80 | |
| CPI(M) | Tamser Ali | 74,386 | 43.17 | −5.67 | |
| BJP | Utpal Kanti Deb | 9,923 | 5.76 | ||
| Independent | Siddikuddin Bepari | 2,972 | |||
| RPI | Girindra Nath Barman | 1,867 | |||
| Independent | Prodyut Kumar Dey | 1,197 | |||
| Turnout | 172,296 | 89.17 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +7.47 | |||
Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the2006[6] and2001[7] state assembly elections,Tamser Ali ofCPI(M) defeated Rabindra Nath Ghosh ofTrinamool Congress. Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Rabindranath Ghosh representingCongress in 1996,[8] Biimbal Chandra Dhar of Congress in 1991,[9] Santosh Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987,[10] 1982[11] and 1977.[12][13] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.
