| Cooch Behar WB-1 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Cooch Behar Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Mathabhanga Cooch Behar Uttar Cooch Behar Dakshin Sitalkuchi Sitai Dinhata Natabari |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 19,66,893 (2024)[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | INDIA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543parliamentary constituencies inIndia. The constituency centres onCooch Behar inWest Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 1 Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency are inCooch Behar district. The seat is reserved forscheduled castes.

As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of thedelimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 1 Coochbehar, reserved forScheduled castes (SC), is composed of the following segments from 2009:[2]
| No | Name | Reservation | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Mathabhanga | SC | Cooch Behar | Sushil Barman | BJP | BJP | ||
| 3 | Cooch Behar Uttar | Sukumar Roy | ||||||
| 4 | Cooch Behar Dakshin | None | Nikhil Ranjan Dey | AITC | ||||
| 5 | Sitalkuchi | SC | Baren Chandra Barman | |||||
| 6 | Sitai | Sangita Roy | AITC | |||||
| 7 | Dinhata | None | Udayan Guha | |||||
| 8 | Natabari | Mihir Goswami | BJP | BJP | ||||
The area under theMathabhanga subdivision of theCooch Behar district will constitute the assembly constituencies of Mathabhanga and Sitalkuchi, whereas the area under theDinhata subdivision will form the constituencies of Dinahata and Sitai.[2] The area underCooch Behar Sadar subdivision will form Cooch Behar Uttar, Cooch Behar Dakshin and Natabari constituencies, though Natabari will containgram panchayats fromTufanganj subdivision also.[2]
^ denotes by-polls
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia | 788,375 | 48.57 | ||
| BJP | Nisith Pramanik | 749,125 | 46.16 | ||
| AIFB | Nitish Chandra Roy | 30267 | 1.86 | ||
| INC | Piya Roy Chowdhury | 10679 | 0.66 | ||
| Independent | Harekrishna Sarkar | 9467 | 0.58 | New | |
| Independent | Kamalesh Barman | 2993 | 0.18 | New | |
| Independent | Nabi Barman | 2724 | 0.17 | New | |
| Independent | Subodh Barman | 2599 | 0.16 | New | |
| SUCI(C) | Dilip Chandra Barman | 2468 | 0.15 | New | |
| BSP | Purna Mohan Roy | 2097 | 0.13 | New | |
| Independent | Bidhan Das | 2072 | 0.13 | New | |
| Independent | Kishore Ray | 1606 | 0.1 | New | |
| Kamtapur People's Party | Pradip Kumar Roy | 1518 | 0.09 | New | |
| Independent | Amal Das | 1495 | 0.09 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 15563 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 39250 | 0.02 | |||
| Turnout | 1623048 | 82.16 | |||
| AITCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nisith Pramanik | 731,594 | 47.98 | ||
| AITC | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | 677,363 | 44.43 | ||
| AIFB | Gobinda Chandra Roy | 46,648 | 3.07 | ||
| INC | Piya Roy Chowdhury | 28,215 | 1.85 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 14,490 | 0.95 | ||
| Majority | 54,231 | 3.55 | |||
| Turnout | 1,525,446 | 84.08 | |||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Partha Pratim Ray | 794,375 | 59.03 | +19.52 | |
| BJP | Hem Chandra Barman | 3,81,134 | 28.32 | +11.98 | |
| AIFB | Nripendra Nath Roy | 87,363 | 6.49 | −26.49 | |
| INC | Partha Pratim Isore | 33,470 | 2.49 | −3.10 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 9,680 | 0.72 | −0.14 | |
| Majority | 4,13,241 | 30.71 | +24.18 | ||
| Turnout | 13,45,717 | 78.39 | −4.42 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Renuka Sinha | 526,499 | 39.51 | −2.14 | |
| AIFB | Dipak Kumar Roy | 4,39,393 | 32.98 | −11.68 | |
| BJP | Hem Chandra Barman | 2,17,653 | 16.34 | +10.51 | |
| INC | Keshab Chandra Ray | 74,540 | 5.59 | N/A | |
| BSP | Girindra Nath Barman | 15,683 | 1.18 | −0.86 | |
| Independent | Bangshi Badan Barman | 13,205 | 0.99 | −2.33 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 11,409 | 0.86 | N/A | |
| Majority | 87,107 | 6.53 | +3.52 | ||
| Turnout | 13,32,409 | 82.81 | −1.54 | ||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Nripendra Nath Roy | 5,08,677 | 44.66 | ||
| AITC | Arghya Roy Pradhan | 4,66,928 | 41.65 | ||
| BJP | Bhabendra Nath Barman | 65,325 | 5.83 | ||
| Independent | Bangshi Badan Barman | 37,226 | 3.32 | ||
| BSP | Niranjan Barman | 22,925 | 2.04 | ||
| Independent | Hitendra Das | 11,374 | 1.01 | ||
| Majority | 41,749 | 3.01 | |||
| Turnout | 11,21,043 | 84.35 | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Hiten Barman | 490,982 | 51.90 | ||
| AITC | Girindra Nath Barman | 264,413 | 27.90 | ||
| INC | Sailen Barma | 116,715 | 12.30 | ||
| Forward Bloc (Socialist) | Amar Roy Pradhan | 26,755 | 2.80 | ||
| NCP | Bharat Singha Sarkar | 17,393 | 1.80 | ||
| Independent | Pradip Kumar Roy | 11,021 | 1.20 | ||
| Independent | Nripen Karjee | 10,682 | 1.10 | ||
| AMB | Dalendra Roy | 8,527 | 0.90 | ||
| Samajwadi Party | Piyush Barman | 6,075 | 0.60 | ||
| Majority | 226,569 | 23.90% | |||
| Turnout | 9,47,381 | 82.5% | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Amar Roy Pradhan | 443,148 | 49.70 | ||
| AITC | Ambika Charan Ray | 334,983 | 37.60 | ||
| INC | Sabita Roy | 90,378 | 10.10 | ||
| BSP | Papiya Barman | 17,188 | 1.90 | ||
| Independent (politician) (KPP) | Mahendra Nath Das | 2,766 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Nripen Karjee | 2,385 | 0.30 | ||
| NCP | Usha Roy | 981 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 108,165 | (12.0%) | |||
| Turnout | 9,02,487 | (80.8%) | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Amar Roy Pradhan | 396,140 | 43.20 | ||
| Forward Bloc (Socialist) | Gobinda Ray | 272,974 | 29.80 | ||
| AITC | Prasenjit Barman | 218,093 | 10.10 | ||
| BSP | Papiya Barman | 13,480 | 1.50 | ||
| AMB | Karneswar Barman | 2,766 | 0.30 | ||
| Majority | 123,166 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 9,16,783 | 83.6% | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | ||||
In 1951, Upendra Nath Barman, Birendra Nath Katham and Amiya Kanta Basu, all ofCongress, won the North Bengal seat.[9] The winners and runners-up from Cooch Behar for subsequent elections are shown below. In (by-election)1958,Nalini Ranjan Ghosh of Indian National Congress won.[10]
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