| Dinhata | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 7 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Dinhata Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Lok Sabha 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 anassembly constituency inCooch Behar district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 7 Dinhata Assembly constituency coversDinhata municipality,Dinhata IIcommunity development block, and Bhetaguri I, Dinhata Gram I, Dinhata Gram II and Putimari Igram panchayats ofDinhata I community development block.[1]
Dinhata Assembly constituency is part of No. 1Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Satish Chandra Roy Singha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar | ||
| 1962 | Kamal Guha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Animesh Mukharjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Jogesh Chandra Sarkar | ||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Kamal Guha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Forward Bloc (Socialist) | ||
| 2001 | All India Forward Bloc | ||
| 2006 | Ashok Mandal | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2011 | Udayan Guha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 2016 | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2021 | Nisith Pramanik | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2021^ | Udayan Guha | Trinamool Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| 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 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,935 | 1.75 | +1.12 | |
| Majority | 1,64,089 | 72.84 | +72.82 | ||
| Turnout | 2,25,447 | 75.42 | |||
| AITCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, Joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.[5][6]In the 2016 election, Udayan Guha ofTrinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Akshay Thakur ofAll 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 | |||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | +7.45 | |||
Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.[5][6]
.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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| AIFBgain fromAITC | 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.[9]Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, contesting as an Independent Candidate, was a rebel congress leader.
In the 2006 election, Ashok Mondal ofAITC defeated his nearest rival Udayan Guha ofAIFB
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ashok Mondal | 66,774 | 42.52 | +7.45 | |
| AIFB | Udayan Guha | 63,144 | 39.92 | ||
| Independent | Hitendra Kumar Nag | 6,362 | 7.11 | ||
| IPFB | Makbul Hussain Sarkar | 5,843 | 2.25 | ||
| BSP | Debendra Nath Roy | 2,812 | 2.15 | ||
| Independent | Anarul Sekh | 1,666 | |||
| Turnout | 146,601 | 83.08 | |||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | +7.45 | |||
In the 2001 election, Kamal Guha ofAIFB defeated his nearest rival Dipak Sengupta ofAITC
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Kamal Kanti Guha | 72,887 | 53.05% | +7.45 | |
| Trinamool Congress | Dipak Sengupta | 53,167 | 38.70% | ||
| BJP | Madan Mohan Goswami | 4,768 | 3.47% | ||
| BSP | Debasish Barman | 2,271 | 1.65% | ||
| NCP | Jiban Krishna Saha | 1,729 | 1.26% | ||
| Independent | Dinesh Chandra Karji | 1,424 | 1.04% | ||
| Independent | Kabita Das | 1,152 | 0.84% | ||
| Turnout | 137,398 | 78.07% | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | +7.45 | |||
In the2006 state assembly elections,[12] Ashok Mandal ofTrinamool Congress won the Dinhata seat defeating his nearest rival Udayan Guha ofForward Bloc. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.Kamal Guha 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 awayForward Bloc (Socialist), which subsequently was reunited with the parent body. He defeated Dipak Sengupta representing Trinamool Congress in 2001[13] and representing Forward Bloc in 1996,[14] Alok Nandi of Congress in 1991[15] and 1987,[16] Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1982[17] and Alok Nandy of Congress in 1977.[18][19]
Jogesh Chandra Sarkar of Congress won the Dinhata seat in 1972[20] and 1971.[21] Animesh Mukharjee of Congress won it in 1969.[22] Kamal Guha of Forward Bloc won it 1967[23] and1962.[24] In1957[25] Dinhata was double seat reserved for SC. Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won. Inindependent India's first election in 1951,[26] Satish Chandra Roy Singha and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won from Dinhata.
