| Mekliganj | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 1 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Mekliganj Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jalpaiguri |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,26,465 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Mekliganj Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inCooch Behar district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.....
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 1 Mekliganj Assembly constituency (SC) coversMekliganj municipality,Mekliganjcommunity development block,Haldibari municipality andHaldibari community development block.[1]
Mekliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 3Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Prasanta Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Mihir Kumar Roy | ||
| 1972 | Madhu Sudan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Sada Kanta Roy | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Paresh Chandra Adhikari | ||
| 1996 | Ramesh Roy | ||
| 2001 | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Arghya Roy Pradhan | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | ||
In 2021 election,All India Trinamool Congress candidateParesh Chandra Adhikary defeatedBharatiya Janata Party candidate Dadhiram Ray by a margin of 14,685 votes.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | 99,338 | 49.98 |  8.63 | |
| BJP | Dadhiram Ray | 84,653 | 42.59 | 29.68 | |
| AIFB | Gobindo Ray | 6,853 | 3.45 |  34.23 | |
| SUCI(C) | Ranjit Kumar Roy | 1,768 | 0.89 | ||
| BSP | Jyotish Roy | 1,025 | 0.52 | 2.6 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,447 | 1.23 | ||
| Majority | 14,685 | 7.38 | |||
| Turnout | 1,98,744 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Arghya Roy Pradhan | 74,823 | 41.35 | ||
| AIFB | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | 68,186 | 37.68 | ||
| BJP | Dadhiram Ray | 23,355 | 12.91 | ||
| BSP | Jyotish Roy | 5,650 | 3.12 | ||
| Turnout | 1,80,960 | 89.28 | |||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections, Paresh Chandra Adhikary of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Jayanta Kumar Ray of Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Paresh Chandra Adhikary | 72,040 | 48.67 | +1.88 | |
| INC | Jayanta Kumar Ray | 39,408 | 26.63 | −0.75 | |
| Independent | Sunil Chandra Roy | 23,540 | 15.9 | ||
| BJP | Subhash Barman | 3,713 | 2.51 | ||
| BSP | Jyotish Ray | 3,359 | 2.27 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Pramila Roy | 2,593 | |||
| Independent | Purnendu Ray | 1,474 | |||
| AMB | Ratan Barman | 123 | |||
| Turnout | 148,010 | 87.01 | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | 2.63 | |||
In the2006 state assembly elections,[5] Paresh Chandra Adhikary ofForward Bloc won the Mekliganj seat defeating his nearest rival Sunil Chandra Roy ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[6] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Ramesh Roy of Trinmool Congress. In 1996,[7] Ramesh Roy representing Forward Bloc defeated Sunil Chandra Roy representingCongress. In 1991,[8] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Mani Bhusan Roy of Congress. Sada Kanta Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1987,[9] Niren Chowdhury ofICS in 1982[10] and Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1977.[11][12]
Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress won in 1972.[13] Mihir Kumar Ray of Forward Bloc won in 1971.[14]Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan of Forward Bloc won in 1969,[15] 1967[16] and1962.[17] Prasanta Chatterjee of Congress won in1957[18] and inindependent India's first election in 1951.[19]
