| Sitai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 6 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Sitai Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Cooch Behar |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 290,568 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
Sitai is anassembly constituency inCooch Behar district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 6 Sitai Assembly constituency coversSitaicommunity development block and Bara Atiabari I, Bara Atiabari II, Bara Soulmari, Bhetaguri II, Gitaldaha I, Gitaldaha II, Gosanimari I, Gosanimari II, Matalhat, Okrabari and Petla Putimari IIgram panchayats ofDinhata I community development block.[1]
Sitai Assembly constituency is part of No. 1Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sangita Roy | 165,984 | 76.08 |  26.66 | |
| BJP | Dipak Kumar Roy | 35,348 | 16.20 |  28.98 | |
| INC | Harihar Roy Singha | 9,177 | 4.21 | 2.55 | |
| AIFB | Arun Kumar Barma | 3,319 | 1.52 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,317 | |||
| Majority | 130,636 | ||||
| Turnout | 215,145 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia | 117,908 | 49.42 | ||
| BJP | Dipak Kumar Roy | 107796 | 45.18 | ||
| INC | Keshab Chandra Roy | 3964 | 1.66 | ||
| Turnout | 238578 | 82.11 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 elections, Keshab Chandra Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Roy of AIFB.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Keshab Chandra Ray | 79,791 | 46.63 | −0.67 | |
| AIFB | Dipak Kumar Roy | 78,214 | 45.71 | +1.62 | |
| BJP | Brajo Gobinda Barman | 5,185 | 3.03 | ||
| Independent | Bhajan Biswas | 2,904 | |||
| SUCI | Anil Chandra Barman Roy | 2,035 | |||
| Independent | Goutam Barman | 1,613 | |||
| Independent | Tapas Barman | 1,220 | |||
| Turnout | 171,102 | 81.84 | |||
| INChold | Swing | - 2.29 | |||
In the2006 state assembly elections,[7] Dr. Md. Fazle Haque ofCongress won the Sitai seat defeating his nearest rival Nripendra Nath Roy ofForward Bloc. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[8] Nripendra Nath Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Dr. Md. Fazle Haque of Congress. In 1996,[9] Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, Independent, defeated Nripendra Nath Roy of Forward Bloc. Dipak Sengupta of Forward Block defeated Dr. Md. Fazle Haque of Congress in 1991,[10] 1987[11] and 1982,[12] and Sushil Roy Sarkar of Congress in 1977.[13][14]
Dr. Md Fazle Haque of Congress won the seat in 1972,[15] 1971,[16] 1969[17] and 1967.[18] Prior to that the seat was not there.
