| Sitalkuchi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 5 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Sitalkuchi Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Cooch Behar |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 285,260 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inCooch Behar district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 5 Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency (SC) coversSitalkuchicommunity development block and Bairagirhat, Gopalpur, Jorpatiki, Kedarhat, Kursamari, Nayarhat and Shikarpurgram panchayats ofMathabhanga I community development block.[1]
Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency is part of No. 1Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1962 - Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1962 | Bejoy Kumar Roy | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1967–1977 - Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1977 | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Harish Chandra Barman | ||
| 2011 | Hiten Barman | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Baren Chandra Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
In the 2021 elections Baren Chandra Barman ofBharatiya Janata Party won defeating his nearest rival Partha Pratim R0y ofAll India Trinamool Congress
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Baren Chandra Barman | 124,955 | 50.80 | +373.47 | |
| AITC | Partha Pratim Roy | 107,140 | 43.56 | +5.40 | |
| CPI(M) | Sudhangshu Pramanik | 6,720 | 2.73 | −861.64 | |
| Independent | Hare Krishna Sarkar | 2018 | 0.82 | ||
| Kamtapur People's Party (United) | Manick Chandra Barman | 976 | 0.4 | ||
| AMB | Kamal Barman | 721 | 0.29 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Jagadish Adhikari | 693 | 0.28 | ||
| Turnout | 245,966 | 85.57 | |||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 7 |  7 |
| Trinamool Congress | 2 |  6 |
| Left Front | 0 | 1 |
In the 2016 election, Hiten Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Namadipti Adhikary of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Hiten Barman | 1,01,647 | 42.71 | −1.51 | |
| CPI(M) | Namadipti Adhikari | 86,164 | 36.32 | −7.76 | |
| BJP | Baren Chandra Barman | 37,347 | 15.74 | +11.13 | |
| Kamtapur People's Party (United) | Premamamda Barman | 4,953 | 2.08 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Jagadish Adhikari | 2,267 | 0.95 | ||
| BSP | Girindranath Barman | 2,235 | 0.93 | ||
| AMB | Subodh Barman | 1,838 | 0.77 | ||
| Independent | Fulkumar Barman | 1,520 | 0.63 | ||
| Majority | 15,483 | 6.39 | +6.25 | ||
| Turnout | 2,37,971 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 8 | 4 |
| Left Front | 1 | 3 |
| Indian National Congress | 0 | 1 |
In the 2011 election, Hiten Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Pramanik of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Hiten Barman | 84,651 | 44.22 | +4.73 | |
| CPI(M) | Biswanath Pramanik | 84,394 | 44.08 | −8.66 | |
| BJP | Bhabendra Nath Barman | 8,829 | 4.61 | ||
| JMM | Subal Barman | 6,000 | 3.13 | ||
| Independent | Dwijendra Nath Barman | 3,547 | |||
| BSP | Gautam Barman | 2,369 | |||
| AMB | Subodh Barman | 1,663 | |||
| Majority | 257 | 0.14 | |||
| Turnout | 191,453 | 88.45 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +13.39 | |||
In the2006 state assembly elections,[7] Harish Chandra Barman ofCPI(M) won the Sitalkuchi seat defeating his nearest rival Lalit Chandra Pramanik ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhir Pramanik of CPI(M) defeated Birendra Narayan Barma ofCongress in 2001[8] and 1996,[9] Ambika Charan Ray of Congress in 1991,[10] Sabita Roy of Congress in 1987,[11] and Birendranath Roy of Congress in 1982[12] and 1977.[13][14]
Bejoy Kumar Roy of Forward Bloc won the Sitalkuchi seat in1962.[15]
