Natabari
Constituency No. 8 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
LS constituencyCooch Behar
Established1977
Total electors245,040
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Natabari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 8 Natabari Assembly constituency covers Deoanhat, Dauaguri, Guriahati I, Guriahati II, Jiranpur and Panisala gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I community development block and Andaran Fulbari II, Balarampur I, Balarampur II, Chilkhana I, Chilkhana II, Deocharai, Dhalpal II, Maruganj, Natabari I, Natabari II gram panchayats of Tufanganj I community development block.[1]

Natabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year 		Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1977 Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001 Tamser Ali
2006
2011 Rabindra Nath Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021 Mihir Goswami Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2021: Natabari[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mihir Goswami 111,743 51.45 Increase40.67
AITC Rabindra Nath Ghosh 88,303 40.66 Decrease6.06
CPI(M) Akik Hasan 11,839 5.45 Decrease33.18
Majority 23,440 10.79 Increase2.7
Turnout 2,17,173 88.63 Decrease0.58
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Rabindra Nath Ghosh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Tamser Ali of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Natabari constituency[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rabindra Nath Ghosh 81,951 47.56 +1.80
CPI(M) Tamser Ali 74,386 43.17 -5.67
BJP Utpal Kanti Deb 9,923 5.76
Independent Siddikuddin Bepari 2,972
RPI Girindra Nath Barman 1,867
Independent Prodyut Kumar Dey 1,197
Turnout 172,296 89.17
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +7.47

1972-2006

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006[6] and 2001[7] state assembly elections, Tamser Ali of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Nath Ghosh of Trinamool Congress. Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury of CPI(M) defeated Rabindranath Ghosh representing Congress in 1996,[8] Biimbal Chandra Dhar of Congress in 1991,[9] Santosh Kumar Roy of Congress in 1987,[10] 1982[11] and 1977.[12][13] Prior to that the constituency did not exist.

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 2021, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2021". Natabari. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  4. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Natabari. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  6. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. ^ "8 - Natabari Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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