- Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Dinhata — Vidhan Sabha constituency — Location in West Bengal
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IndiaState West Bengal District Cooch Behar Constituency No 7 Type Open Lok Sabha constituency 1 Cooch Behar (SC) Electorate (year) 221,691 (2011) Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: দিনহাটা বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 7 Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Dinhata municipality, Dinhata II community development block, and Bhetaguri I, Dinhata Gram I, Dinhata Gram II and Putimari I gram panchayats of Dinhata I community development block.[1]
Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
Results
2011
In the 2011 election , Udayan Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dr. Md Fazle Haque ( Independent ).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dinhata [2][3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Forward Bloc Udayan Guha 93,050 50.52 +7.45 Independent Dr. Md. Fazle Haque 63,024 34.22 NCP Amiya Kumar Barman 13,093 7.11 # BSP Niranjan Barman 4,135 2.25 BJP Sudhansu Kumar Roy 3,964 2.15 Independent Chayan Roy 2,610 IPFB Mayamana Khatun 1,903 Independent Goutam Barman 1,753 JD(U) Narayan Barman 65 Turnout 184,184 83.08 Forward Bloc gain from Trinamool Congress 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. [5]
.# Nationalist Congress Party did not contest this seat in 2006.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Cooch Behar district summaryParty Seats won Seat change Trinamool Congress 4 
3Indian National Congress 1 0Forward bloc 4 1Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 
41972-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Ashok Mandal of Trinamool Congress won the Dinhata seat defeating his nearest rival Udayan Guha of Forward 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 reperesented Forward Bloc in all years except 1996, when he represented the break away Forward Bloc (Socialist), which subsequently was reunited with the parent body. He defeated Dipak Sengupta representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and representing Forward Bloc in 1996, Alok Nandi of Congress in 1991 and 1987, Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1982 and Alok Nandy of Congress in 1977.[6]
1951-1972
Jogesh Chandra Sarkar of Congress won the Dinhata seat in 1972 and 1971. Animesh Mukharjee of Congress won it in 1969. Kamal Guha of Forward Bloc won it 1967 and 1962. In 1957 Dinhata was double seat reserved for SC. Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won. In independent India’s first election in 1951, Satish Chandra Roy Singha and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won from Dinhata.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Dinhata". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS257.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dinhata. Empowering India. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Dinhata. Election Commission of India. http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_1st_phase.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "Trinamool North MLA axed". The Telegraph, 14 April 2011. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110414/jsp/siliguri/story_13851785.jsp. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "7 - Dinhata Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp07.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
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