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Mekliganj Assembly constituency

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Mekliganj
Constituency No. 1 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
LS constituencyJalpaiguri
Established1951
Total electors226,465
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Mekliganj is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.....

Overview

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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 1 Mekliganj Assembly constituency (SC) covers Mekliganj municipality, Mekliganj community development block, Haldibari municipality and Haldibari community development block.[1]

Mekliganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election Name Party
1951 Prasanta Chatterjee Indian National Congress[2]
1957
1962 Amar Roy Pradhan All India Forward Bloc[3]
1967
1969
1971 Mihir Kumar Roy
1972 Madhu Sudan Roy Indian National Congress[4]
1977 Sada Kanta Roy All India Forward Bloc[5]
1982
1987
1991 Paresh Chandra Adhikari
1996 Ramesh Roy
2001 Paresh Chandra Adhikary
2006
2011
2016 Arghya Roy Pradhan Trinamool Congress
2021 Paresh Chandra Adhikary

Election Results

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2021

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In 2021 election, All India Trinamool Congress candidate Paresh Chandra Adhikary defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dadhiram Ray by a margin of 14,685 votes.[6]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mekliganj (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Paresh Chandra Adhikary 99,338 49.98 Increase8.63
BJP Dadhiram Ray 84,653 42.59 Increase29.68
AIFB Gobindo Ray 6,853 3.45 Decrease34.23
SUCI(C) Ranjit Kumar Roy 1,768 0.89
BSP Jyotish Roy 1,025 0.52 Decrease2.6
NOTA None of the above 2,447 1.23
Majority 14,685 7.38
Turnout 1,98,744
AITC hold Swing

2016

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mekliganj (SC) constituency
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
AITC gain from AIFB Swing

2011

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In the 2011 elections, Paresh Chandra Adhikary of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Jayanta Kumar Ray of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mekliganj (SC) constituency[7][8]
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
AIFB hold Swing 2.63

1977-2006

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In the 2006 state assembly elections,[9] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc won the Mekliganj seat defeating his nearest rival Sunil Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[10] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Ramesh Roy of Trinmool Congress. In 1996,[11] Ramesh Roy representing Forward Bloc defeated Sunil Chandra Roy representing Congress. In 1991,[12] 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,[13] Niren Chowdhury of ICS in 1982[14] and Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1977.[5][15]

1951-1972

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Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress won in 1972.[4] Mihir Kumar Ray of Forward Bloc won in 1971.[16] Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan of Forward Bloc won in 1969,[17] 1967[18] and 1962.[3] Prasanta Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957[19] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. ^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mekliganj. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  9. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ^ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. ^ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  14. ^ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  15. ^ "1 - Mekliganj (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partwise comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  18. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  19. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
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