Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Mekliganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mekliganj
Location in West Bengal
Mekliganj
Mekliganj (India)
Coordinates: 26°21′N 88°55′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
Constituency No1
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
Electorate (year)202689 (2016)

Overview

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

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

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		 ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951 Mekliganjsatyendra prasanna ChatterjeeIndian National Congress[2]
1957satyendra prasanna chatterjee. ChatterjeeIndian National Congress [3]
1962 Amar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc[4]
1967 Amar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc [5]
1969 Amar Roy PradhanAll India Forward Bloc[6]
1971 Mihir Kumar RoyAll India Forward Bloc[7]
1972 Madhu Sudan RoyIndian National Congress[8]
1977 Sada Kanta RoyAll India Forward Bloc[9]
1982 Sada Kanta RoyAll India Forward Bloc[10]
1987 Sada Kanta RoyAll India Forward Bloc[11]
1991 Paresh Chandra AdhikariAll India Forward Bloc[12]
1996 Ramesh RoyAll India Forward Bloc[13]
2001 Paresh Chandra AdhikaryAll India Forward Bloc [14]
2006 Paresh Chandra AdhikaryAll India Forward Bloc[15]
2011 Paresh Chandra AdhikaryAll India Forward Bloc[16]
2016 Arghya Roy PradhanAll India Trinamol Congress

2016. Arghya Roy Pradhan TMC

2016 Election
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mekliganj (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Arghya Roy Pradhan 74823 41.35
Forward Bloc Paresh Chandra Adhikary 68186 37.68
BJP Dadhiram Ray 23355 12.91
BSP Jyotish Roy 5650 3.12
Turnout 180960 89.28

Arghya Roy Pradhan is the winner.

Election results

2011

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[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Forward Bloc 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
Amra Bangalee Ratan Barman 123
Turnout 148,010 87.01
Forward Bloc hold Swing 2.63
 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Cooch Behar district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 4 3
Indian National Congress 1 0
Forward bloc 4 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 4

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[15] 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,[14] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Ramesh Roy of Trinmool Congress. In 1996,[13] 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,[11] Niren Chowdhury of ICS in 1982[10] and Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1977.[9][18]

1951-1972

Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress won in 1972.[8] Mihir Kumar Ray of Forward Bloc won in 1971.[7] Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan of Forward Bloc won in 1969,[6] 1967[5] and 1962.[4] Prasanta Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957[3] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[2]

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References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, 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, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mekliganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  18. "1 - Mekliganj (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partwise comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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