COOCH BEHAR
Constituency no. 1 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1962.
Winner, 2019
NISITH PRAMANIK
BJP
Elections held
15
1962–2019
Most successful party
FBL
won 9 of 15
Margin, 2019
54,231
3.56% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
AITCADHIKARY PARESH CHANDRA
- Votes
- 6,77,363
- Vote share
- 44.43%
- Behind by
- 54,231
Electors
18,14,200
Total votes polled
15,24,683
Valid votes
15,24,683
NOTA votes
14,490
0.95% of votes polled
Turnout
84.0%
Full result, 2019
11 candidates · 15,24,683 valid votes
NISITH PRAMANIKBJPwon
7,31,594
48.0%
ADHIKARY PARESH CHANDRAAITC
6,77,363
44.4%
GOBINDA CHANDRA ROYAIFB
46,810
3.1%
PIYA ROY CHOWDHURYINC
28,215
1.9%
NIRMAL KUMAR ROYIND
7,069
0.5%
HAREKRISHNA SARKARIND
6,145
0.4%
NARESH CHANDRA ROYIND
4,077
0.3%
PRABHAT ROYSUCIC
3,174
0.2%
KANGSA RAJ BARMANKPPU
2,078
0.1%
SUBODH BARMANAMB
1,935
0.1%
DHANANJOY BARMANWPOI
1,733
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | NISITH PRAMANIK | BJP | 7,31,594 | 47.98% | ADHIKARY PARESH CHANDRA | 54,231 |
| 2014 | RENUKA SINHA | AITC | 5,26,499 | 39.51% | DIPAK KUMAR ROY | 87,107 |
| 2009 | NRIPENDRA NATH ROY | AIFB | 5,00,677 | 44.66% | ARGHYA ROY PRADHAN | 33,749 |
| 2004 | Hiten Barman | AIFB | 4,90,982 | 51.54% | Girindra Nath Barman | 2,26,569 |
| 1999 | Amar Roy Pradhan | FBL | 4,43,148 | 49.69% | Ambika Charan Ray | 1,08,165 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above