COOCH BEHAR
Constituency no. 1 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1962.
Winner, 2004
Hiten Barman
AIFB
Elections held
15
1962–2019
Most successful party
FBL
won 9 of 15
Margin, 2004
2,26,569
23.79% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
AITCGirindra Nath Barman
- Votes
- 2,64,413
- Vote share
- 27.76%
- Behind by
- 2,26,569
Electors
11,48,934
Total votes polled
9,52,563
Valid votes
9,52,563
NOTA votes
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Turnout
82.9%
Full result, 2004
9 candidates · 9,52,563 valid votes
Hiten BarmanAIFBwon
4,90,982
51.5%
Girindra Nath BarmanAITC
2,64,413
27.8%
Sailen BarmaINC
1,16,715
12.3%
Amar Roy PradhanIND
26,755
2.8%
Bharat Singha SarkarIND
17,393
1.8%
Pradip Kumar RoyIND
11,021
1.2%
Nripen KarjeeIND
10,682
1.1%
Dalendra Nath RoyAMB
8,527
0.9%
Pijush BarmanSP
6,075
0.6%
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
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the COOCH BEHAR constituency in 2019?
NISITH PRAMANIK (BJP) won COOCH BEHAR in 2019, by a margin of 54,231 votes.
Which party has won COOCH BEHAR the most times?
FBL, with 9 of the 15 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has COOCH BEHAR gone to the polls?
15 times, from 1962 to 2019.
Who has won COOCH BEHAR the most times?
AMAR ROY PRADHAN, with 4 wins between 1980 and 1996.
