COOCH BEHAR
Constituency no. 1 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1962.
Winner, 2009
NRIPENDRA NATH ROY
AIFB
Elections held
15
1962–2019
Most successful party
FBL
won 9 of 15
Margin, 2009
33,749
3.01% of valid votes
Result, 2009
Runner-up
AITCARGHYA ROY PRADHAN
- Votes
- 4,66,928
- Vote share
- 41.65%
- Behind by
- 33,749
Electors
13,29,086
Total votes polled
11,21,043
Valid votes
11,21,043
NOTA votes
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Turnout
84.3%
Full result, 2009
10 candidates · 11,21,043 valid votes
NRIPENDRA NATH ROYAIFBwon
5,00,677
44.7%
ARGHYA ROY PRADHANAITC
4,66,928
41.6%
BHABENDRA NATH BARMANBJP
65,325
5.8%
BANGSHI BADAN BARMANIND
37,226
3.3%
NIRANJAN BARMANBSP
22,925
2.0%
HITENDRA DASIND
11,374
1.0%
DALENDRA ROYAMB
6,486
0.6%
NUBASH BARMANIND
3,737
0.3%
HAREKRISHNA SARKARRPIA
3,405
0.3%
KRISHNA KANTA BARMANIND
2,960
0.3%
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
