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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|name = Cooch Behar
|image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Cooch Behar.map}}
|caption = Interactive Map Outlining Cooch Behar Lok Sabha Constituency
|Existence = 1957-present
|Reservation = [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|CurrentMP = [[Nisith Pramanik]]
|ElectedByYear = 2019
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mathabhanga]] [[Cooch Behar Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar Uttar]] [[Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar Dakshin]] [[Sitalkuchi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitalkuchi]] [[Sitai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitai]] [[Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dinhata]] [[Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Natabari]]
|Electorate = 1,613,417<ref name=turnout>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |title=Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=17 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214134/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=25 May 2014 }}</ref>
}}
'''Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centres on [[Cooch Behar]] in [[West Bengal]]. All the seven assembly segments of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) are in [[Cooch Behar district]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Assembly segments==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal'''1. '''Cooch Behar''', 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum]]

As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 1 Coochbehar, reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled castes (SC)]], is composed of the following segments from 2009:<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 26 May 2014| work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="150px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="200px"|District
!width="150px"|Party
!width="150px"|MLA
|-
|2
|[[Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mathabhanga]]
|None
|[[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Sushil Barman]]
|-
|3
|[[Cooch Behar Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar Uttar]]
|SC
|[[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Sukumar Roy]]
|-
|4
|[[Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar Dakshin]]
|None
|[[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Nikhil Ranjan Dey]]
|-
|5
|[[Sitalkuchi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitalkuchi]]
|SC
|[[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Baren Chandra Barman
|-
|6
|[[Sitai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitai]]
|SC
|[[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia
|-
|7
|[[Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dinhata]]
|None
|[[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|[[Udayan Guha]]
|-
|8
|[[Natabari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Natabari]]
|None
|[[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Mihir Goswami]]
|-
|}

The area under the [[Mathabhanga subdivision]] of the [[Cooch Behar district]] will constitute the assembly constituencies of Mathabhanga and Sitalkuchi, whereas the area under the [[Dinhata subdivision]] will form the constituencies of Dinahata and Sitai.<ref name=delimitation/> The area under [[Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision]] will form Cooch Behar Uttar, Cooch Behar Dakshin and Natabari constituencies, though Natabari will contain [[gram panchayat]]s from [[Tufanganj subdivision]] also.<ref name=delimitation/>

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Election
!Member of Parliament
!Party
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[1951–52 elections in India|1951]]
|[[Upendra Nath Barman]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Birendra Nath Katham
|-
|Amiya Kanta Basu
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[Upendra Nath Barman]]
|-
|Santosh Banerjee
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}" |
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[Debendra Nath Karjee]]
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1963 (bypoll)
|P. C. Barman
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}" |
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |Benoy Krishna Das Choudhury
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| rowspan="10" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}" |
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| rowspan="8" |[[Amar Roy Pradhan|Amarendranath Roy Pradhan]]
| rowspan="10" |[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[Hiten Barman]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Nripendra Nath Roy]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Renuka Sinha]]
| rowspan="2" |[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|2016 (bypoll)
|[[Parthapratim Roy|Partha Pratim Roy]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Cooch Behar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Nisith Pramanik]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 7,31,594
|percentage = 47.98
|change = +31.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Paresh Chandra Adhikary
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 6,77,363
|percentage = 44.43
|change = +4.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Gobinda Chandra Roy
|votes = 46,648
|percentage = 3.07
|change = -29.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Piya Roy Chowdhury
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 28,215
|percentage = 1.85
|change = -2.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 14,490
|percentage = 0.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 54,231
|percentage = 3.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 15,25,446
|percentage = 84.08
|change = +1.27
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +13.36
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 by-election===
{{Election box begin
|title= Bye-election, 2016 : Cooch Behar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Parthapratim Roy|Partha Pratim Ray]]
|votes = 7,94,375
|percentage = 59.03
|change = +19.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Hem Chandra Barman
|votes = 3,81,134
|percentage = 28.32
|change = +11.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Nripendra Nath Roy]]
|votes = 87,363
|percentage = 6.49
|change = -26.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Partha Pratim Isore
|votes = 33,470
|percentage = 2.49
|change = -3.10
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 9,680
|percentage = 0.72
|change = -0.14
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,13,241
|percentage = 30.71
|change = +24.18
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,45,717
|percentage = 78.39
|change = -4.42
}}

{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 result===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Cooch Behar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Renuka Sinha]]
|votes = 5,26,499
|percentage = 39.51
|change = -2.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Dipak Kumar Roy
|votes = 4,39,393
|percentage = 32.98
|change = -11.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Hem Chandra Barman
|votes = 2,17,653
|percentage = 16.34
|change = +10.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Keshab Chandra Ray
|votes = 74,540
|percentage = 5.59
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Girindra Nath Barman
|votes = 15,683
|percentage = 1.18
|change = -0.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bangshi Badan Barman
|votes = 13,205
|percentage = 0.99
|change = -2.33
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 11,409
|percentage = 0.86
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 87,107
|percentage = 6.53
|change = +3.52
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,32,409
|percentage = 82.81
|change = -1.54
}}

{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Cooch Behar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Section - West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Nripendra Nath Roy
|votes = 5,08,677
|percentage = 44.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Arghya Roy Pradhan
|votes = 4,66,928
|percentage = 41.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bhabendra Nath Barman
|votes = 65,325
|percentage = 5.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Bangshi Badan Barman
|votes = 37,226
|percentage = 3.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Niranjan Barman
|votes = 22,925
|percentage = 2.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Hitendra Das
|votes = 11,374
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 41,749
|percentage = 3.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,21,043
|percentage = 84.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Cooch Behar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=Election Commission of India, General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Section - West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Hiten Barman]]
|votes = 490,982
|percentage = 51.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Girindra Nath Barman
|votes = 264,413
|percentage = 27.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sailen Barma
|votes = 116,715
|percentage = 12.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Forward Bloc(S)
|candidate = [[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|votes = 26,755
|percentage = 2.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Bharat Singha Sarkar
|votes = 17,393
|percentage = 1.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Pradip Kumar Roy
|votes = 11,021
|percentage = 1.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Nripen Karjee
|votes = 10,682
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Dalendra Roy
|votes = 8,527
|percentage = 0.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Piyush Barman
|votes = 6,075
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 226,569
|percentage = 23.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,47,381
|percentage = 82.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: [[Cooch Behar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=Election Commission of India, General Elections, 1999 (13th Lok Sabha) Section - West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|votes = 443,148
|percentage = 49.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ambika Charan Ray
|votes = 334,983
|percentage = 37.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sabita Roy
|votes = 90,378
|percentage = 10.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Papiya Barman
|votes = 17,188
|percentage = 1.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Mahendra Nath Das
|votes = 2,766
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nripen Karjee
|votes = 2,385
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Usha Roy
|votes = 981
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 108,165
|percentage = (12.0%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,02,487
|percentage = (80.8%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: [[Cooch Behar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=Election Commission of India, General Elections, 1999 (13th Lok Sabha) Section - West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|votes = 396,140
|percentage = 43.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Marxist Forward Bloc
|candidate = Gobinda Ray
|votes = 272,974
|percentage = 29.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Prasenjit Barman
|votes = 218,093
|percentage = 10.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Papiya Barman
|votes = 13,480
|percentage = 1.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Karneswar Barman
|votes = 2,766
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 123,166
|percentage = 13.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,16,783
|percentage = 83.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1957-2004===
In 1951, Upendra Nath Barman, Birendra Nath Katham and Amiya Kanta Basu, all of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], won the North Bengal seat.<ref name=loksabha1952>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=23 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=8 October 2014 }}</ref> The winners and runners-up from Cooch Behar for subsequent elections are shown below. In a ([[by-election]]) in 1958<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbpcc.org/congmpmla.htm |title=Bengal Congress MP, MLA |publisher=West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee |access-date=13 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110011010/http://www.wbpcc.org/congmpmla.htm |archive-date=10 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>[[N.R. Ghosh|Nalini Ranjan Ghosh]] of Indian National Congress won.

{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="2" |Winner
! colspan="2" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" |Ref.
|-
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |1957
|Santosh Banerjee
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" |Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya
| rowspan="2" |[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|
|-
|Upendranath Barman
|
|-
|1962
|Debendranath Karjee
| rowspan="2" |[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|Upendra Nath Barman
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|<ref name="loksabha1962">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|title=General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission|access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
|1967
|BKD Chowdhury
|PC Barman
|Indian National Congress
|<ref name="loksabha1967">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972
|Benoy Krishna Das Chowdhury
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Nagendra Nath Roy
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|<ref name="loksabha1971">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|title=General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977
|[[Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan]]
| rowspan="10" |[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury
|Indian National Congress
|<ref name="loksabha1977">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1980
|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|Ambika Charan Roy
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|<ref name="loksabha1980">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|title=General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1984
|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|Prasenjit Barman
|Indian National Congress
|<ref name="loksabha1984">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|title=General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1989
|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|Sabita Roy
|Indian National Congress
|<ref name="loksabha1989">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|title=General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991
|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|Sabita Roy
|Indian National Congress
|<ref name="loksabha1991">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|title=General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996
|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|Sabita Roy
|Indian National Congress
|<ref name="loksabha1996">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|title=General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|Gobinda Roy
|[[Forward Bloc (Socialist)]]
|<ref name="loksabha1998">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|archive-date=20 October 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1999
|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|Ambika Charan Ray
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|<ref name="loksabha1999">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223218/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|archive-date=20 October 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Hiten Barman]]
|Girindra Nath Barman
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|<ref name="loksabha2004">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results|work=West Bengal|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|[[Nripendra Nath Roy]]
|Arghya Roy Pradhan
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|
|-
|2014
|[[Renuka Sinha]]
| rowspan="2" |[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|Dipak Kumar Roy
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|
|-
|2016
(By Poll)
|[[Parthapratim Roy|Partha Pratim Roy]]
|Hem Chandra Barman
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
|2019
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Paresh Chandra Adhikari
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha#West Bengal|List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/west_bengal/coochbehar/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Coochbehar lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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