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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 Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Cooch Behar {{Small|WB-1}}
| map_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}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Cooch Behar Lok Sabha Constituency
| established = 1957
| reservation = SC
| incumbent_image =
| mp = [[Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia|Jagadish Basunia]]
| party = {{Party index link|Trinamool Congress}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| assembly_cons = [[Mathabhanga Assembly constituency|Mathabhanga]] [[Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly constituency|Cooch Behar Uttar]] [[Cooch Behar Dakshin Assembly constituency|Cooch Behar Dakshin]] [[Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency|Sitalkuchi]] [[Sitai Assembly constituency|Sitai]] [[Dinhata Assembly constituency|Dinhata]] [[Natabari Assembly constituency|Natabari]]
| electors = 19,66,893 (2024)<ref>https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526095942/https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf |date=26 May 2024 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</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|250px|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 | archive-date = 18 September 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! Name
! District
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
|2
|[[Mathabhanga Assembly constituency|Mathabhanga]] (SC)
| rowspan="7" |[[Cooch Behar District|Cooch Behar]]
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|3
|[[Cooch Behar Uttar Assembly constituency|Cooch Behar Uttar]] (SC)
|[[Sukumar Roy (politician)|Sukumar Roy]]
|-
|4
|[[Cooch Behar Dakshin Assembly constituency|Cooch Behar Dakshin]]
|[[Rathindra Bose]]
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|5
|[[Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency|Sitalkuchi]] (SC)
|[[Sabitri Barman]]
|-
|6
|[[Sitai Assembly constituency|Sitai]] (SC)
|[[Sangita Roy]]
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|7
|[[Dinhata Assembly constituency|Dinhata]]
|[[Ajay Ray]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|8
|[[Natabari Assembly constituency|Natabari]]
|[[Girija Shankar Ray]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

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"
!Year
!Member<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/cooch-behar.html | title=Cooch Behar (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Cooch Behar Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name | access-date=18 January 2023 | archive-date=18 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172119/https://www.elections.in/west-bengal/parliamentary-constituencies/cooch-behar.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Cooch Behar Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency2">{{cite news|title=Cooch Behar Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/cooch-behar-lok-sabha|accessdate=3 July 2025|work=|publisher=Result University|date=3 July 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703060250/https://resultuniversity.com/election/cooch-behar-lok-sabha|archivedate=3 July 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[1951–52 elections in India|1951]]
|[[Upendra Nath Barman]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[Birendra Nath Katham]]
|-
|Amiya Kanta Basu
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[Upendra Nath Barman]]
|-
|Santosh Banerjee
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[Debendra Nath Karjee]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
|1963^
|P. C. Barman
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| rowspan="8" |[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc| rowspan=10}}
|-
|[[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]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Renuka Sinha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress| rowspan=2}}
|-
|2016^
|[[Partha Pratim Roy]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|}
^ denotes by-polls

==Election results==
===2024 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: [[Cooch Behar]]<ref name="Cooch Behar Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024">{{cite news |title=Cooch Behar Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/cooch-behar |accessdate=2 July 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702080535/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/cooch-behar |archivedate=2 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia">{{cite news |title=Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S251.htm |accessdate=2 July 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702080415/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S251.htm |archivedate=2 July 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 788375
|percentage = 48.57
|change = {{increase}}4.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Nisith Pramanik]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 749,125
|percentage = 46.16
|change = {{increase}}2.39
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Nitish Chandra Roy
|votes = 30267
|percentage = 1.86
|change ={{decrease}}1.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Piya Roy Chowdhury
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 10679
|percentage = 0.66
|change = {{decrease}}1.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent
|candidate=Harekrishna Sarkar
|votes=9467
|percentage=0.58
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent
|candidate=Kamalesh Barman
|votes=2993
|percentage=0.18
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent
|candidate=Nabi Barman
|votes=2724
|percentage=0.17
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent
|candidate= Subodh Barman
|votes=2599
|percentage=0.16
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate= Dilip Chandra Barman
|votes=2468
|percentage=0.15
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate= Purna Mohan Roy
|votes=2097
|percentage=0.13
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent
|candidate= Bidhan Das
|votes=2072
|percentage=0.13
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent
|candidate= Kishore Ray
|votes=1606
|percentage=0.1
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Kamtapur People's Party
|candidate= Pradip Kumar Roy
|votes=1518
|percentage=0.09
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent
|candidate=Amal Das
|votes=1495
|percentage=0.09
|change=New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=None of the above
|candidate=None of the above
|votes=15563
|percentage=0.96
|change={{increase}}0.1
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 39250
|percentage = 0.02
|change = {{decrease}}3.53
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1623048
|percentage = 82.16
|change = {{decrease}}1.92
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Cooch Behar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Nisith Pramanik]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 731,8594
|percentage = 47.98
|change = {{increase}}31.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Paresh Chandra Adhikary]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 677,363
|percentage = 44.43
|change = {{increase}}4.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Gobinda Chandra Roy
|votes = 46,648
|percentage = 3.07
|change = {{decrease}}29.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Piya Roy Chowdhury
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 28,215
|percentage = 1.85
|change = {{decrease}}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 = 1,525,446
|percentage = 84.08
|change = {{increase}}1.27
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = {{increase}}13.36
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 by-election===
{{Election box begin
|title= Bye-election, 2016 : Cooch Behar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Partha Pratim Roy]]
|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 winning 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 name="auto1">{{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 name="auto1"/>}}
{{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 (Socialist)
|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 name="auto">{{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) (KPP)
|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 name="auto"/>}}
{{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 = Forward Bloc (Socialist)
|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 ([[by-election]])1958, [[N.R. Ghosh|Nalini Ranjan Ghosh]] of Indian National Congress won.<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>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="3" |Winner
! colspan="3" |Runner-up
! rowspan="2" |Ref.
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |1957
|Santosh Banerjee
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2|full=yes}}
| rowspan="2" |Shibendra Kumar Bhattacharya
|{{party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=2|full=yes}}
|
|-
|Upendranath Barman
|
|
|-
|1962
|Debendranath Karjee
|{{party name with color|rowspan=2|All India Forward Bloc|full=yes}}
|Upendra Nath Barman
|{{party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress|full=yes}}
|<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|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105080518/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1967
|BKD Chowdhury
|PC Barman
|<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
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|full=yes}}
|Nagendra Nath Roy
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|full=yes}}
|<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
| rowspan="8" |[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|{{party name with color|rowspan=10|All India Forward Bloc|full=yes}}
|Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|full=yes}}
|<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
|Ambika Charan Roy
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|full=yes}}
|<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
|Prasenjit Barman
|{{party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian National Congress|full=yes}}
|<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
| rowspan="3" |[[Sabita Roy]]
|<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
|<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
|<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|archive-date=18 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|Gobinda Roy
|{{party name with color|Forward Bloc (Socialist)|full=yes}}
|<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
|Ambika Charan Ray
|{{party name with color|rowspan=3|All India Trinamool Congress|full=yes}}
|<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
|<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|archive-date=18 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|[[Nripendra Nath Roy]]
|Arghya Roy Pradhan
|
|-
|2014
|[[Renuka Sinha]]
|{{party name with color|rowspan=2 |All India Trinamool Congress|full=yes}}
|Dipak Kumar Roy
|{{party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|full=yes}}
|
|-
|2016
(By Poll)
|[[Parthapratim Roy|Partha Pratim Roy]]
|Hem Chandra Barman
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|full=yes}}
|
|-
|2019
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|full=yes}}
|Paresh Chandra Adhikari
|{{party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|full=yes}}
|
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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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