| Sitalkuchi | |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Baren Chandra Barman |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | Cooch Behar |
| Loksabha Cons: | Cooch Behar |
| Constituency No: | 5 |
| Established: | 1962 |
| Electors: | 285,260 |
| Reservation: | SC |
Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 5 Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency (SC) covers Sitalkuchi community development block and Bairagirhat, Gopalpur, Jorpatiki, Kedarhat, Kursamari, Nayarhat and Shikarpur gram panchayats of Mathabhanga I community development block.[1]
Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
From 1967 to 1977 there was no seat at Sitalkuchi.
| Election Year | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Bejoy Kumar Roy | Forward Bloc | ||
| 1977 | Sudhir Pramanik | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 1982 | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 2006 | Harish Chandra Barman | |||
| 2011 | Hiten Barman | All India Trinamul Congress | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| 2021 | Baren Chandra Barman | Bharatiya Janata Party |
In the 2021 elections Baren Chandra Barman of Bharatiya Janata Party won defeating his nearest rival Partha Pratim R0y of All India Trinamool Congress
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In the 2016 election, Hiten Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Namadipti Adhikary of CPI(M).
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In the 2011 election, Hiten Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Biswanath Pramanik of CPI(M).
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[2] Harish Chandra Barman of CPI(M) won the Sitalkuchi seat defeating his nearest rival Lalit Chandra Pramanik of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sudhir Pramanik of CPI(M) defeated Birendra Narayan Barma of Congress in 2001[3] and 1996,[4] Ambika Charan Ray of Congress in 1991,[5] Sabita Roy of Congress in 1987,[6] and Birendranath Roy of Congress in 1982[7] and 1977.[8] [9]
Bejoy Kumar Roy of Forward Bloc won the Sitalkuchi seat in 1962.[10]