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|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
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|subdivision_name3 = 7
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'''Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Cooch Behar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 7 Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Dinhata]] municipality, [[Dinhata II (Community development block)|Dinhata II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Bhetaguri I, Dinhata Gram I, Dinhata Gram II and Putimari I [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Dinhata I (Community development block)|Dinhata I]] community development block.<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 = 20 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher =Election Commission}}</ref>

Dinhata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 1 [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name =delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
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! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
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|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Dinhata||Satish Chandra Roy Singha||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||Umesh Chandra Mandal||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||Umesh Chandra Mandal||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||[[Kamal Guha]]||[[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Animesh Mukharjee||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Jogesh Chandra Sarkar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Jogesh Chandra Sarkar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc (Socialist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Kamal Guha||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Ashok Mandal||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Udayan Guha]]||Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 18 June 2014}}</ref>/Trinamool Congress
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||[[Udayan Guha]]||Trinamool Congress
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Nisith Pramanik]]||Bharatiya Janata Party
|-
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-elections (17th Session)|2021]] By-election|||| ||
|}

==Election results==

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Dinhata]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Nisith Pramanik]]
|votes = 1,16,035
|percentage = 47.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Udayan Guha]]
|votes = 1,15,978
|percentage = 47.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Abdul Rauf
|votes = 6,069
|percentage = 2.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 1,537
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 57
|percentage = 0.02
|change = -9.72
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,44,004
|percentage = 81.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, Joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.<ref name="Udayan joins Trinamul">{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/archives/archive.html | title = Udayan joins Trinamul | work = Bengal | publisher = The Telegraph 2 October 2015 | access-date = 2 October 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081112044743/http://www.telegraphindia.com/archives/archive.html | archive-date = 12 November 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="The Hindu 2 October 2015">{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/forward-bloc-mla-joins-trinamool-congress/article7713843.ece |title = Forward Bloc MLA joins Trinamool Congress | work= Other states |publisher =The Hindu 2 October 2015| access-date = 2 October 2015}}</ref>

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In the 2016 election, Udayan Guha of [[Trinamool Congress]] defeated his nearest rival Akshay Thakur of [[All India Forward Bloc]].

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Dinhata]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Udayan Guha
|votes = 1,00,732
|percentage = 54.52
|change = +54.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Akshay Thakur
|votes = 78,939
|percentage = 44.22
|change = -8.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sachindra Kumar Adhikari
|votes = 25,598
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Debendra Nath Roy
|votes = 5,842
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Dr. Md Fazle Haque
|votes = 4,010
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 2,619
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,793
|percentage = 9.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,23,783
|percentage = 81.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = +7.45
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.<ref name="Udayan joins Trinamul"/><ref name="The Hindu 2 October 2015"/>

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In the 2011 election, Udayan Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dr. Md Fazle Haque Independent.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Dinhata]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Udayan Guha
|votes = 93,050
|percentage = 50.52
|change = +7.45
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = IND
|candidate = Dr. Md. Fazle Haque
|votes = 63,024
|percentage = 34.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Amiya Kumar Barman
|votes = 13,093
|percentage = 7.11
|change = #
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Niranjan Barman
|votes = 4,135
|percentage = 2.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sudhansu Kumar Roy
|votes = 3,964
|percentage = 2.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 30,026
|percentage = 16.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,84,186
|percentage = 82.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +7.45
}}
{{Election box end}}

The outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA, Ashok Mondal, was publicly expelled by Mamata Banerjee for campaigning for Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, dissident Congress leader and MLA from Sitai.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110414/jsp/siliguri/story_13851785.jsp|title = Trinamool North MLA axed | publisher =The Telegraph, 14 April 2011 |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>
Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, contesting as an Independent Candidate, was a rebel congress leader.

# Nationalist Congress Party did not contest this seat in 2006.

===2006===
In the 2006 election, Ashok Mondal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated his nearest rival Udayan Guha of [[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Dinhata constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ashok Mondal
|votes = 66,774
|percentage = 42.52
|change = +7.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Udayan Guha
|votes = 63,144
|percentage = 39.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Hitendra Kumar Nag
|votes = 6,362
|percentage = 7.11
|change = #
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian People's Forward Bloc
|candidate = Makbul Hussain Sarkar
|votes = 5,843
|percentage = 2.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Debendra Nath Roy
|votes = 2,812
|percentage = 2.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Anarul Sekh
|votes = 1,666
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 146,601
|percentage = 83.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = +7.45
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2001===
In the 2001 election, Kamal Guha of [[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]] defeated his nearest rival Dipak Sengupta of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2001]]: Dinhata constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=7|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Dinhata| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Kamal Guha|Kamal Kanti Guha]]
|votes = 72,887
|percentage = 53.05%
|change = +7.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dipak Sengupta
|votes = 53,167
|percentage = 38.70%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Madan Mohan Goswami
|votes = 4,768
|percentage = 3.47%
|change = #
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Debasish Barman
|votes = 2,271
|percentage = 1.65%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Jiban Krishna Saha
|votes = 1,729
|percentage = 1.26%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dinesh Chandra Karji
|votes = 1,424
|percentage = 1.04%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kabita Das
|votes = 1,152
|percentage = 0.84%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 137,398
|percentage = 78.07%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +7.45
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1972-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Ashok Mandal of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Dinhata seat defeating his nearest rival Udayan Guha of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Kamal Guha]] won the seat in a row from 1977 to 2001 (and also earlier – see below). He represented Forward Bloc in all years except 1996, when he represented the break away [[Forward Bloc (Socialist)]], which subsequently was reunited with the parent body. He defeated Dipak Sengupta representing Trinamool Congress in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and representing Forward Bloc in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Alok Nandi of Congress in 1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> and 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Alok Nandy of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp07.htm | title = 7 - Dinhata Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Jogesh Chandra Sarkar of Congress won the Dinhata seat in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Animesh Mukharjee of Congress won it in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> Kamal Guha of Forward Bloc won it 1967<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> and [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Dinhata was double seat reserved for SC. Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]],<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> Satish Chandra Roy Singha and Umesh Chandra Mandal (both of Congress) won from Dinhata.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cooch Behar topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Cooch Behar district]]

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