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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Mathabhanga
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Mathabhanga.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Mathabhanga Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency|Cooch Behar]]
| constituency_no = 2
| established = 1951
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Nisith Pramanik]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| electors = 2,48,757
}}

'''Mathabhanga Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Cooch Behar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 2 Mathabhanga Assembly constituency (SC) covers [[Mathabhanga]] municipality, [[Mathabhanga II (Community development block)|Mathabhanga II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Hazrahat I, Hazrahat II and Pachagarh [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Mathabhanga I (Community development block)|Mathabhanga 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 = 29 August 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher =Election Commission}}</ref>

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

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|rowspan="2"|Sarada Prasad Pramanick
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Mahendra Nath Dakua
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|[[Dinesh Chandra Dakua]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="3"|Birendranath Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="6"|[[Dinesh Chandra Dakua]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Ananta Roy
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Binay Krishna Barman]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Sushil Barman]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|[[Nishith Pramanik]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Mathabhanga}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Nisith Pramanik]]|party=BJP|votes= 143340|percentage= 59.27|change=+6.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sablu Barman|party=Trinamool Congress|votes= 86250|percentage= 35.66|change=-5.01}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Khagen Barman|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes= 4030|percentage= 1.67|change=-1.93}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Khitendra Nath Barman|party=Indian National Congress|votes= 1118|percentage= 0.46|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes= 913|percentage= 0.38|change=-0.29}}
{{Election box majority||votes=57090{{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = hold
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Mathabhanga}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Sushil Barman]]|votes=1,13,249|percentage=52.87|change={{increase}}37.27}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=Girindra Nath Barman|votes=87,115|percentage=40.67|change={{decrease}}7.43}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Ashok Barman|votes=7,718|percentage=3.6|change={{decrease}}28.57}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=1,443|percentage=0.67|change={{decrease}}0.32}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,14,203
|percentage = 86.36
|change = {{decrease}}0.91
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Mathabhanga (SC) constituency<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><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=2| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606021620/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=2| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 6 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Mathabhanga| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Binay Krishna Barman]]
|votes = 96,383
|percentage = 48.1
|change = {{increase}}1.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Khagen Chandra Barman
|votes = 64,465
|percentage = 32.17
|change = {{decrease}}11.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sushil Barman]]
|votes = 31,258
|percentage = 15.6
|change = {{increase}}8.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= None of the above|candidate= None of the above|votes=1,980|percentage=0.99|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=31,918|percentage=15.93|change={{increase}}12.77}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,00,385|percentage=87.27|change={{increase}}0.49}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Binay Krishna Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ananta Roy of CPI(M).
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Mathabhanga (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=2| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606021620/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=2| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 6 June 2013|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Mathabhanga| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Binay Krishna Barman]]
|votes = 78,249
|percentage = 46.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Ananta Roy
|votes = 72,925
|percentage = 43.74
|change = {{decrease}}11.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sushil Barman]]
|votes = 11,308
|percentage = 6.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mantu Barman
|votes = 2,919
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Tilak Chand Barman
|votes = 1,954
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hare Krishan Sarkar
|votes = 1,079
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 166,710
|percentage = 85.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.</small>

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<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> Ananta Roy of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] won the Mathabhanga seat defeating Hem Chandra Barman of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dinesh Chandra Dakua of CPI(M) won the seat six times in a row from 1977 to 2001, and also in 1967. He defeated Binoy Krishna Barman of the [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2001,<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> Jatindranath Barman of the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1996,<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> Prasenjit Barman of Congress in 1991,<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> Jatindranath Barman of Congress in 1987,<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> Hitendra Nath Pramanik of Congress on 1982<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> and Pratap Singha in 1977.<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><ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp03.htm | title =3 - Mathabhanga (SC) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Birendranath Roy of Congress won in 1972,<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> 1971<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> and 1969.<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> Dinesh Chandra Dakua of CPI(M) won in 1967.<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> Mahendra Nath Dakua of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<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> Sarada Prasad Pramanick of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<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> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<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>

==References==
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{{West Bengal elections}}

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[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

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