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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
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|subdivision_name3 = 7
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|1 Cooch Behar (SC)]]
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|subdivision_name6 = 221,691 (2011)


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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==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[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>
<small>.
In the 2016 election, Udayan Guha of [[Trinamool Congress]] defeated his nearest rival Akshay Thakur of [[All India Forward Bloc]].</small>
{{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"/>
<small>.
In the 2011 election, Udayan Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dr. Md Fazle Haque Independent.</small>
{{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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