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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
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| subdivision_type4 = Type
| subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_name5 = [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)|3 Jalpaiguri (SC)]]
| subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
| subdivision_name6 = 170,181 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2018|title=West Bengal 2011|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3195-west-bengal-2011/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 202,689 (2016)<ref>{{cite web|date=16 August 2018|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2016/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <br> 226,465 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
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| leader_name      = [[Paresh Chandra Adhikary]]
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'''Mekliganj (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]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].
 
==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 1 Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers [[Mekhliganj|Mekliganj]] municipality, [[Mekhliganj (Community development block)|Mekliganj]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], [[Haldibari, India|Haldibari]] municipality and [[Haldibari (Community development block)|Haldibari]] 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 | accessdate = 20 June 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission}}</ref>
 
Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 [[Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name =delimitation/>
 
==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!colspan="2" |Name of M.L.A.
!Party
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|Prasanta Chatterjee
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|Prasanta Chatterjee
|INC<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|[[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Amar Roy Pradhan
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Amar Roy Pradhan
|AIFB<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  |accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Mihir Kumar Roy
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|Madhu Sudan Roy
|INC<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Sada Kanta Roy
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Sada Kanta Roy
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Sada Kanta Roy
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Paresh Chandra Adhikari
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Ramesh Roy
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Paresh Chandra Adhikary
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Paresh Chandra Adhikary
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Paresh Chandra Adhikary
|AIFB<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  | accessdate = 18 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[Arghya Roy Pradhan]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[Paresh Chandra Adhikary]]
|AITC<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS251.htm?ac=1|access-date=2021-05-06|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>
|}
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==2021 Election Result==
In 2021 election, [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate [[Paresh Chandra Adhikary]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Dadhiram Ray by a margin of 14,685 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS251.htm?ac=1|access-date=2021-05-08|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Mekliganj (SC) constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Paresh Chandra Adhikary]]|votes=99338|percentage=49.98|change=8.63}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dadhiram Ray|votes=84653|percentage=42.59|change=29.68}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=Gobindo Ray|votes=6853|percentage=3.45|change=-34.23}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Ranjit Kumar Roy|votes=1768|percentage=0.89|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Jyotish Roy|votes=1025|percentage=0.52|change=-2.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= None of the above|candidate= None of the above|votes=2447|percentage=1.23|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=14685|percentage=7.38|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=198744|percentage=|change=}} 
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner =All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
==2016 Election==
{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Mekliganj (SC) constituency}}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Arghya Roy Pradhan]]|votes=74823|percentage=41.35|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=Paresh Chandra Adhikary|votes=68186|percentage=37.68|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dadhiram Ray|votes=23355|percentage=12.91|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Jyotish Roy|votes=5650|percentage=3.12|change=}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 180960
  |percentage = 89.28
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
==Election results==
 
===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Paresh Chandra Adhikary of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Jayanta Kumar Ray of Congress.
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Mekliganj (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=1|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work =Mekliganj| publisher =Empowering India |accessdate = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}


{{Election box candidate with party link
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  |party      = All India Forward Bloc
{{R from move}}
  |candidate  = Paresh Chandra Adhikary
  |votes      = 72,040
  |percentage = 48.67
  |change    = +1.88
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{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Jayanta Kumar Ray
  |votes      = 39,408
  |percentage = 26.63
  |change    = -0.75
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Sunil Chandra Roy
  |votes      = 23,540
  |percentage = 15.9
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Subhash Barman
  |votes      = 3,713
  |percentage = 2.51
  |change    =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Jyotish Ray
  |votes      = 3,359
  |percentage = 2.27
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
  |candidate  = Pramila Roy
  |votes      = 2,593
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Purnendu Ray
  |votes      = 1,474
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Amra Bangalee
  |candidate  = Ratan Barman
  |votes      = 123
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = 148,010
  |percentage = 87.01
  |change    =
}}{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing  = 2.63
}}
{{Election box end}}
===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Paresh Chandra Adhikary of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won the Mekliganj seat defeating his nearest rival Sunil Chandra Roy of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Ramesh Roy of Trinmool Congress. In 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Ramesh Roy representing Forward Bloc defeated Sunil Chandra Roy representing [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]. In 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Mani Bhusan Roy of Congress. Sada Kanta Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Niren Chowdhury of [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|ICS]] in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp01.htm | title =1 - Mekliganj (SC) Assembly Constituency | accessdate = 29 August 2009 | work =Partwise comparison since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>
===1951-1972===
Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Mihir Kumar Ray of Forward Bloc won in 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> [[Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan]] of Forward Bloc won in 1969,<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> 1967<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> and [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Prasanta Chatterjee of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> and in [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]].<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Cooch Behar topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Cooch Behar district]]

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