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==Members of Legislative Assembly==
==Members of Legislative Assembly==
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|-
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|rowspan="17"| Mekligan
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
|Prasanta Chatterjee
|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>
|[[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]]
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
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|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|Prasanta Chatterjee
|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>
|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]]
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
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|[[Amar Roy Pradhan]]
|[[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>
|[[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]]
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
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|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Amar Roy Pradhan
|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>
|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]]
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Amar Roy Pradhan
|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>
|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]]
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Mihir Kumar Roy
|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>
|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]]
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
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|Madhu Sudan Roy
|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>
|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]]
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Sada Kanta Roy
|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>
|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]]
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Sada Kanta Roy
|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>
|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]]
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Sada Kanta Roy
|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>
|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]]
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Paresh Chandra Adhikari
|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>
|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]]
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Ramesh Roy
|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>
|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]]
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Paresh Chandra Adhikary
|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>
|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]]
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Paresh Chandra Adhikary
|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>
|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]]
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Forward Bloc/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}"|
|Paresh Chandra Adhikary  
|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>
|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]]
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[Arghya Roy Pradhan]]
|[[Arghya Roy Pradhan]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|-
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|bgcolor="{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
|[[Paresh Chandra Adhikary]]
|[[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>
|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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Revision as of 17:25, 9 January 2022

Mekliganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Location in West Bengal
Mekliganj is located in India
Mekliganj
Mekliganj
Mekliganj (India)
Coordinates: 26°21′N 88°55′E / 26.350°N 88.917°E / 26.350; 88.917
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
Constituency No1
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency3 Jalpaiguri (SC)
Electorate (year)170,181 (2011)[1]
202,689 (2016)[2]
226,465 (2021)[3]
Government
 • IncumbentParesh Chandra Adhikary (All India Trinamool Congress)

Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 1 Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Mekliganj municipality, Mekliganj community development block, Haldibari municipality and Haldibari community development block.[4]

Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 3 Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Name of M.L.A. Party
1951 Prasanta Chatterjee INC[5]
1957 Prasanta Chatterjee INC[6]
1962 Amar Roy Pradhan AIFB[7]
1967 Amar Roy Pradhan AIFB[8]
1969 Amar Roy Pradhan AIFB[9]
1971 Mihir Kumar Roy AIFB[10]
1972 Madhu Sudan Roy INC[11]
1977 Sada Kanta Roy AIFB[12]
1982 Sada Kanta Roy AIFB[13]
1987 Sada Kanta Roy AIFB[14]
1991 Paresh Chandra Adhikari AIFB[15]
1996 Ramesh Roy AIFB[16]
2001 Paresh Chandra Adhikary AIFB[17]
2006 Paresh Chandra Adhikary AIFB[18]
2011 Paresh Chandra Adhikary AIFB[19]
2016 Arghya Roy Pradhan AITC
2021 Paresh Chandra Adhikary AITC[20]
Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
49.98%

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.[21]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mekliganj (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Paresh Chandra Adhikary 99338 49.98 8.63
BJP Dadhiram Ray 84653 42.59 29.68
AIFB Gobindo Ray 6853 3.45 −34.23
SUCI(C) Ranjit Kumar Roy 1768 0.89
BSP Jyotish Roy 1025 0.52 −2.6
NOTA None of the above 2447 1.23
Majority 14685 7.38
Turnout 198744
AITC hold Swing

2016 Election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Mekliganj (SC) constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arghya Roy Pradhan 74823 41.35
AIFB Paresh Chandra Adhikary 68186 37.68
BJP Dadhiram Ray 23355 12.91
BSP Jyotish Roy 5650 3.12
Turnout 180960 89.28
AITC gain from AIFB Swing

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Paresh Chandra Adhikary of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Jayanta Kumar Ray of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Mekliganj (SC) constituency[19][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Paresh Chandra Adhikary 72,040 48.67 +1.88
INC Jayanta Kumar Ray 39,408 26.63 −0.75
Independent Sunil Chandra Roy 23,540 15.9
BJP Subhash Barman 3,713 2.51
BSP Jyotish Ray 3,359 2.27
SUCI(C) Pramila Roy 2,593
Independent Purnendu Ray 1,474
AMB Ratan Barman 123
Turnout 148,010 87.01
AIFB hold Swing 2.63

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[18] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc won the Mekliganj seat defeating his nearest rival Sunil Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,[17] Paresh Chandra Adhikary of Forward Bloc defeated Ramesh Roy of Trinmool Congress. In 1996,[16] Ramesh Roy representing Forward Bloc defeated Sunil Chandra Roy representing Congress. In 1991,[15] 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,[14] Niren Chowdhury of ICS in 1982[13] and Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress in 1977.[12][23]

1951-1972

Madhu Sudan Roy of Congress won in 1972.[11] Mihir Kumar Ray of Forward Bloc won in 1971.[10] Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan of Forward Bloc won in 1969,[9] 1967[8] and 1962.[7] Prasanta Chatterjee of Congress won in 1957[6] and in independent India's first election in 1951.[5]

References

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  2. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  14. 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  15. 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  16. 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  17. 17.0 17.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  18. 18.0 18.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  19. 19.0 19.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  20. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  21. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  22. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Mekliganj. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  23. "1 - Mekliganj (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partwise comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.