Dinhata Assembly constituency

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Dinhata
Constituency No. 7 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Dinhata Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictCooch Behar
Lok Sabha constituencyCooch Behar (SC)
Established1951
Total electors278,074
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2026
Preceded byUdayan Guha
Most Successful parties from Dinhata assembly
  1. All India Forward Bloc (8 times) (42.1%)
  2. Indian National Congress (5 times) (26.3%)
  3. All India Trinamool Congress (3 times) (15.8%)
  4. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (10.5%)
  5. Forward Bloc (Socialist) (1 time) (5.26%)

Dinhata Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 7 Dinhata Assembly constituency covers Dinhata municipality, Dinhata II community development block, and Bhetaguri I, Dinhata Gram I, Dinhata Gram II and Putimari I gram panchayats of Dinhata I community development block.[1]

Dinhata Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1951 Satish Chandra Roy Singha Indian National Congress
1957 Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar
1962 Kamal Guha All India Forward Bloc
1967
1969 Animesh Mukharjee Indian National Congress
1971 Jogesh Chandra Sarkar
1972
1977 Kamal Guha All India Forward Bloc
1982
1987
1991
1996 Forward Bloc (Socialist)
2001 All India Forward Bloc
2006 Ashok Mandal All India Trinamool Congress
2011 Udayan Guha All India Forward Bloc
2016 All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Nisith Pramanik Bharatiya Janata Party
2021^ Udayan Guha All India Trinamool Congress
2026 Ajay Ray Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2026
 
 51.60%
2021 (By-poll)
 
 84.15%
2021
 
 47.60%
2016
 
 45.04%
2011
 
 50.52%
2006
 
 45.55%
2001
 
 53.05%
1996
 
 49.58%
1991
 
 52.54%
1987
 
 55.04%
1982
 
 57.88%
1977
 
 56.32%
1972
 
 58.50%
1971
 
 45.14%
1969
 
 53.48%
1967
 
 55.01%
1962
 
 60.77%
1957
 
 31.24%
1957
 
 24.62%
1952
 
 33.80%
1952
 
 32.97%

2026

In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Ajay Ray of BJP defeated his nearest rival Udayan Guha of TMC by 17,447 votes.

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ajay Ray 138,255 51.6 Increase35.4
AITC Udayan Guha 120,808 45.09 Decrease30.99
AIFB Bikas Mandal 3,042 1.14 Decrease0.38
INC Harihar Roy Singha 1,608 0.6 Decrease3.61
IND Prabir Kumar Roy Sarkar 1,166 0.44 New entry
IND Pampa Ray 506 0.19 New entry
SUCI(C) Ajijul Hoque 432 0.16 New entry
IND Animesh Barman 294 0.11 New entry
NOTA Nota 1,814 0.68 Increase0.08
Majority 17,447 6.51 Decrease59.88
Turnout 267,925 96.35 Increase25.11
Registered electors 278,074 Decrease9.07
BJP gain from AITC Swing 33.19

2021 bypoll

Bye-election, 2021: Dinhata[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Udayan Guha 189,575 84.15 +36.57
BJP Ashok Mandal 25,486 11.31 −36.29
AIFB Abdur Rouf 6,290 2.79 +0.30
NOTA None of the above 3,935 1.75 +1.12
Majority 1,64,089 72.84 +72.82
Turnout 2,25,447 75.42
AITC gain from BJP Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nisith Pramanik 116,035 47.60
AITC Udayan Guha 115,978 47.58
AIFB Abdur Rouf 6,069 2.49
NOTA None of the above 1,537 0.63
Majority 57 0.02
Turnout 243,751 81.45
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Udayan Guha 100,732 45.04
AIFB Akshay Thakur 78,939 35.30
BJP Sachindra Nath Adhikari 25,598 11.45
BSP Debendra Nath Roy 5,842 2.61
Independent Dr. Md. Fazle Haque 4,010 1.79
WPOI Aminal Hoque 2,220 0.99
Independent Sabitri Basuniya (Roy) 2,170 0.97
Independent Anita Barman 777 0.35
SUCI(C) Pradip Roy 730 0.33
NOTA NOTA 2,619 1.17
Majority 21,793 9.74
Turnout 183,022 81.83
Swing to AITC from AIFB Swing

2011

Udayan Guha, the Forward Bloc MLA from Dinhata, joined Trinamool Congress on 1 October 2015.[5][6]

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

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIFB Udayan Guha 93,050 50.52 +7.45
IND Fazle Haque 63,024 34.22
NCP Amiya Kumar Sarkar 13,093 7.11
    BSP Niranjan Barman 4,135 2.25
    BJP Sudhansu Kumar Roy 3,964 2.15
    Majority 30,026 16.30
    Turnout 1,84,186 82.96
    AIFB gain from AITC Swing +7.45

    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.[7] Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, contesting as an Independent Candidate, was a rebel congress leader.

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

    2006

    2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AITC Ashok Mandal 66,774 45.55
    AIFB Udayan Guha 63,144 43.07
    Independent Hitendra Kumar Nag 6,362 4.34
    IPFB Makbul Hossain Sarkar 5,843 3.99
    BSP Debendra Nath Roy 2,812 1.92
    Independent Anarul Sekh 1,666 1.14
    Majority 3,630 2.48
    Turnout
    Swing to AITC from AIFB Swing

    2001

    In the 2001 election, Kamal Guha of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Dipak Sengupta of AITC

    West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Dinhata constituency[3][8]
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AIFB Kamal Kanti Guha 72,887 53.05 +7.45
    AITC Dipak Sengupta 53,167 38.70
    BJP Madan Mohan Goswami 4,768 3.47
      BSP Debasish Barman 2,271 1.65
      NCP Jiban Krishna Saha 1,729 1.26
      Independent Dinesh Chandra Karji 1,424 1.04
      Independent Kabita Das 1,152 0.84
      Turnout 137,398 78.07
      Swing to AIFB from Forward Bloc (Socialist) Swing +7.45

      1996

      1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      FB(S) Kamal Guha 70,531 49.58
      AIFB Dipak Sen Gupta 37,520 26.37
      INC Kamal Dey Sarkar 29,899 21.02
      BJP Jogesh Chandra Ray 3,875 2.72
      Independent Md. Jamser Byapari 445 0.31
      Majority 33,011 23.21
      Turnout 145,521 87.10
      Swing to Forward Bloc (Socialist) from AIFB Swing

      1991

      1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      AIFB Kamal Kanti Guha 64,530 52.54
      INC Aldke Nandy 45,929 37.39
      BJP Amal Bhowmik 11,268 9.17
      BSP Mrinal Kanti Roy 870 0.71
      AMB Jashohari Barman 228 0.19
      Majority 18,601 15.15
      Turnout 124,869 83.69
      AIFB hold Swing

      1987

      1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      AIFB Kamal Guha 57,339 55.04
      INC Alok Kumar Nandy 46,425 44.57
      Independent Monohari Barman 404 0.39
      Majority 10,914 10.47
      Turnout 105,618 84.20
      AIFB hold Swing

      1982

      1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      AIFB Kamal Guha 53,460 57.88
      INC Ram Krishna Pal 38,627 41.82
      Independent Shyamal Kumar Roy 281 0.30
      Majority 14,833 16.06
      Turnout 94,166 86.46
      AIFB hold Swing

      1977

      1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      AIFB Kamal Kanti Guha 33,660 56.32
      INC Alok Kumar Nandi 12,443 20.82
      JP Sadhan Basu 6,912 11.57
      Independent Gogesh Chandra Sarkar 6,751 11.30
      Majority 21,217 35.50
      Turnout 60,926 62.54
      Swing to AIFB from INC Swing

      1972

      1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      INC Jogesh Chandra Sarkar 30,404 58.50
      AIFB Kamal Guha 20,712 39.85
      Independent Ram Chandra Saha 855 1.65
      Majority 9,692 18.65
      Turnout 53,331 62.13
      INC hold Swing

      1971

      1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      INC Jogesh Chandra Sarkar 24,249 45.14
      AIFB Kamal Kanti Guha 21,823 40.63
      CPI(M) Mani Gopal Roy 4,929 9.18
      INC(O) Jahiruddin Mia 2,714 5.05
      Majority 2,426 4.51
      Turnout 56,184 66.27
      INC hold Swing

      1969

      1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      INC Animesh Mukharjee 29,764 53.48
      AIFB Kamal Kanti Guha 24,516 44.05
      PBI Charu Chanura Mandal 882 1.58
      Independent Harendra Kumar Roy 490 0.88
      Majority 5,248 9.43
      Turnout 57,082 71.81
      Swing to INC from AIFB Swing

      1967

      1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      AIFB K. K. Guha 29,371 55.01
      INC U. C. Mandal 23,206 43.46
      SWA K. K. R. Singha 818 1.53
      Majority 6,165 11.55
      Turnout 56,238 72.72
      AIFB hold Swing

      1962

      1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      AIFB Kamal Kanti Guha 26,807 60.77
      INC Umesh Chandra Mandal 16,385 37.14
      Independent Mahesh Chandra Singh 921 2.09
      Majority 10,422 23.63
      Turnout 46,139 46.83
      AIFB win (new seat)

      1957

      1957 WB Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata (SC) (Double-member constituency)
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      INC Umesh Chandra Mandal 41,495 31.24
      INC Bhawani Prasanna Talukdar 32,707 24.62
      FBL(MG) Kamal Kanti Guha 24,226 18.24
      FBL(MG) Bejoy Kumar Roy 21,624 16.28
      Independent Harsh Chandra Roy Sarkar 7,148 5.38
      Independent Barindra Kumar Ghosh 5,621 4.23
      Majority 8,481 6.38
      Turnout 132,821 101.26

      1952

      1952 WB Legislative Assembly election: Dinhata (Double-member constituency)
      Party Candidate Votes % ±%
      INC Satish Chandra Roy Singha 24,388 33.80
      INC Umesh Chandra Mandal 23,786 32.97
      Independent Harish Chandra Roy Sarkar 9,489 13.15
      FBL(MG) Probodh Chandra Pal 6,236 8.64
      CPI Tarani Kanta Barman 5,498 7.62
      KMPP Amulya Charan Pal 2,755 3.82
      Majority 14,297 19.82
      Turnout 72,152 73.59

      References

      1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
      2. "TMC scripts spectacular comeback in Dinhata, wins by 1,64,089 votes". The Times of India. 3 November 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
      3. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
      4. "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
      5. "Udayan joins Trinamul". Bengal. The Telegraph 2 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
      6. "Forward Bloc MLA joins Trinamool Congress". Other states. The Hindu 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
      7. "Trinamool North MLA axed". The Telegraph, 14 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
      8. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.