Sitai Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal. For 2. its namesake village, see Sitai, Cooch Behar. For 3.its namesake community development block, see Sitai.

Sitai is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Sitai
Constituency No. 6 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Sitai Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
LS constituency	Cooch Behar
Established	1967
Total electors	290,568
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sangita Roy

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 6 Sitai Assembly constituency covers Sitai community development block and Bara Atiabari I, Bara Atiabari II, Bara Soulmari, Bhetaguri II, Gitaldaha I, Gitaldaha II, Gosanimari I, Gosanimari II, Matalhat, Okrabari and Petla Putimari II gram panchayats of Dinhata I community development block.^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Dr. Md. Fazle Haque		Indian National Congress
1969
1971
1972
1977	Dipak Sengupta		All India Forward Bloc
1982
1987
1991
1996	Dr. Md. Fazle Haque		Independent politician
2001	Nripenra Nath Roy		All India Forward Bloc
2006	Dr. Md. Fazle Haque		Indian National Congress
2011	Keshab Chandra Roy
2016	Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia		All India Trinamool Congress
2021

Election results

2024 by-election

2024 West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election: Sitai^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sangita Roy	165,984	76.08	26.66
	BJP	Dipak Kumar Roy	35,348	16.20	28.98
	INC	Harihar Roy Singha	9,177	4.21	2.55
	AIFB	Arun Kumar Barma	3,319	1.52	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,317
Majority			130,636
Turnout			215,145
	AITC hold		Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sitai (SC) constituency^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia	117,908	49.42
	BJP	Dipak Kumar Roy	107796	45.18
	INC	Keshab Chandra Roy	3964	1.66
Turnout			238578	82.11
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Keshab Chandra Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Roy of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Sitai (SC) constituency^[3][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Keshab Chandra Ray	79,791	46.63	−0.67
	AIFB	Dipak Kumar Roy	78,214	45.71	+1.62
	BJP	Brajo Gobinda Barman	5,185	3.03
	Independent	Bhajan Biswas	2,904
	SUCI	Anil Chandra Barman Roy	2,035
	Independent	Goutam Barman	1,613
	Independent	Tapas Barman	1,220
Turnout			171,102	81.84
	INC hold		Swing	- 2.29

1972-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,^[6] Dr. Md. Fazle Haque of Congress won the Sitai seat defeating his nearest rival Nripendra Nath Roy of Forward Bloc. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 2001,^[7] Nripendra Nath Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Dr. Md. Fazle Haque of Congress. In 1996,^[8] Dr. Md. Fazle Haque, Independent, defeated Nripendra Nath Roy of Forward Bloc. Dipak Sengupta of Forward Block defeated Dr. Md. Fazle Haque of Congress in 1991,^[9] 1987^[10] and 1982,^[11] and Sushil Roy Sarkar of Congress in 1977.^[12][13]

1967-1972

Dr. Md Fazle Haque of Congress won the seat in 1972,^[14] 1971,^[15] 1969^[16] and 1967.^[17] Prior to that the seat was not there.

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
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12. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
13. "6 - Sitai Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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15. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
17. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 18 June 2014.