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Coochbehar Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Coochbehar? — Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia (AITC), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 39,250 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.

MP · 2024

Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia

AITC
Margin: 39,250Tight race

Election history — every MP of Coochbehar

2 elections · newest first

Wins by party

  • AITC 1
  • BJP 1
  1. 2024Jun 2024Jagadish Chandra Barma BasuniaAITCCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Nisith Pramanik (BJP)Margin39,250
  2. 2019May 2019Nisith PramanikBJPLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Adhikary Paresh Chandra (AITC)Margin54,231

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia

AITCTight race

votes

7,88,375

Margin

39,250(2.4%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia · AITCNisith Pramanik · BJP
7,88,3757,49,125
Candidate (15)votes
  1. 1Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia✓ WinnerAITC7,88,37548.57%
  2. 2Nisith PramanikBJP7,49,12546.16%
  3. 3Nitish Chandra RoyAll India Forward BlocDeposit lost30,2671.86%
  4. 4NOTA15,5630.96%
  5. 5Piya Roy ChowdhuryINCDeposit lost10,6790.66%
  6. 6Harekrishna SarkarINDDeposit lost9,4670.58%
See all candidates (+9)
  1. 7Kamalesh BarmanINDDeposit lost2,9930.18%
  2. 8Nabi BarmanINDDeposit lost2,7240.17%
  3. 9Subodh BarmanINDDeposit lost2,5990.16%
  4. 10Dilip Chandra BarmanSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost2,4680.15%
  5. 11Purna Mohan RoyBSPDeposit lost2,0970.13%
  6. 12Bidhan DasINDDeposit lost2,0720.13%
  7. 13Kishore RayINDDeposit lost1,6060.1%
  8. 14Pradip Kumar RoyKamatapur People’s Party (United)Deposit lost1,5180.09%
  9. 15Amal DasINDDeposit lost1,4950.09%
Total votes16,23,048

Deposit lost: 12 of 14 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
19,70,743

incl. service voters

Votes cast
16,24,634

incl. 8,786 postal

Turnout
82.44%
Polling stations
2,043

Turnout of men and women

Women83.4%

7,94,302 of 9,52,077 voted on EVMs

Men80.7%

8,21,530 of 10,18,633 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 33; 16 voted.

  • Candidates14 (1 women)
  • Lost deposit12
  • NOTA15,563
  • Valid votes16,07,485

Women candidates: Piya Roy Chowdhury

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Nisith Pramanik (BJP)Full result ▾
Candidate (12)votes
  1. 1Nisith Pramanik✓ WinnerBJP7,31,59447.98%
  2. 2Adhikary Paresh ChandraAITC6,77,36344.43%
  3. 3Gobinda Chandra RoyAll India Forward BlocDeposit lost46,8103.07%
See all candidates (+9)
  1. 4Piya Roy ChowdhuryINCDeposit lost28,2151.85%
  2. 5NOTA14,4900.95%
  3. 6Nirmal Kumar RoyINDDeposit lost7,0690.46%
  4. 7Harekrishna SarkarINDDeposit lost6,1450.4%
  5. 8Naresh Chandra RoyINDDeposit lost4,0770.27%
  6. 9Prabhat RoySOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost3,1740.21%
  7. 10Kangsa Raj BarmanKamatapur People’s Party (United)Deposit lost2,0780.14%
  8. 11Subodh BarmanAmra BangaleeDeposit lost1,9350.13%
  9. 12Dhananjoy BarmanWelfare Party Of IndiaDeposit lost1,7330.11%
Total votes15,24,683

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Coochbehar?

Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia (AITC) won Coochbehar in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 7,88,375 votes.

What was the winning margin in Coochbehar?

Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia defeated Nisith Pramanik (BJP) by 39,250 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Coochbehar?

2019: Nisith Pramanik (BJP)

What was the turnout in Coochbehar in 2024?

82.44% — 16,24,634 of 19,70,743 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 83.4%, men's 80.7%.

How many voters does Coochbehar have?

19,70,743 electors at the 2024 election — 10,18,633 men, 9,52,077 women, 33 third gender (service voters included), and 2,043 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer