Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Cooch Behar Dakshin | |
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 Cooch Behar Dakshin
 Cooch Behar Dakshin
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| Coordinates: 26°19′27″N 89°27′07″E / 26.32417°N 89.45194°ECoordinates: 26°19′27″N 89°27′07″E / 26.32417°N 89.45194°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Constituency No | 4 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 1 Cooch Behar (SC) |
| Electorate (year) | 182,448 (2011) |
Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 4 Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Cooch Behar municipality and Chandamari, Chilkirhat, Falimari, Ghughumari, Haribhanga, Moyamari, Patchhara, Putimari Fuleswari and Suktabari gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I community development block.
Cooch Behar Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).
In the 2011 election, Akshay Thakur of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Adbul Jalil Ahmed of Trinamool Congress.
Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Dipak Chandra Sarkar of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Trinamool Congress. Mihir Goswami representing Congress had defeated Aparajita Goppi of Forward Bloc in 1996. Bimal Kanti Basu of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Congress in 1991. Aparajita Goppi of Forward Bloc defeated Mihir Goswami of Congress in 1987, Sunil Kar of Congress in 1982 and Bimal Chandra Dhar of Congress in 1977.
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Akshay Thakur of Forward Bloc won the Cooch Behar West seat defeating Abdul Jalil Ahmed and Soumendra Chandra Das (both of Trinamool Congress) respectively. Soumindra Chandra Das of Forward Bloc defeated Abdul Jalil Ahmed representing Congress in 1996 and Ramkrishna Pal of Congress in 1991. Bimal Kanti Basu of Forward Bloc defeated Shyamal Choudhury of Congress in 1987 and 1982, and Maqsudar Rahman of Congress in 1977.
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