Sitai (SC) is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
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.
Sitai Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).
Members of the Legislative Assembly Year NameParty1967Dr. Md. Fazle Haque1969197119721977Dipak Sengupta1982198719911996Dr. Md. Fazle Haque2001Nripendra Nath Roy2006Dr. Md. Fazle Haque2011Keshab Chandra Roy2016Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia20212024^Sangita Roy2026
^ by-election
Election results 2026 In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Sangita Roy of TMC defeated her nearest rival Ashutosh Barma of BJP by 2,721 votes.
2024 bypoll
2021
2011 In the 2011 elections, Keshab Chandra Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Dipak Kumar Roy of AIFB.
2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections, 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, Nripendra Nath Roy of Forward Bloc defeated Dr. Md. Fazle Haque of Congress. In 1996, 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, 1987 and 1982, and Sushil Roy Sarkar of Congress in 1977.
1972 Dr. Md Fazle Haque of Congress won the seat in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to that the seat was not there.
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