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This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal. For 2. its namesake village, see Natabari, Cooch Behar.

Natabari
Constituency No. 8 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Natabari Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Cooch Behar
Lok Sabha constituency	Cooch Behar (SC)
Established	1977
Total electors	240,383
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Girija Shankar Ray
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2026

Most Successful parties from Natabari assembly

1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (7 times) (63.6%)
2. All India Trinamool Congress (2 times) (18.2%)
3. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 times) (18.2%)

Natabari 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. 8 Natabari Assembly constituency covers Deoanhat, Dauaguri, Guriahati I, Guriahati II, Jiranpur and Panisala gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I community development block and Andaran Fulbari II, Balarampur I, Balarampur II, Chilkhana I, Chilkhana II, Deocharai, Dhalpal II, Maruganj, Natabari I, Natabari II gram panchayats of Tufanganj I community development block.

Natabari Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1977	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001	Tamser Ali
2006
2011	Rabindra Nath Ghosh		All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021	Mihir Goswami		Bharatiya Janata Party
2026	Girija Shankar Ray

Election results

2026

In the 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Girija Shankar Ray of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sailendra Nath Barma of TMC by 34,613 votes.

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Girija Shankar Ray	126,911	54.53	3.08
	AITC	Sailendra Nath Barma	92,298	39.66	1
	CPI(M)	Akik Hassan	6,606	2.84	2.61
	INC	Biswajit Sarkar	2,516	1.08	1.75
	SUCI(C)	Abdus Salam	976	0.42	0.13
	IND	Sahidul Hossain	814	0.35	0.27
	IND	Mrinal Kanti Saha	677	0.29
	AJUP	Md. Sakowat Ali	431	0.19
	IND	Raghunath Biswas	374	0.16
	NOTA	Nota	1,113	0.48	0.05
Majority			34,613	14.87	4.08
Turnout			232,716	96.81	8.18
Registered electors			240,383		1.9
	BJP hold		Swing	2.04

2021

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2021: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mihir Goswami	111,743	51.45
	AITC	Rabindra Nath Ghosh	88,303	40.66
	CPI(M)	Akik Hasan	11,839	5.45
	NOTA	None of the above	1,146	0.53
Majority			23,440	10.79
Turnout			217,173	88.63
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Rabindra Nath Ghosh	81,951	47.56
	CPI(M)	Tamser Ali	74,386	43.17
	BJP	Utpal Deb	9,923	5.76
	Independent	Siddik Uddin Bepari	2,972	1.72
	RPI	Girindra Nath Barman	1,867	1.08
	Independent	Prodyut Kumar Dey	1,197	0.69
Majority			7,565	4.39
Turnout			153,564	89.10
	Swing to AITC from CPI(M)		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Tamser Ali	67,845	48.84
	AITC	Rabindra Nath Ghosh	63,009	45.36
	INC	Suchitra Bepari	3,932	2.83
	Independent	Pradip Kumar Roy	2,413	1.74
	BSP	Subhash Byapari	1,717	1.24
Majority			4,836	3.48
Turnout
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Tamser Ali	59,779	48.49
	AITC	Rabindranath Ghosh	51,525	41.79
	BJP	Bimal Kumar Sarkar	5,460	4.43
	Independent	Pradip Kumar Roy	2,451	1.99
	BSP	Gopal Chandra Roy	1,959	1.59
	AMB	Dalendra Roy	1,252	1.02
	Independent	Achiruddin Ahmed	866	0.70
Majority			8,254	6.70
Turnout			123,352	86.35
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhuri	57,830	48.12
	INC	Rabindra Nath Ghosh	48,172	40.09
	BJP	Rabindra Nath Barman	10,556	8.78
	BSP	Narayan Chandra Das	2,126	1.77
	FB(S)	Abdul Rahaman	866	0.72
	Independent	Achhar Uddin Ahmed	473	0.39
	AMB	Dalendra Roy	149	0.12
Majority			9,658	8.03
Turnout			123,514	90.75
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sibendranarayan Chowdhury	50,784	47.81
	INC	Biimbal Ch. Dhar	33,148	31.21
	BJP	Rabindra Nath Barman	19,712	18.56
	BSP	Narayan Dass	1,745	1.64
	Independent	Nazrul Islam	374	0.35
	Independent	Santana Datta	255	0.24
	AMB	Haribala Roy	201	0.19
Majority			17,636	16.60
Turnout			108,665	86.72
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury	49,564	53.21
	INC	Santosh Kumar Roy	41,487	44.54
	Independent	Amalendu Deb	983	1.06
	Independent	Mani Bhusan Singha Sarkar	888	0.95
	Independent	Haribala Roy	218	0.23
Majority			8,077	8.67
Turnout			94,728	85.55
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury	45,054	56.03
	INC	Santosh Kumar Roy	35,034	43.57
	Independent	Dhirendra Nath Barma	320	0.40
Majority			10,020	12.46
Turnout			81,698	89.69
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Natabari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sibendra Narayan Chowdhury	26,300	51.67
	INC	Santosh Kumar Roy	12,486	24.53
	Independent	Jatindra Nath Singha Sarkar	8,666	17.03
	JP	Prabhat Kumar Basu	3,444	6.77
Majority			13,814	27.14
Turnout			51,672	69.50
	CPI(M) win (new seat)