Mekliganj is an SC-reserved, border-adjacent rural Vidhan Sabha constituency in Cooch Behar district, defined by agrarian settlements, riverine geography, and enclave-legacy habitation patterns. Electoral outcomes are shaped by SC consolidation depth, agrarian welfare mobilisation, border infrastructure concerns, and turnout alignment across gram panchayats. Psephologically, it functions as a structured but competitive rural constituency where margins depend on bloc discipline and issue-based volatility. Across the 2019 Lok Sabha, 2021 Vidhan Sabha, and 2024 Lok Sabha elections, voting behaviour demonstrates consolidation stability in SC belts with episodic volatility in border and riverine zones.