Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Gaighata
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Gaighata
Gaighata (India)
Coordinates: 22°56′0″N88°44′0″E / 22.93333°N 88.73333°E / 22.93333; 88.73333 Coordinates: 22°56′0″N88°44′0″E / 22.93333°N 88.73333°E / 22.93333; 88.73333
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Constituency No. 97
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency 14. Bangaon (SC)
Electorate (year)186,186 (2011) [1]
224,311 (2016) [2]
240,096 (2019) [3]
252,053 (2021) [4]

Gaighata Vidhan Sabha constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The Gaighata seat was an open seat up to 2011.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 97 Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Gobardanga municipality, Dharmapur I, Dharmapur II, Ichapur I, Ichapur II, Jaleswar I, Shimulpur and Sutia gram panchayats of Gaighata community development block, and Bergum I, Bergum II and Machhalandpur I gram panchayats of Habra I community development block. [5]

Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [5] It was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency). [6]

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1967 GaighataC.Mitra Bangla Congress [7]
1969Parul SahaBangla Congress [8]
1971Chandi Pada Mitra Indian National Congress [9]
1972Chandi Pada MitraIndian National Congress [10]
1977 Kanti Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1982Kanti BiswasCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1987Kanti BiswasCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1991Prabir BanejeeIndian National Congress [14]
1996Manmatha RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2001 Jyotipriya Mallick All India Trinamool Congress [16]
2006 Jyotipriya MallickAll India Trinamool Congress [17]
2011 Manjul Krishna Thakur All India Trinamool Congress [18]
2016 Pulin Bihari RayAll India Trinamool Congress [19]
2021 Subrata Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party [19]

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Subrata Thakur of BJP defeated his nearest rival NAROTTAM BISWAS of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Gaighata (SC) constituency [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Subrata Thakur 10080842.27
AITC NAROTTAM BISWAS9123042.78
CPI KAPIL KRISHNA THAKUR148386.96
BSP BEAUTY SARKAR13850.65
SUCI(C) NANIBALA BISWAS (DAS)8140.38
independentTUSHAR KANTI HALDER6860.32
independentDR. SAJAL BISWAS15260.72
independentBISWAJIT ROY5470.26
NOTA None of the above14090.66
Turnout 213243
BJP gain from AITC Swing {{{swing}}}

2011

In the 2011 election, Majulkrishna Thakur of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Monoj Kanti Biswas of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Gaighata (SC) constituency [18] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Majulkrishna Thakur 91,48755.58+5.15#
CPI Monoj Kanti Biswas66,04040.12-5.67
BJP Sukharanjan Bepari3,4402.09
BSP Mahendra Gain1,436
IndependentSuman Laha1,249
independentTikendrajit Bharati946
Turnout 164,59888.66
AITC hold Swing 10.82#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 [17] and 2001 state assembly elections [16] Jyotipriya Mallick of Trinamool Congress won the Gaighata assembly seat defeating Manmatha Roy of CPI(M) on both occasions. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996, [15] Manmatha Roy of CPI(M) defeated Prabir Banerjee of Congress. In 1991, [14] Prabir Banejee of Congress defeated Kanti Biswas of CPI(M). Kanti Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1987, [13] Mira Mitra of Congress in 1982, [12] and Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1977. [11] [22]

1967-1972

Chandi Pada Mitra of Congress won in 1972 [10] and 1971. [9] Parul Saha of Bangla Congress won in 1969. [8] C.Mitra of Bangla Congress won in 1967. [7] Prior to that the Gaighata seat was not there.

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