Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Gazole
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Gazole Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Gazole Gazole (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°13′14″N88°11′21″E / 25.22056°N 88.18917°E / 25.22056; 88.18917 Coordinates: 25°13′14″N88°11′21″E / 25.22056°N 88.18917°E / 25.22056; 88.18917
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Malda
Constituency No	44
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	7. Maldaha Uttar
Electorate (year)	186,960 (2011) [1] 233,833 (2016) [2] 267,096 (2021) [3]

Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Gajol) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was earlier reserved for scheduled tribes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 44 Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Gazole community development block. ^[4]

Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Gazole	Dharanidhar Sarkar	Communist Party of India [5]
1957		No seat [6]
1962		No seat [7]
1967		D.Murmu	Indian National Congress [8]
1969		Lakshman Saren	Indian National Congress [9]
1971		Suphal Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1972		Benjamin Hembrom	Indian National Congress [11]
1977		Suphal Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1982		Suphal Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1987		Suphal Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
1991		Debnath Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marrxist) [15]
1996		Debnath Murmu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16]
2001		Sadhu Tudu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
2006		Sadhu Tudu	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [18]
2011		Sushil Chandra Roy	Indian National Congress [19]
2016		Dipali Biswas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021		Chinmoy Deb Barman	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

In the 2016 election, Dipali Biswas of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Sushil Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Gazole (SC) constituency ^{[19] [20]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Dipali Biswas	85,949	43.34	+0.69
	AITC	Sushil Chandra Roy	65,347	32.95	+32.95
	BJP	Sudhangsu Sarkar	28,768	14.51	+9.25
	SP	Kamal Chandra Sarkar	4,313	2.17
	NOTA	None of the above	3,490	1.76	+1.76
Turnout			1,98,327	84.82	-1.84
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

Note- In 2016 election, the Indian National Congress supported CPIM in this seat.

2011

In the 2011 election, Sushil Chandra Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Gobinda Mondal of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Gazole (SC) constituency ^{[19] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sushil Chandra Roy	74,654	46.10	+7.44#
	CPI (M)	Gobinda Mondal	69,070	42.65	-4.78
	BJP	Prafulla Chandra Sarkar	8,514	5.26
	Independent	Pradip Kumar Sarkar	2,592
	SUCI(C)	Gautam Sarkar	2,186
	BSP	Kamal Chandra Sarkar	1,921
	CPI(ML)L	Manabendra Roy	1,695
	Independent	Partha Biswas	1,309
Turnout			161,941	86.66
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	+12.22#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 ^[18] and 2001 ^[17] state assembly elections Sadhu Tudu of CPI(M) won the Gazole (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Jatin Hansda of Congress and Nabakumar Hembrom of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Debnath Murmu of CPI(M) defeated Benjamin Hembrom of Congress in 1996 ^[16] and Nabakumar Hembram of Congress in 1991. ^[15] Suphal Murmu of CPI(M) defeated Nabakumar Hembram of Congress in 1987, ^[14] Benjamin Hembram of Congress in 1982, ^[13] and Shyan Murmu of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[12] [22]}

1951–1972

Benjamin Hembram of Congress won in 1972. ^[11] Suphal Murmu of CPI(M) won in 1971. ^[10] Lakshan Saren of Congress won in 1969. ^[9] D. Murmu of Congress won in 1967. ^[8] The Gazole seat did not exist in 1962 ^[7] and 1957. ^[6] In independent India's first election in 1951 Dharanidhar Sarkar of CPI won the Gazole seat. ^[5]

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