Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Goghat
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Goghat
Goghat (India)
Coordinates: 22°52′31″N87°42′13″E / 22.87528°N 87.70361°E / 22.87528; 87.70361 Coordinates: 22°52′31″N87°42′13″E / 22.87528°N 87.70361°E / 22.87528; 87.70361
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Constituency No. 201
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency 29. Arambagh (SC)
Electorate (year)193,284 (2011)

Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 201 Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Goghat I and Goghat II community development blocks [1]

Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 29 Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951 GoghatRadha Krishna PalIndependent [2]
1957 No seat
1962 No seat
1967 Ajit Kumar Biswas All India Forward Bloc [3]
1969Ajit Kumar BiswasAll India Forward Bloc [4]
1971Madan Mohan Medda Indian National Congress [5]
1972Madan Mohan MeddaIndian National Congress [6]
1977Manuram Roy Janata Party [7]
1982Shiba Prasad MalickAll India Forward Block [8]
1987Shiba Prasad MalickAll India Forward Bloc [9]
1991Shiba Prasad MalickAll India Forward Bloc [10]
1996Shiba Prasad MallickAll India Forward Bloc [11]
2001 Shiba Prasad MalickAll India Forward Bloc [12]
2006 Niranjan PanditAll India Forward Bloc [13]
2011 Biswanath Karak All India Forward Bloc [14]
2016 Manas Majumdar All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Biswanath Karak Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Goghat (SC) constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Biswanath Karak 102,22746.56+36.98
AITC Manas Majumdar98,08044.67-7.21
AIFB Shiba Prasad Malick14,3786.55-25.77
NOTA None of the above 2,4821.13-1.10
BSP Samir Roy2,3781.08
Turnout 219,54591.88+3.34
BJP gain from AITC Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Goghat (SC) constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Manas Majumdar102,95851.88
AIFB Biswanath Karak 72,07236.32-12.72
BJP Basan Ray19,0099.58+5.24
NOTA None of the above 4,4232.23
Turnout 198,46288.54-2.74
AITC gain from AIFB Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Bishwanath Karak of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Debashish Medda of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Goghat (SC) constituency [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Biswanath Karak 86,51449.04-20.72
INC Debasish Medda82,24946.62+16.38#
BJP Sukumar Bag7,6574.34
Turnout 176,42091.28
AIFB hold Swing -37.10#

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

2006

In the 2006 election, Niranjan Pandit of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Bishnupada Pakhira of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Goghat (SC) constituency [13] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Niranjan Pandit111,22869.8
AITC Bishnupada Pakhira38,02723.9
INC Haradhan Santra7,6576.4
Majority73,20145.9
Turnout 1,59,59991.0
AIFB hold Swing -37.10#

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

2001

In the 2006 election, Niranjan Pandit of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Bishnupada Pakhira of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Goghat (SC) constituency [13] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFB Shiba Prasad Malik119,23679.20
INC Haradhan Santra22,42714.90
BJP Mahadeb Santra8,9315.90
Majority96,80964.30
Turnout 1,50,61684.9
AIFB hold Swing -37.10#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections [13] Niranjan Pandit of Forward Bloc won the Goghat assembly seat (SC) defeating Bishnupada Pakhira of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Shiba Prasad Malick of Forward Block won the seat five times defeating Congress candidates Haradhan Santra in 2001, [12] Lakshmi Charan Kanri in 1996, [11] Sove Dhara in 1991, [10] Nanu Ram Roy in 1987 [9] and Madan Mohan Medda in 1982. [8] Manuram Roy of Janata Party defeated Arati Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1977. [7] [18]

1951-1972

Madan Mohan Medda of Congress won in 1972 [6] and 1971. [5] Ajit Kumar Biswas of Forward Bloc won in 1969 [4] and 1967. [3] The Goghat seat was not there in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, [2] Radha Krishna Pal, Independent, won the Goghat seat.

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