Goghat Assembly constituency

Goghat
Constituency No. 201 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Goghat Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Lok Sabha constituency	Arambagh
Established	1951
Total electors	193,284
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Biswanath Karak
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Goghat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1951	Radha Krishna Pal		Independent politician
1957	Seat did not exist
1962
1967	Ajit Kumar Biswas		All India Forward Bloc
1969
1971	Madan Mohan Medda		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Manuram Roy		Janata Party
1982	Shiba Prasad Malick		All India Forward Bloc
1987
1991
1996
2001
2006	Niranjan Pandit
2011	Biswanath Karak
2016	Manas Majumdar		Trinamool Congress
2021	Biswanath Karak		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Goghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC
	BJP
	LF
	INC
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Goghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Biswanath Karak	102,227	46.56	36.98
	AITC	Manas Majumdar	98,080	44.67	7.21
	AIFB	Shiba Prasad Malick	14,378	6.55	29.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,482	1.13	1.10
	BSP	Samir Roy	2,378	1.08
Majority			4,147	1.89	13.67
Turnout			2,19,545	89.04	0.50
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Goghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Manas Majumdar	102,958	51.88
	AIFB	Biswanath Karak	72,072	36.32	12.72
	BJP	Basan Ray	19,009	9.58	5.24
	NOTA	None of the above	4,423	2.23
Majority			30,886	15.56	13.14
Turnout			1,98,462	88.54	2.66
	AITC gain from AIFB		Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Goghat ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Biswanath Karak	86,514	49.04	20.72
	INC	Debasish Medda	82,249	46.62	40.24
	BJP	Sukumar Bag	7,657	4.34
Majority			4,265	2.42	43.49
Turnout			1,76,420	91.20	0.20
	AIFB hold		Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Goghat ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Niranjan Pandit	111,228	69.76	9.42
	AITC	Bishnupada Pakhira	38,027	23.85
	INC	Haradhan Santra	10,180	6.38	8.51
Majority			73,201	45.91	18.38
Turnout			1,59,435	91.00	6.06
	AIFB hold		Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Goghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Shiba Prasad Malick	119,236	79.18
	INC	Haradhan Santra	22,427	14.89
	BJP	Mahadeb Santra	8,931	5.93
Majority			96,809	64.29
Turnout			1,50,594	84.94
	AIFB hold		Swing

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections ^[4] 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, ^[5] Lakshmi Charan Kanri in 1996, ^[6] Sove Dhara in 1991, ^[7] Nanu Ram Roy in 1987 ^[8] and Madan Mohan Medda in 1982. ^[9] Manuram Roy of Janata Party defeated Arati Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1977. ^{[10] [11]}

1951-1972

Madan Mohan Medda of Congress won in 1972 ^[12] and 1971. ^[13] Ajit Kumar Biswas of Forward Bloc won in 1969 ^[14] and 1967. ^[15] The Goghat seat was not there in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, ^[16] Radha Krishna Pal, Independent, won the Goghat seat.

References

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15. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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