Goalpokhar Assembly constituency

Goalpokhar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Goalpokhar
Constituency No. 30 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
LS constituencyRaiganj
Established1957
Total electors224,633
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 30 Goalpokhar Assembly constituency covers Goalpokhar I community development block.[1]

Goalpokhar Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election YearMLAParty
Goalpokhar constituency
1957Muzaffar HussainIndian National Congress
1962Mohammad Hayat AliPraja Socialist Party
1967Mohammad Salimuddin
1969
1971Sheikh Sharafat HossainIndian National Congress
1972
1977Md. Ramjan AliAll India Forward Bloc
1982
1987
1991
1996Hafiz Alam Sairani
2001
2006Deepa DasmunsiIndian National Congress
2009Ali Imran RamzAll India Forward Bloc
2011Md. Ghulam RabbaniIndian National Congress
2016Trinamool Congress
2021

bolded year = bye

Election results

2021 Election

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Goalpokhar constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCMd. Ghulam Rabbani 105,649 65.40 +21.49
BJPMd. Ghulam Sarwar32,12519.89+8.40
INCMasood Md. Naseem Ahsen19,39112.00-26.67
NOTANone of the above2,0161.25+0.20
BSPSunil Biswas8650.54-0.68
IndependentShambhu Lal Roy6940.43
IndependentRaghu Nath Singha4050.25-0.21
SUCI(C)Nabin Chandra Singha3800.24-1.00
Turnout161,53574.90+0.59
AITC holdSwing

2016 Election

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Goalpokhar constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITCMd. Ghulam Rabbani 64,869 43.91
INCAfjal Hosen57,12138.67-10.38
BJPDebashis Sarkar16,96611.49+5.92
SPJulia Yeasmin2,8871.95
SUCI(C)Dulal Rajbanshi1,8271.24-0.57
BSPMansingha Hansda1,8051.22-2.45
NOTANone of the above1,5571.05
IndependentRaghu Nath Singha6850.46
Turnout147,71774.31+0.85
AITC gain from INCSwing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Md. Ghulam Rabbani of Congress defeated his nearest rival Saifur Rahman of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Goalpokhar constituency[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCMd. Ghulam Rabbani 61,313 49.05 -2.02#
AIFBSaifur Rahman47,90038.32-4.89#
BJPShaukat Ali6,9565.57
BSPKamaruzzama4,5923.67
SUCI(C)Dulal Rajbanshi2,2641.81
IndependentNiva Sarkar (Das)1,970
Turnout124,99573.46
INC gain from AIFBSwing2.87#

.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 and 2011, as adequate data not available for intervening bye-election.

2009 bye election

The bypoll to the Goalpokhar seat was necessitated after sitting MLA of Congress Deepa Dasmunsi resigned. For Elected As MP of Raiganj. As of Results, Ali Imran Ramz of Forward Bloc Defeated Md. Ghulam Rabbani of Congress By almost a Margin of 15,000 Votes.

West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2009: Goalpokhar constituency[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIFBAli Imran Ramz 72,017 76.74 +12.98
INCMd. Ghulam Rabbani57,29923.26-7.47
Turnout9471044.88
AIFB gain from INCSwing

1977-2009

In the by election in 2009 caused by the election of the sitting MLA, Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress to the Lok Sabha from Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency), the Goalpokhar assembly seat was won by Ali Imran Ramz of Forward Bloc.[5][6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress defeated Hafiz Alam Sairani of Forward Bloc in the 2006 state assembly elections.[7] Hafiz Alam Sairani of Forward Bloc defeated Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress in 2001,[8] and Md Mustafa of Congress in 1996.[9] Md Ramjan Ali of Forward Bloc defeated Nizamuddin Ahamed of Congress in 1991[10] and 1987,[11] Puranmal Chand Maheswari of BJP/ Independent, in 1982[12] and 1977.[13][14]

1957–1972

Sheikh Sharafat Hussain of Congress won in 1972[15] and 1971.[16] Mohamad Salimuddin of PSP won 1969[17] and 1967.[18] Mohammad Hayat Ali of PSP won in 1962.[19] Muzzafar Hussain of Congress won in 1957.[20] Prior to that Goalpokhar constituency was not there.

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