Goghat Assembly constituency

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

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

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

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Goghat	Radha Krishna Pal	Independent[2]
1957		No seat
1962		No seat
1967		Ajit Kumar Biswas	All India Forward Bloc[3]
1969		Ajit Kumar Biswas	All India Forward Bloc[4]
1971		Madan Mohan Medda	Indian National Congress[5]
1972		Madan Mohan Medda	Indian National Congress[6]
1977		Manuram Roy	Janata Party[7]
1982		Shiba Prasad Malick	All India Forward Block[8]
1987		Shiba Prasad Malick	All India Forward Bloc [9]
1991		Shiba Prasad Malick	All India Forward Bloc[10]
1996		Shiba Prasad Mallick	All India Forward Bloc[11]
2001		Shiba Prasad Malick	All India Forward Bloc[12]
2006		Niranjan Pandit	All 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

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	−25.77
	NOTA	None of the above	2,482	1.13	−1.10
	BSP	Samir Roy	2,378	1.08
Turnout			219,545	91.88	+3.34
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Goghat (SC) constituency

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
Turnout			198,462	88.54	−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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Biswanath Karak	86,514	49.04	−20.72
	INC	Debasish Medda	82,249	46.62	+16.38#
	BJP	Sukumar Bag	7,657	4.34
Turnout			176,420	91.28
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Niranjan Pandit	111,228	69.8
	AITC	Bishnupada Pakhira	38,027	23.9
	INC	Haradhan Santra	7,657	6.4
Majority			73,201	45.9
Turnout			1,59,599	91.0
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIFB	Shiba Prasad Malik	119,236	79.20
	INC	Haradhan Santra	22,427	14.90
	BJP	Mahadeb Santra	8,931	5.90
Majority			96,809	64.30
Turnout			1,50,616	84.9
	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.