Goalpokhar (বাংলা: গোয়ালপোখর) Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

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, No. 30 Goalpokhar Assembly constituency covers

Goalpokhar I Goalpokhar I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Islampur subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Historically the western frontier of ancient Pundravardhana kingdom, ...

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. Goalpokhar Assembly constituency is part of No. 5

Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Raiganj in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 5 Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency are in Uttar Dinajpur district. ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

bolded year = bye

Election results

2021 Election

2016 Election

2011

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

1977-2009

In the by election in 2009 caused by the election of the sitting MLA, Deepa Dasmunshi of

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to the Lok Sabha from

, the Goalpokhar assembly seat was won by Ali Imran Ramz of

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. 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. Hafiz Alam Sairani of Forward Bloc defeated Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress in 2001, and Md Mustafa of Congress in 1996. Md Ramjan Ali of Forward Bloc defeated Nizamuddin Ahamed of Congress in 1991 and 1987, Puranmal Chand Maheswari of BJP/ Independent, in 1982 and 1977.

1957–1972

Sheikh Sharafat Hussain of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Mohamad Salimuddin of PSP won 1969 and 1967. Mohammad Hayat Ali of PSP won in

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. Muzzafar Hussain of Congress won in

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. Prior to that Goalpokhar constituency was not there.

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district