Goghat Assembly constituency is an

assembly Assembly may refer to: Organisations and meetings * Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions * General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...

constituency in

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

in the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. The seat is reserved for

scheduled castes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 201 Goghat Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:

Goghat I Goghat I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Arambag subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Goghat I CD Block is part of the western uplands, which is an extension of ...

and

Goghat II Goghat II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Arambag subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Goghat II CD Block is part of the western uplands, which is an extension ...

community development blocks Goghat Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 29

Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Arambagh in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 29 Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency are in Hooghly district one segm ...

(SC).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

2011

In the 2011 election, Bishwanath Karak of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Debashish Medda of Congress. .# 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. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

2001

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections Niranjan Pandit of

Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...

won the Goghat assembly seat (SC) defeating Bishnupada Pakhira of

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

. 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 A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...

candidates Haradhan Santra in 2001, Lakshmi Charan Kanri in 1996, Sove Dhara in 1991, Nanu Ram Roy in 1987 and Madan Mohan Medda in 1982. Manuram Roy of

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

defeated Arati Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1977.

1951-1972

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

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Hooghly district