Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

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in the

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 221 Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Beliabera, Kharbandhi, Pet Bindhi and Tapshia

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

s of

Gopiballavpur II Gopiballavpur II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Naxalite movement in Debra-Gopiballavpur In 1968 many revolutionary ...

community development block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

, Aguiboni, Chandri, Chubka, Dudhkundi, Lodhasuli, Nedabahara, Patashimul, Shalboni and Sardiha gram panchayats of

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CD Block and

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CD Block. Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 33

Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency) Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jhargram in West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. Four of the seven assembly segments of No. 33 Jhargram Lok ...

(ST).

Election results

2021

2016

2011

# Swing calculated on Congress
+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Rabi Lal Maitra of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the nati ...

won the Gopiballavpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Swapan Patra of

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhabani Shankar Hatial of CPI(M) defeated Samay Mandi of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Rana Shakti of CPI(M) defeated Rekha Rani Mahata of

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in 1996. Atul Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Prasun Sarangi of Congress in 1991. Sunil De of CPI(M) defeated Bijoy Kumar Sahu of Congress in 1987 and

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, Independent, in 1982. Santosh Rana, Independent, defeated Abani Bhusan Satpathi of CPI(M) in 1977.

1951-1972

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of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Dhananjoy Kar of SSP won in 1969 and 1967. Surendra Nath Mahta of Congress won in

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. In 1957 and 1951 Gopiballavpur had dual seats. Surndranath Mahta and Jagatpati Hansda, both of Congress, won in

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. Dhanajoy Kar and Jagatpati Hansda, both of KMPP, won in independent India's first election in 1951.

References

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