| Gaighata | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 97 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Gaighata Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | North 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bangaon |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 252,053 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Gaighata Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inNorth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of theDelimitation Commission, No. 97 Gaighata Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:Gobardanga municipality, Dharmapur I, Dharmapur II,Ichapur I, Ichapur II, Jaleswar I, Shimulpur and Sutiagram panchayats ofGaighatacommunity development block, and Bergum I, Bergum II andMachhalandpur I gram panchayats ofHabra I community development block.[1]
Gaighata Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part ofBarasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | C. Mitra | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Parul Saha | ||
| 1971 | Chandi Pada Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Kanti Biswas | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | Prabir Banejee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Manmatha Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 2001 | Jyotipriya Mallick | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Manjul Krishna Thakur | ||
| 2016 | Pulin Bihari Ray | ||
| 2021 | Subrata Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
In the 2021 election,Subrata Thakur of BJP defeated his nearest rival NAROTTAM BISWAS of AITC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subrata Thakur | 100,808 | 47.28 | ||
| AITC | NAROTTAM BISWAS | 91230 | 42.28 | ||
| CPI | KAPIL KRISHNA THAKUR | 14838 | 6.96 | ||
| BSP | BEAUTY SARKAR | 1385 | 0.65 | ||
| SUCI(C) | NANIBALA BISWAS (DAS) | 814 | 0.38 | ||
| independent | TUSHAR KANTI HALDER | 686 | 0.32 | ||
| independent | DR. SAJAL BISWAS | 1526 | 0.72 | ||
| independent | BISWAJIT ROY | 547 | 0.26 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1409 | 0.66 | ||
| Turnout | 213243 | ||||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
In the 2011 election, Majulkrishna Thakur of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Monoj Kanti Biswas of CPI.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Majulkrishna Thakur | 91,487 | 55.58 | +5.15# | |
| CPI | Monoj Kanti Biswas | 66,040 | 40.12 | −5.67 | |
| BJP | Sukharanjan Bepari | 3,440 | 2.09 | ||
| BSP | Mahendra Gain | 1,436 | |||
| Independent | Suman Laha | 1,249 | |||
| independent | Tikendrajit Bharati | 946 | |||
| Turnout | 164,598 | 88.66 | |||
| AITChold | Swing | 10.82# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006[6] and 2001 state assembly elections[7]Jyotipriya Mallick ofTrinamool Congress won the Gaighata assembly seat defeating Manmatha Roy ofCPI(M) on both occasions. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996,[8] Manmatha Roy of CPI(M) defeated Prabir Banerjee ofCongress. In 1991,[9] Prabir Banejee of Congress defeated Kanti Biswas of CPI(M). Kanti Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1987,[10] Mira Mitra of Congress in 1982,[11] and Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1977.[12][13]
Chandi Pada Mitra of Congress won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Parul Saha ofBangla Congress won in 1969.[16] C.Mitra of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[17] Prior to that the Gaighata seat was not there.
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