| Goghat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 201 for theWest 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 | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Goghat Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHooghly district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 201 Goghat Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following:Goghat I andGoghat IIcommunity development blocks[1]
Goghat Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 29Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Radha Krishna Pal | Independent politician | |
| 1957 | No seat | ||
| 1962 | No seat | ||
| 1967 | Ajit Kumar Biswas | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | Madan Mohan Medda | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Manuram Roy | Janata Party | |
| 1982 | Shiba Prasad Malick | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | Niranjan Pandit | ||
| 2011 | Biswanath Karak | ||
| 2016 | Manas Majumdar | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | Biswanath Karak | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 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 | ||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Bishwanath Karak of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Debashish Medda of Congress.
| 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 | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | -37.10# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2006 election, Niranjan Pandit of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Bishnupada Pakhira of Trinamool Congress.
| 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 | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | -37.10# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2006 election, Niranjan Pandit of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Bishnupada Pakhira of Trinamool Congress.
| 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 | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | -37.10# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections[4] Niranjan Pandit ofForward Bloc won the Goghat assembly seat (SC) defeating Bishnupada Pakhira ofTrinamool 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 defeatingCongress candidates Haradhan Santra in 2001,[7] Lakshmi Charan Kanri in 1996,[8] Sove Dhara in 1991,[9] Nanu Ram Roy in 1987[10] and Madan Mohan Medda in 1982.[11] Manuram Roy ofJanata Party defeated Arati Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1977.[12][13]
Madan Mohan Medda of Congress won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Ajit Kumar Biswas of Forward Bloc won in 1969[16] and 1967.[17] The Goghat seat was not there in 1962 and 1957. Inindependent India's first election in 1951,[18] Radha Krishna Pal, Independent, won the Goghat seat.
