Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Goalpokhar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Goalpokhar
Location in West Bengal
Goalpokhar
Goalpokhar (India)
Coordinates: 26°05′N 88°08′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictUttar Dinajpur
Constituency No30
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency5. Raiganj
Electorate (year)170,158 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 30 Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Goalpokhar I community development block.[1]

Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
1957GoalpokharMuzaffar HussainIndian National Congress[2]
1962Mohammad Hayat AliPraja Socialist Party[3]
1967Mohammad SalimuddinPraja Socialist Party[4]
1969Mohammad SalimuddinPraja Socialist Party[5]
1971Sheikh Sharafat HussainIndian National Congress[6]
1972Sheikh Sharafat HusainIndian National Congress[7]
1977Md. Ramjan AliAll India Forward Bloc[8]
1982Md. Ramjan AliAll India Forward Bloc [9]
1987Md. Ramjan AliAll India Forward Bloc[10]
1991Md. Ramjan AliAll India Forward Bloc [11]
1996Hafiz Alam SairaniAll India Forward Bloc[12]
2001Hafiz Alam SairaniAll India Forward Bloc[13]
2006Deepa DasmunsiIndian National Congress[14]
2009 Bye electionAli Imran RamzAll India Forward Bloc[15]
2011Md. Ghulam RabbaniIndian National Congress
2016 Md. Ghulam Rabbani Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Goalpokhar constituency[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Md. Ghulam Rabbani 61,313 49.05 -2.02#
Forward Bloc Saifur Rahman 47,900 38.32 -4.89#
BJP Shaukat Ali 6,956 5.57
BSP Kamaruzzama 4,592 3.67
SUCI(C) Dulal Rajbanshi 2,264
Independent Niva Sarkar (Das) 1,970
Turnout 124,995 73.46
INC gain from Forward Bloc Swing 2.87#

.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 and 2011, as adequate data not available for intervening bye-election.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Uttar Dinajpur district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Indian National Congress 3 2
Trinamool Congress 2 2
Independent/ Rebel Congress 1 1
Forward Bloc 2 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 2
Communist Party of India 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 2 (See template talk page for details)

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.

West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2009: Goalpokhar constituency[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Forward Bloc Ali Imran Ramz 72,017 76.74 +12.98
INC Md. Ghulam Rabbani 57,299 23.26 -7.47
Turnout 94710 44.88
Forward Bloc gain from INC Swing

1977-2009

In the by election in 2009 caused by the election of the sitting MLA, Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress to the Lok Sabha from Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency), the Goalpokhar assembly seat was won by Ali Imran Ramz of Forward Bloc.[15][19] 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.[14] Hafiz Alam Sairani of Forward Bloc defeated Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress in 2001,[13] and Md Mustafa of Congress in 1996.[12] Md Ramjan Ali of Forward Bloc defeated Nizamuddin Ahamed of Congress in 1991[11] and 1987,[10] Puranmal Chand Maheswari of BJP/ Independent, in 1982[9] and 1977.[8][20]

1957–1972

Sheikh Sharafat Hussain of Congress won in 1972[7] and 1971.[6] Mohamad Salimuddin of PSP won 1969[5] and 1967.[4] Mohammad Hayat Ali of PSP won in 1962.[3] Muzzafar Hussain of Congress won in 1957.[2] Prior to that Goalpokhar constituency was not there.

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References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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  8. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  15. "Results of bye – elections to the 31 (thirty one) Assembly Constituencies and 1(one) Lok Sabha Constituency" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Goalpokhar. Empowering India. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  18. "Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll". PTI, 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  19. "West Bengal State Assembly Byelections 2009". Indian Election Affairs. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  20. "29 - Goalpokhar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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