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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Goghat 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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|motto =

|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|22|52|31|N|87|42|13|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 201
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|29. Arambagh (SC)]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 193,284 (2011)

|area_code =
|website =
|footnotes =
}}
'''Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 201 Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: [[Goghat I]] and [[Goghat II]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 26 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Goghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 29 [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Goghat||Radha Krishna Pal||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||No seat||
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||No seat||
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Ajit Kumar Biswas ||[[All India Forward Bloc]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Ajit Kumar Biswas||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Madan Mohan Medda||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Madan Mohan Medda||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Manuram Roy||[[Janata Party]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Shiba Prasad Malick||All India Forward Block<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Shiba Prasad Malick||All India Forward Bloc <ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Shiba Prasad Malick||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Shiba Prasad Mallick||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Shiba Prasad Malick||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Niranjan Pandit||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Biswanath Karak]]||All India Forward Bloc<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||[[Manas Majumdar]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Biswanath Karak]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Goghat (SC) constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Biswanath Karak]]
|votes = 102,227
|percentage = 46.56
|change = +36.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Manas Majumdar
|votes = 98,080
|percentage = 44.67
|change = -7.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Shiba Prasad Malick
|votes = 14,378
|percentage = 6.55
|change = -25.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,482
|percentage = 1.13
|change = -1.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Samir Roy
|votes = 2,378
|percentage = 1.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 219,545
|percentage = 91.88
|change = +3.34
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Goghat (SC) constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Manas Majumdar
|votes = 102,958
|percentage = 51.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Biswanath Karak]]
|votes = 72,072
|percentage = 36.32
|change = -12.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Basan Ray
|votes = 19,009
|percentage = 9.58
|change = +5.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 4,423
|percentage = 2.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 198,462
|percentage = 88.54
|change = -2.74
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Bishwanath Karak of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Debashish Medda of Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Goghat (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=201|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Goghat| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Biswanath Karak]]
|votes = 86,514
|percentage = 49.04
|change = -20.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Debasish Medda
|votes = 82,249
|percentage = 46.62
|change = +16.38#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sukumar Bag
|votes = 7,657
|percentage = 4.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 176,420
|percentage = 91.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = -37.10#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# 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.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Goghat (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2006/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=201|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Goghat| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Niranjan Pandit
|votes = 111,228
|percentage = 69.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Bishnupada Pakhira
|votes = 38,027
|percentage = 23.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Haradhan Santra
|votes = 7,657
|percentage = 6.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 73,201
|percentage = 45.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,59,599
|percentage = 91.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = -37.10#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===2001===
In the 2006 election, Niranjan Pandit of AIFB defeated his nearest rival Bishnupada Pakhira of Trinamool Congress.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2001]]: Goghat (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2006/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=201|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Goghat| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Shiba Prasad Malik
|votes = 119,236
|percentage = 79.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Haradhan Santra
|votes = 22,427
|percentage = 14.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mahadeb Santra
|votes = 8,931
|percentage = 5.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 96,809
|percentage = 64.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,50,616
|percentage = 84.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = -37.10#
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

===1977-2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Niranjan Pandit of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won the Goghat assembly seat (SC) defeating Bishnupada Pakhira of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool 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 defeating [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidates Haradhan Santra in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Lakshmi Charan Kanri in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Sove Dhara in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Nanu Ram Roy in 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> and Madan Mohan Medda in 1982.<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> Manuram Roy of [[Janata Party]] defeated Arati Biswas of Forward Bloc in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp195.htm |title = 195 - Goghat (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 1 December 2010}}</ref>

===1951-1972===
Madan Mohan Medda of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Ajit Kumar Biswas of Forward Bloc won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> The Goghat seat was not there in 1962 and 1957. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]],<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> Radha Krishna Pal, Independent, won the Goghat seat.

==References==
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{{Hooghly topics}}
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Hooghly district]]

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