Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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This article is about the assembly constituency in West Bengal, India. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Gaighata. For 2 its namesake village, see Gaighata, North 24 Parganas.
Gaighata
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Gaighata is located in West Bengal
Gaighata
Gaighata
Location in West Bengal
Gaighata is located in India
Gaighata
Gaighata
Gaighata (India)
Coordinates: 22°56′0″N 88°44′0″E / 22.93333°N 88.73333°E / 22.93333; 88.73333Coordinates: 22°56′0″N 88°44′0″E / 22.93333°N 88.73333°E / 22.93333; 88.73333
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
Constituency No.97
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency14. Bangaon (SC)
Electorate (year)186,186 (2011)[1]
224,311 (2016)[2]
240,096 (2019)[3]
252,053 (2021)[4]

Gaighata Vidhan Sabha constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The Gaighata seat was an open seat up to 2011.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 97 Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Gobardanga municipality, Dharmapur I, Dharmapur II, Ichapur I, Ichapur II, Jaleswar I, Shimulpur and Sutia gram panchayats of Gaighata community development block, and Bergum I, Bergum II and Machhalandpur I gram panchayats of Habra I community development block.[5]

Gaighata (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[5] It was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]

Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1967 Gaighata C.Mitra Bangla Congress[7]
1969 Parul Saha Bangla Congress [8]
1971 Chandi Pada Mitra Indian National Congress[9]
1972 Chandi Pada Mitra Indian National Congress[10]
1977 Kanti Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1982 Kanti Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1987 Kanti Biswas Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1991 Prabir Banejee Indian National Congress[14]
1996 Manmatha Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
2001 Jyotipriya Mallick All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2006 Jyotipriya Mallick All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2011 Manjul Krishna Thakur All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2016 Pulin Bihari Ray All India Trinamool Congress [19]
2021 Subrata Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party[19]

Election results[edit]

2021[edit]

In the 2021 election, Subrata Thakur of BJP defeated his nearest rival NAROTTAM BISWAS of AITC.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Gaighata (SC) constituency[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Subrata Thakur 100808 42.27
AITC NAROTTAM BISWAS 91230 42.78
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
BJP gain from AITC Swing {{{swing}}}

2011[edit]

In the 2011 election, Majulkrishna Thakur of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Monoj Kanti Biswas of CPI.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Gaighata (SC) constituency[18][21]
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
AITC hold Swing 10.82#

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

1977-2006[edit]

In the 2006[17] and 2001 state assembly elections[16]Jyotipriya Mallick of Trinamool Congress won the Gaighata assembly seat defeating Manmatha Roy of CPI(M) on both occasions. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996,[15] Manmatha Roy of CPI(M) defeated Prabir Banerjee of Congress. In 1991,[14] Prabir Banejee of Congress defeated Kanti Biswas of CPI(M). Kanti Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1987,[13] Mira Mitra of Congress in 1982,[12] and Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1977.[11][22]

1967-1972[edit]

Chandi Pada Mitra of Congress won in 1972[10] and 1971.[9] Parul Saha of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[8] C.Mitra of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[7] Prior to that the Gaighata seat was not there.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "PC and AC Wise Polling Station and Elector" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Gaighata Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  20. ↑ "Election Commission of India".
  21. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Gaighata. Empowering India. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  22. ↑ "86 - Gaighata Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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