Gaighata
Constituency No. 97 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Gaighata Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictNorth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyBangaon
Established1967
Total electors252,053
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Gaighata is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation 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 Sutia gram panchayats of Gaighata community development block, and Bergum I, Bergum II and Machhalandpur I gram panchayats of Habra I community development block.[1]

Gaighata Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 14 Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1] It was earlier part of Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1967GaighataC.MitraBangla Congress[3]
1969Parul SahaBangla Congress [4]
1971Chandi Pada MitraIndian National Congress[5]
1972Chandi Pada MitraIndian National Congress[6]
1977Kanti BiswasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1982Kanti BiswasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1987Kanti BiswasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1991Prabir BanejeeIndian National Congress[10]
1996Manmatha RoyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2001Jyotipriya MallickAll India Trinamool Congress[12]
2006Jyotipriya MallickAll India Trinamool Congress[13]
2011Manjul Krishna ThakurAll India Trinamool Congress[14]
2016Pulin Bihari RayAll India Trinamool Congress [15]
2021Subrata Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party[15]

Election results

2021

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Gaighata (SC) constituency[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Subrata Thakur 100808 42.78
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
BJP gain from AITC Swing {{{swing}}}

2011

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[14][17]
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

In the 2006[13] and 2001 state assembly elections[12]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,[11] Manmatha Roy of CPI(M) defeated Prabir Banerjee of Congress. In 1991,[10] Prabir Banejee of Congress defeated Kanti Biswas of CPI(M). Kanti Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1987,[9] Mira Mitra of Congress in 1982,[8] and Radha Prasad Biswas of Congress in 1977.[7][18]

1967-1972

Chandi Pada Mitra of Congress won in 1972[6] and 1971.[5] Parul Saha of Bangla Congress won in 1969.[4] C.Mitra of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[3] Prior to that the Gaighata seat was not there.

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, Inda, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  14. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  15. 1 2 "Gaighata Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Gaighata. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  18. ↑ "86 - Gaighata Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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