Goalpokhar is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 30 Goalpokhar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Goalpokhar I community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

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

Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Raiganj is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...

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2011

In the 2011 elections , Md. Ghulam Rabbani of Congress defeated his nearest rival Saifur Rahman of AIFB.
.# Swing calculated on Congress and Forward Bloc vote percentages in 2006 and 2011, as adequate data not available for intervening bye-election.

1977-2009

In the by election in 2009 caused by the election of the sitting MLA, Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 to the Lok Sabha from Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Raiganj is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...

, the Goalpokhar assembly seat was won by Ali Imran Ramz of Forward Bloc

All India Forward Bloc

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.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

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

The West Bengal state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in five phases. The election took place in the following manner — for 45 assembly constituency s occurred on April 17, 2006; 66 ACs on April 22, 77 ACs on April 27, 57 ACs...

. Hafiz Alam Sarani of Forward Bloc defeated Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress in 2001, and Md Mustafa of Congress in 1996. Md Ramjan Ali of Forward Bloc defeated Nizamuddin Ahamed of Congress 1991 and 1987, Puranmal Chand Maheswari of BJP/ Independent, in 1982 and 1977.

1957–1972

Sheikh Sharafat Hussain of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Mohamad Salimuddin of PSP

Praja Socialist Party

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 won 1969 and 1967. Mohammad Hayat Ali of PSP won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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. Muzzafar Hussain of Congress won in 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

. Prior to that Goalpokhar constituency was not there.