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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Goalpokhar
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Goalpokhar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Goalpokhar Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
| constituency_no = 30
| established = 1957
| electors = 224,633
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Goalpokhar Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Uttar Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 30 Goalpokhar Assembly constituency covers [[Goalpokhar I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<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 | access-date = 2 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Goalpokhar Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!Election Year
!MLA
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Goalpokhar constituency'''
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|'''Muzaffar Hussain'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|'''Mohammad Hayat Ali'''
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |'''Mohammad Salimuddin'''
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Sheikh Sharafat Hossain]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="4" |'''[[Md. Ramjan Ali]]'''
| {{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Hafiz Alam Sairani]]'''
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|'''[[Deepa Dasmunsi]]'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|'''2009'''
|'''[[Ali Imran Ramz]]'''
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="3" |'''[[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]'''
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|}
'''bolded year =''' bye

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Goalpokhar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]
|party = Trinamool Congress
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sarjit Biswas
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Juber Alam
|party = All India Forward Bloc
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Masood Md. Naseem Ahsen
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Nabin Chandra Singha
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
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{{Election box end}}

===2021 Election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Goalpokhar constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]
|votes = 105,649
|percentage = 65.40
|change = +21.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Md. Ghulam Sarwar
|votes = 32,125
|percentage = 19.89
|change = +8.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Masood Md. Naseem Ahsen
|votes = 19,391
|percentage = 12.00
|change = -26.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2,016
|percentage = 1.25
|change = +0.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sunil Biswas
|votes = 865
|percentage = 0.54
|change = -0.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shambhu Lal Roy
|votes = 694
|percentage = 0.43
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Raghu Nath Singha
|votes = 405
|percentage = 0.25
|change = -0.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Nabin Chandra Singha
|votes = 380
|percentage = 0.24
|change = -1.00
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 161,535
|percentage = 74.90
|change = +0.59
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 Election===

{{Election box begin | title= [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Goalpokhar constituency}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]
|votes = 64,869
|percentage = 43.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Afjal Hosen
|votes = 57,121
|percentage = 38.67
|change = -10.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Debashis Sarkar
|votes = 16,966
|percentage = 11.49
|change = +5.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Julia Yeasmin
|votes = 2,887
|percentage = 1.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Dulal Rajbanshi
|votes = 1,827
|percentage = 1.24
|change = -0.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mansingha Hansda
|votes = 1,805
|percentage = 1.22
|change = -2.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,557
|percentage = 1.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Raghu Nath Singha
|votes = 685
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 147,717
|percentage = 74.31
|change = +0.85
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Goalpokhar constituency<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=30|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Goalpokhar|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 20 April 2011|archive-date = 15 June 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130615071027/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=30|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]
|votes = 61,313
|percentage = 49.05
|change = -2.02#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Saifur Rahman
|votes = 47,900
|percentage = 38.32
|change = -4.89#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shaukat Ali
|votes = 6,956
|percentage = 5.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kamaruzzama
|votes = 4,592
|percentage = 3.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Dulal Rajbanshi
|votes = 2,264
|percentage = 1.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Niva Sarkar (Das)
|votes = 1,970
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 124,995
|percentage = 73.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = All India Forward Bloc
|swing = 2.87#
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

===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.
{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal state assembly bye election, 2009: Goalpokhar constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011by>{{cite web| url = http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/mamata-banerjee-wins-assembly-bypoll_591641.html | title = Mamata Banerjee wins assembly bypoll | access-date = 28 September 2011 | publisher = PTI, 28 September 2011 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = [[Ali Imran Ramz]]
|votes = 72,017
|percentage = 76.74
|change = +12.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Md. Ghulam Rabbani]]
|votes = 57,299
|percentage = 23.26
|change = -7.47
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 94710
|percentage = 44.88
|change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Forward Bloc
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2009===
In the by election in 2009 caused by the election of the sitting MLA, [[Deepa Dasmunshi]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] to the Lok Sabha from [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]], the Goalpokhar assembly seat was won by [[Ali Imran Ramz]] of [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]].<ref name="vidhansabha2009bye">{{cite web |title=Results of bye – elections to the 31 (thirty one) Assembly Constituencies and 1(one) Lok Sabha Constituency |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/press/current/pn101109.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://indian-electionaffairs.com/results/bye-elections/West_Bengal_bye-elections-2009.html| title = West Bengal State Assembly Byelections 2009| publisher = Indian Election Affairs| access-date = 29 August 2009| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713024926/http://indian-electionaffairs.com/results/bye-elections/West_Bengal_bye-elections-2009.html| archive-date = 13 July 2011}}</ref> 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 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]].<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Hafiz Alam Sairani of Forward Bloc defeated Deepa Dasmunshi of Congress in 2001,<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and Md Mustafa of Congress in 1996.<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Md Ramjan Ali of Forward Bloc defeated Nizamuddin Ahamed of Congress in 1991<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1987,<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Puranmal Chand Maheswari of [[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]]/ Independent, in 1982<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp29.htm | title = 29 - Goalpokhar Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 29 August 2009}}</ref>

===1957–1972===
Sheikh Sharafat Hussain of Congress won in 1972<ref name="vidhansabha1972">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Mohamad Salimuddin of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] won 1969<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name="vidhansabha1967">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Mohammad Hayat Ali of PSP won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name="vidhansabha1962">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Muzzafar Hussain of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name="vidhansabha1957">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |access-date=1 July 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Prior to that Goalpokhar constituency was not there.

==References==
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{{Uttar Dinajpur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Dinajpur district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

Goalpokhar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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