Gosaba Assembly constituency

Gosaba
Constituency No. 127 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Gosaba Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
LS constituency Jaynagar
Established 1967
Total electors 230,230
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Subrata Mondal
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Gosaba Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Gosaba Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

  • Gosaba community development block
  • Masjidbati and Chunakhali gram panchayats of Basanti community development block

Gosaba Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1967 G.N.Mondal Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969 Ganesh Chandra Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party
1971 Revolutionary Socialist Party
1972 Paresh Chandra Baidya Indian National Congress
1977 Ganesh Chandra Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party
1982 Revolutionary Socialist Party
1987 Revolutionary Socialist Party
1991 Revolutionary Socialist Party
1996 Revolutionary Socialist Party
2001 Revolutionary Socialist Party
2006 Chittaranjan Mondal Revolutionary Socialist Party
2011 Jayanta Naskar All India Trinamool Congress
2016 All India Trinamool Congress
2021 All India Trinamool Congress
2021 by-election Subrata Mondal All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2021 By election

By-election, 2021: Gosaba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Subrata Mondal 1,61,474 87.19 +33.20
BJP Palash Raha 18,423 9.95 -32.93
RSP Anil Chandra Mondal 3,078 1.66 -0.83
IND Tutun Mondal 1,262 0.68
NOTA None of the above 971 0.52 No Change
Majority 1,43,051 75.24 +63.18
Turnout 1,85,435 80.58
AITC hold Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gosaba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jayanta Naskar 1,05,723 53.99 +3.47
BJP Barun Pramanik (Chitta) 82,014 42.88 +36.47
RSP Anil Chandra Mondal 4,871 2.49 -37.07
BSP Haripada Mondal 1,271 0.65 +0.22
NOTA None of the above 1,017 0.52 -1.21
SUCI(C) Tapan Mistri 912 0.47 -0.11
Majority 23,619 12.06
Turnout 1,95,985 85.08
AITC hold Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gosaba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jayanta Naskar 90,716 50.52 -0.72
RSP Uttam Kumar Saha 71,045 39.56 -4.73
BJP Sonjoy Kr. Nayek 11,504 6.41
NOTA None of the above 3,109 1.73
SUCI(C) Dilip Mondal 1,058 0.58
LJP Dinabandhu Mondal 977 0.54
Majority 19,671 10.95
Turnout 1,80,001 84.95 -0.15
AITC hold Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gosaba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Jayanta Naskar 78,840 51.24 +5.11
RSP Samarendra Nath Mondal 68,158 44.29 -4.40
BJP Sukumar Mondal 4,074 2.65
PDS Mukunda Kumar Das 2,112 1.37
BSP Rathin Sarkar 1,402 0.91
Majority 10,682 6.91
Turnout 1,54,695 85.58
AITC gain from RSP Swing 9.51

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006, Chittaranjan Mondal of RSP won the Gosaba Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Jayanta Naskar of AITC. Ganesh Chandra Mondal of RSP won from 1977 to 2001, defeating Sujit Pramanick of AITC in 2001 and 1996, Jitendranath Gayen of INC in 1991, Pramila Biswas of INC in 1987, Sandhyakar Mondal of INC in 1982 and Paresh Chandra Baidya of INC in 1977.

Legislative Assembly Elections 1967-1972

Paresh Chandra Baidya of INC won in 1972. Ganesh Chandra Mondal of RSP won in 1971 and 1969. G.N.Mondal of BJS won in 1967. The seat did not exist prior to that.