Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency

Gopiballavpur
Constituency No. 221 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Gopiballavpur Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Jhargram
LS constituency	Jhargram
Established	1951
Total electors	2,26,417
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Khagendra Nath Mahata
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 221 Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Beliabera, Kharbandhi, Pet Bindhi and Tapshia gram panchayats of Gopiballavpur II community development block and Aguiboni, Chandri, Chubka, Dudhkundi, Lodhasuli, Nedabahara, Patashimul, Shalboni and Sardiha gram panchayats of Jhargram CD Block and Sankrail CD Block.

Gopiballavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 33 Jhargram (Lok Sabha constituency) (ST).

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gopiballavpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Khagendra Nath Mahata	104,115	52.00	−4.00
	BJP	Sanjit Mahato	80,347	40.00	+28.00
	CPI(M)	Prasanta Das	5,819	3.00	−25.00
	None of the Above	None of the above	2,781	1.20
	BSP	Banamali Nayek	1,260	0.60
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gopiballavpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Churamani Mahata	100,323	56.00	−0.70
	CPI(M)	Pulin Bihari Baske	50,765	28.00	−8.55
	BJP	Sushil Kumar Ghosh	21,338	12.00	+8.20
	None of the Above	None of the above	3,622	1.20
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Gopiballavpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Churamani Mahato	90,070	56.70	+24.47
	CPI(M)	Rabi Lal Maitra	58,050	36.55	−26.80
	BJP	Sanjit Mahata	5,935	3.80
	Independent	Upangshu Mahato	4,789
Turnout			158,844	89.4
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	51.27#

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

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Rabi Lal Maitra of CPI(M) won the Gopiballavpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Swapan Patra of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Bhabani Shankar Hatial of CPI(M) defeated Samay Mandi of Trinamool Congress in 2001. Rana Shakti of CPI(M) defeated Rekha Rani Mahata of Congress in 1996. Atul Chandra Das of CPI(M) defeated Prasun Sarangi of Congress in 1991. Sunil De of CPI(M) defeated Bijoy Kumar Sahu of Congress in 1987 and Santosh Rana, Independent, in 1982. Santosh Rana, Independent, defeated Abani Bhusan Satpathi of CPI(M) in 1977.

1951-1972

Harish Mahapatra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Dhananjoy Kar of SSP won in 1969 and 1967. Surendra Nath Mahata of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951 Gopiballavpur had dual seats. Surendra Nath Mahata and Jagatpati Hansda, both of Congress, won in 1957. Dhanajoy Kar and Jagatpati Hansda, both of KMPP, won in independent India's first election in 1951.