Country India District Malda Type Reserved for SC | State West Bengal Constituency No 44 Lok Sabha constituency 7. Maldaha Uttar | |
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Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (also spelt Gajol) is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It was earlier reserved for scheduled tribes.
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Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 44 Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) covers Gazole community development block.
Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).
2011
In the 2011 election, Sushil Chandra Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Gobinda Mondal of CPI(M).
.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 3 (See template talk page for details)
1977-2006
In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections Sadhu Tudu of CPI(M) won the Gazole (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Jatin Hansda of Congress and Nabakumar Hembrom of Trinamool Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Debnath Murmu of CPI(M) defeated Benjamin Hembrom of Congress in 1996 and Nabakumar Hembram of Congress in 1991. Suphal Murmu of CPI(M) defeated Nabakumar Hembram of Congress in 1987, Benjamin Hembram of Congress in 1982, and Shyan Murmu of Janata Party in 1977.
1951–1972
Benjamin Hembram of Congress won in 1972. Suphal Murmu of CPI(M) won in 1971. Lakshan Saren of Congress won in 1969. D. Murmu of Congress won in 1967. The Gazole seat did not exist in 1962 and 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951 Dharanidhar Sarkar of CPI won the Gazole seat.