Goalpara East Assembly constituency
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Goalpara East (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly in the north east state of Assam, India. Goalpara East is also part of Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency
Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam of the Indian National Congress represents this constituency.
Members of Legislative Assembly
- 1967: B. K. Ghose, Independent
- 1972: Balabhadra Das, Indian National Congress
- 1978: Birendra Nath Choudhury, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1983: Mohammad Ali, Independent
- 1985: Maziruddin Ahmed, Independent
- 1991: Ratneshwar Das, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Jyotish Das, Asom Gana Parishad
- 2001: Shadeed Mazumder, Nationalist Congress Party
- 2006: Dulal Chandra Ghosh, Nationalist Congress Party
- 2011: Monowar Hussain, All India United Democratic Front
- 2016: Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam, Indian National Congress
Election results
2016 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam | 57,374 | 33.51 | +18.85 | |
| BJP | Gauranga Prasad Das | 54,793 | 32.03 | +29.68 | |
| AIUDF | Shadeed Mazumder | 27,778 | 16.22 | −10.65 | |
| Independent | Abul Kalam Hussain | 12,138 | 7.08 | N/A | |
| AITC | Elbarth Marak | 7,172 | 4.18 | +3.70 | |
| NPP | Punam Chand Sharma (Lilu) | 6,710 | 3.91 | N/A | |
| NCP | Kofil Uddin Ahmed | 971 | 0.56 | −0.96 | |
| Independent | Birmal Ray | 770 | 0.44 | N/A | |
| BRP | Soleman Ali | 592 | 0.34 | N/A | |
| Independent | Naren Sankar Rabha | 495 | 0.28 | N/A | |
| RPI(A) | Mehbubar Rahman | 483 | 0.28 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mujaharul Islam | 447 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Abdul Hamid | 420 | 0.24 | −0.24 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,064 | 0.62 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,581 | 1.48 | +0.13 | ||
| Turnout | 1,71,207 | 90.64 | +4.71 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,88,875 | ||||
| INC gain from AIUDF | Swing | +4.10 | |||
2011 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIUDF | Monowar Hussain | 36,353 | 26.78 | +6.10 | |
| AGP | Jyotish Das | 34,511 | 25.43 | +5.85 | |
| Independent | Shadeed Mazumder | 23,580 | 17.37 | N/A | |
| INC | Dulal Chandra Ghosh | 19,898 | 14.66 | −5.79 | |
| Independent | Elbarth Marak | 13,102 | 9.65 | +3.67 | |
| BJP | Mono Mohan Nath | 3,195 | 2.35 | +1.22 | |
| NCP | Jesmina Islam | 2,069 | 1.52 | −25.61 | |
| Independent | Arun Das | 1,662 | 1.22 | N/A | |
| AITC | Gole Rahman | 665 | 0.48 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Azhar Hussain | 657 | 0.48 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,842 | 1.35 | −5.10 | ||
| Turnout | 1,35,692 | 85.93 | +4.29 | ||
| AIUDF gain from NCP | Swing | ||||
2006 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Dulal Chandra Ghosh | 34,370 | 27.13 | ||
| AIUDF | Abul Kalam Hussain | 26,193 | 20.68 | ||
| INC | Shadeed Mazumder | 25,901 | 20.45 | ||
| AGP | Jyotish Das | 24,803 | 19.58 | ||
| Independent | Elbarth Marak | 7,572 | 5.98 | ||
| Independent | Mokaddes Ali Mondal | 2,367 | 1.87 | ||
| BJP | Gobinda Kalita | 1,427 | 1.13 | ||
| Independent | Husnejeha Begum | 1,323 | 1.04 | ||
| AGP(P) | Kalyan Kumar Das | 850 | 0.67 | ||
| NBNP | Sahjahan Ali | 566 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Gole Rahman | 522 | 0.41 | ||
| JD(U) | Safiul Islam | 441 | 0.35 | ||
| LJP | Shayema Mazumder | 339 | 0.27 | ||
| Majority | 8,177 | 6.45 | |||
| Turnout | 1,26,674 | 81.64 | |||
| NCP hold | Swing | ||||