Goalpara East Assembly constituency

Goalpara East
Constituency No. 37 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Division	Lower Assam
District	Goalpara
LS constituency	Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency
Established	1967
Total electors	1,88,875
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam
Party	INC
Alliance	Mohajot
Elected year	2021

Goalpara East Assembly 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.

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
• 2021: Abdul Kalam Rasheed Alam, Indian National Congress

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Goalpara East

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
Turnout			1,71,207	90.64	+4.71
Registered electors			1,88,875
	INC gain from AIUDF		Swing	+14.75

2011 results

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Goalpara East

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	+15.86

2006 results

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Goalpara East

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

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.