# Gosaba Assembly constituency

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
* Chunakhali and Maszidbati 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 | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1972 | Paresh Chandra Baidya | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1982 | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1987 | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1991 | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1996 | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2001 | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2006 | Chittaranjan Mondal | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2011 | Jayanta Naskar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Jayanta Naskar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | Jayanta Naskar | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 by-election | Subrata Mondal | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election Results
### 2021 By election

By-election, 2021: Gosaba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Subrata Mondal | 161,474 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,43,051 | 75.24 | +63.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,85,435 | 80.58 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gosaba :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 23,619 | 12.06 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,95,985 | 85.08 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gosaba :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19,671 | 10.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,80,001 | 84.95 | −0.15 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gosaba :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 10,682 | 6.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,695 | 85.58 | |
| | AITC gain from RSP | 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.