# Goalpara West Assembly constituency

Goalpara West Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly in the north east state of Assam, India. Goalpara West is also part of Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

* 1967: S. A. Jotder, Praja Socialist Party
* 1972: S. A. Jotder, Indian National Congress
* 1978: Nazmul Haque, Independent
* 1983: Hassanuddin Ahmed, Indian National Congress
* 1985: Sheikh Saman Ali, Independent
* 1991: Nazmul Haque, Independent
* 1996: Abu Bakar Siddique Jotdar, Indian National Congress
* 2001: Sheikh Shah Alam, Nationalist Congress Party
* 2006: Abdur Rashid Mandal, Indian National Congress
* 2011: Sheikh Shah Alam, All India United Democratic Front
* 2016: Abdur Rashid Mandal, Indian National Congress
| Year | Member | Party | Party |
| 2021 | Abdur Rashid Mandal | | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### 2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Goalpara West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Abdur Rashid Mandal | 61,007 | 44.77 | +24.65 |
| | AIUDF | Sheikh Shah Alam | 36,668 | 26.90 | −7.27 |
| | BJP | Jabeen Barbhuiyan | 32,432 | 23.80 | +22.39 |
| | AGP | Anowar Hussain | 1,154 | 0.84 | −23.44 |
| | SUCI(C) | Mohibul Islam | 1,016 | 0.74 | −1.14 |
| | AITC | Zesmina Khatun | 582 | 0.42 | −0.38 |
| | Independent | Mizanur Rahman | 523 | 0.38 | N/A |
| | RPI(A) | Khanindra Chandra Nath | 489 | 0.35 | N/A |
| | Independent | Babli Goswami Chakraborty | 480 | 0.35 | N/A |
| | JMBP | Ali Akbar | 457 | 0.33 | N/A |
| | Independent | Jali Begum | 289 | 0.21 | N/A |
| | NPP | Joynal Abedin | 269 | 0.19 | N/A |
| | NAICP | Giasuddin Ahmed | 252 | 0.18 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 646 | 0.47 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,339 | 17.87 | +7.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,36,264 | 91.67 | +2.98 |
| | INC gain from AIUDF | INC gain from AIUDF | Swing | +15.69 | |

### 2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Goalpara West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIUDF | Sheikh Shah Alam | 37,800 | 34.17 | +9.91 |
| | AGP | Purandar Rabha | 26,862 | 24.28 | +4.42 |
| | INC | Abdur Rashid Mandal | 22,261 | 20.12 | −6.77 |
| | NCP | Abs Joddar | 19,154 | 17.31 | −0.45 |
| | SUCI(C) | Nazmul Haque | 2,069 | 1.87 | N/A |
| | BJP | Nishikanta Hajong | 1,563 | 1.41 | −0.59 |
| | AITC | Dilip Roy | 894 | 0.80 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,938 | 9.89 | +7.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,10,603 | 88.69 | +6.00 |
| | AIUDF gain from INC | AIUDF gain from INC | Swing | +1.57 | |

### 2006

Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006: Goalpara West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Abdur Rashid Mandal | 26,330 | 26.89 |
| | AIUDF | Ahammad Ali | 23,755 | 24.26 |
| | AGP | Robin Rabha | 19,440 | 19.86 |
| | NCP | Abu Bakkar Siddique Jotdar | 17,393 | 17.76 |
| | Independent | Nozmul Haque | 6,534 | 6.67 |
| | BJP | Saman Ali | 1,961 | 2.00 |
| | AIMF | Nazir Uddin Ahmed | 645 | 0.66 |
| | AGP(P) | Abul Kashem | 525 | 0.54 |
| | Independent | Arif Uddin Ahmed | 486 | 0.50 |
| | IUML | Jahirul Islam | 472 | 0.48 |
| | LJP | Delowara Begum | 365 | 0.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,575 | 2.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 97,906 | 82.69 |
| | INC gain from NCP | INC gain from NCP | Swing | |