{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Gazole | type = SLA | map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Gazole.map}} | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Gazole Assembly Constituency | map_alt = | state = West Bengal | district = Malda | loksabha_cons = Maldaha Uttar | constituency_no = 44 | established = 1951 | reservation = SC | abolished = | mla = Chinmoy Deb Barman | party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}} | latest_election_year = 2021 | electors = 267,096 }}

'''Gazole Assembly constituency''' is an assembly constituency in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

==Overview== As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 44 Gazole Assembly constituency (SC) covers Gazole community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 12 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Gazole Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Maldaha Uttar (Lok Sabha constituency).<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Name !colspan=2|Party |- |1951 |Dharanidhar Sarkar |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |- |1957 !colspan="3"|No seat |- |1962 !colspan="3"|No seat |- |1967 |D. Murmu |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |1969 |Lakshman Saren |- |1971 |Suphal Murmu |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}} |- |1972 |Benjamin Hembrom |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |1977 |rowspan="3"|Suphal Murmu |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}} |- |1982 |- |1987 |- |1991 |rowspan="2"|Debnath Murmu |- |1996 |- |2001 |rowspan="2"|Sadhu Tudu |- |2006 |- |2011 |Sushil Chandra Roy |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |2016 |Dipali Biswas |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}} |- |2021 |rowspan=2|Chinmoy Deb Barman |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- |2026 |}

==Election results== === 2026 === {{Election box begin|title=2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Gazole<ref name="election2026">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2026/27 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Chinmoy Deb Barman |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:131541}} |percentage = 53.94 |change = +8.44 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Prasenjit Das |votes = {{formatnum:93349}} |percentage = 38.28 |change = -6.41 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Kshitish Chandra Sarkar |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes = {{formatnum:5949}} |percentage = 2.44 |change = -3.87 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Prem Chowdhury |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:5050}} |percentage = 2.07 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:1493}} |percentage = 0.61 |change = -0.17 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:38192}} |percentage = 15.66 |change = +14.85 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:243885}} |percentage = 95.5 |change = +12.68 }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = BJP |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2021 === {{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Gazole<ref name="election2021">{{Cite web |title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14106-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021-including-ac-56-58/ |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Chinmoy Deb Barman |votes = {{formatnum:100655}} |percentage = 45.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Basanti Barman |votes = {{formatnum:98857}} |percentage = 44.69 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Arun Kumar Biswas |votes = {{formatnum:13950}} |percentage = 6.31 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above (India) |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:1736}} |percentage = 0.78 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:1798}} |percentage = 0.81 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:221214}} |percentage = 82.82 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2016 === In the 2016 election, Dipali Biswas of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Sushil Chandra Roy of Trinamool Congress. {{Election box begin | title=2016 West Bengal state assembly election: Gazole<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="election2011">{{cite web |url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=44 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Gazole |publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011 |archive-date = 6 June 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606041036/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=44 |url-status = usurped }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Dipali Biswas |votes = 85,949 |percentage = 43.34 |change = {{increase}}0.69 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Trinamool Congress |candidate = Sushil Chandra Roy |votes = 65,347 |percentage = 32.95 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Sudhangsu Sarkar |votes = 28,768 |percentage = 14.51 |change = {{increase}}9.25 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Samajwadi Party |candidate = Kamal Chandra Sarkar |votes = 4,313 |percentage = 2.17 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = 3,490 |percentage = 1.76 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority | |votes = 20,602 |percentage = 10.39 |change = {{increase}}6.94 }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 1,98,327 |percentage = 84.82 |change = {{decrease}}1.84 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}} Note- In 2016 election, the Indian National Congress supported CPIM in this seat.

=== 2011 === In the 2011 election, Sushil Chandra Roy of Congress defeated his nearest rival Gobinda Mondal of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Gazole (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref name="vidhansabha2011"/>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Sushil Chandra Roy |votes = 74,654 |percentage = 46.10 |change = {{increase}}7.44 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |candidate = Gobinda Mondal |votes = 69,070 |percentage = 42.65 |change = {{decrease}}4.78 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Prafulla Chandra Sarkar |votes = 8,514 |percentage = 5.26 |change = }} {{Election box candidate |party = Independent |candidate = Pradip Kumar Sarkar |votes = 2,592 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |candidate = Gautam Sarkar |votes = 2,186 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Kamal Chandra Sarkar |votes = 1,921 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |candidate = Manabendra Roy |votes = 1,695 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate |party = Independent |candidate = Partha Biswas |votes = 1,309 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box majority | |votes = 5,584 |percentage = 3.45 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 161,941 |percentage = 86.66 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing = {{increase}}12.22 }} {{Election box end}} <small>.# Swing based on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.</small>

=== 2006 === In the 2006<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> 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<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and Nabakumar Hembram of Congress in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Suphal Murmu of CPI(M) defeated Nabakumar Hembram of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Benjamin Hembram of Congress in 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and Shyan Murmu of Janata Party in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp40.htm | title = 40 - Gajol (ST) Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

=== 1972 === Benjamin Hembram of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Suphal Murmu of CPI(M) won in 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> Lakshan Saren of Congress won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> D. Murmu of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> The Gazole seat did not exist in 1962<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref> In independent India's first election in 1951 Dharanidhar Sarkar of CPI won the Gazole seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>

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