Galsi Assembly constituency
| Galsi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 274 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Galsi Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| LS constituency | Bardhaman–Durgapur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 204,466 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Galsi is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 274 Galsi (SC) assembly constituency covers Galsi I community development block, Galsi and Kurkuba gram panchayats of Galsi II CD Block and Kanksa, Trilokchandrapur, Bankati and Bidbehar gram panchayats of Kanksa CD Block.[1]
Galsi assembly segment was earlier part of Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Galsi | Jadabendra Nath Panja and Mahitosh Saha |
Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957[3] | Phakir Chandra Roy | Independent | ||
| Pramatha Nath Dhibar | Marxist Forward Bloc | |||
| 1962 | Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress[4] | ||
| 1967 | Phakir Chandra Roy | Independent[5] | ||
| 1969 | Phakir Chandra Roy[6] | |||
| 1971 | Anil Roy | Communist Party of India[7] | ||
| 1972 | Aswini Roy | Communist Party of India[8] | ||
| 1977 | Debranjan Sen | Forward Bloc[9] | ||
| 1982 | Debranjan Sen[10] | |||
| 1987 | Debranjan Sen[11] | |||
| 1991 | Dilip Mazumdar | Communist Party of India[12] | ||
| 1996 | Idrish Mondal | Forward Bloc[13] | ||
| 2001 | Mehboob Mandal[14] | |||
| 2006 | Mehboob Mandal[15][16] | |||
| 2011 | Sunil Kumar Mondal[17] | |||
| 2014 By election | Gour Chandra Mondal | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2016 | Alok Kumar Majhi[18] | |||
| 2021 | Nepal Ghorui[19] | |||
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nepal Ghorui | 109,504 | 49.21 | +15.02 | |
| BJP | Bikash Biswas | 90,242 | 40.55 | +321.00 | |
| AIFB | Nandalal Pondit | 29,063 | 15.08 | −64.80 | |
| BSP | Sandip Sarkar | 3,518 | 1.58 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2254 | 1.01 | ||
| Turnout | 222,538 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Alok Kumar Majhi | 95,203 | − | ||
| AIFB | Nandalal Podit | 84,432 | |||
| BJP | Sundar Paswan | 21,435 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3, 927 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2014 By election
[edit]In the Galsi seat, the by-election was held due to the sitting MLA, Sunil Kumar Mandal of the Forward Bloc, who switched to Trinamool Congress. This Election was held on 30 April 2014.[20]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gour Chandra Mondal | 77,623 | |||
| AIFB | Nandalal Pondit | 68,770 | |||
| BJP | Sundar Paswan | 37,620 | |||
| INC | Swapan Malik | 34,817 | |||
| Turnout | 197,845 | ||||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Sunil Kumar Mandal | 92,126 | 50.59 | −17.09 | |
| AITC | Joydeb Saha | 81,272 | 44.63 |
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| BJP | Tapan Bagdi | 8,714 | 4.78 | ||
| Turnout | 182,112 | 89.02 | |||
| AIFB hold | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
1977-2006
[edit]In 2006 and 2001 assembly elections, Mehbub Mondal of Forward Bloc won the Galsi assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Anil Kumar Saha of BJP and Ajijul Haque Mondal of Congress respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996 and 1991, Idrish Mondal of Forward Block defeated Syed Imdad Ali and Champak (both of Congress) respectively. In 1987, 1982 and 1977, Deb Ranjan Sen of Forward Block defeated Ajit Bandopadhyay, Himanshu Baran Roy and Nirmalendu Koner (all of Congress) respectively.[25]
1952-1972
[edit]Aswini Roy of CPI won the seat in 1972. Anil Roy of CPI(M) won it in 1971. Phakir Chandra Roy (Independent) won it in 1969 and 1967. Kanai Lal Das of Congress won it in 1962. In 1957 and 1952, Galsi was a constituency with two seats. In 1957, Phakir Chandra Roy (Independent) and Pramathanath Dhibar of Forward Bloc won the seats. In independent India's first election in 1951, Mahitosh Saha and Jadabendra Nath Panja, both of Congress, won the seats.[26]
References
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