Galsi Assembly constituency explained

Galsi
Type:SLA
State:West Bengal
District:Purba Bardhaman
Loksabha Cons:Bardhaman–Durgapur
Constituency No:274
Established:1951
Reservation:SC
Mla:Nepal Ghorui
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2021
Electors:204,466

Galsi is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

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

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951GalsiJadabendra Nath Panja
and Mahitosh Saha		[2]
1957[3] Phakir Chandra Roy
Pramatha Nath Dhibar
1962Kanai Lal Das[4]
1967Phakir Chandra Roy[5]
1969Phakir Chandra Roy[6]
1971Anil Roy[7]
1972Aswini Roy[8]
1977Debranjan Sen[9]
1982Debranjan Sen[10]
1987Debranjan Sen[11]
1991Dilip Mazumdar[12]
1996Idrish Mondal[13]
2001Mehboob Mandal[14]
2006Mehboob Mandal[15] [16]
2011Sunil Kumar Mondal[17]
2014 By electionGour Chandra Mondal
2016Alok Kumar Majhi[18]
2021Nepal Ghorui[19]

Election results

2014 By election

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]

2011

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.

1977-2006

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.[21]

1952-1972

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.[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2010-08-21 . Government of West Bengal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 2010-09-18 .
  2. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 219 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120114095211/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf . 13 May 2021. 14 January 2012 .
  3. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 219 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006032945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf . 13 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  4. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 298 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf . 13 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  5. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 328 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf . 13 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  6. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 328 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf . 13 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  7. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 332 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf . 13 May 2021. 12 January 2012 .
  8. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 323 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf . 13 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  9. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 353 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf . 13 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  10. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 346 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf . 13 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  11. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 353 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf . 13 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  12. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 362 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf . 13 May 2021. 6 October 2010 .
  13. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 371 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf . 13 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  14. Web site: Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Detailed Results P 361 . Election Commission of India . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf . 13 May 2021. 7 October 2010 .
  15. Web site: List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006 . Galsi. rediff.com . 13 May 2021.
  16. Web site: List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election . Galsi . Elections.in . 13 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060520105555if_/http://eci.gov.in/States%20Htmls/WestBengalResults.htm . 20 May 2006 . dead.
  17. Web site: West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011 . Galsi. Elections.in . 13 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Galsi constituency. Check 2016 result . CNBC TV18 . 13 May 2021.
  19. Web site: Galsi Election Result 2021 . Times Now News.com . 13 May 2021 .
  20. Web site: TMC wins Galsi . ABP Live. 17 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150517052149/http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/02/16/article503459.ece/TMC-wins-Krishanganj-takes-massive-lead-in-Bongaon-LS-seat . 17 May 2015.
  21. Web site: 269 – Galsi Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. 2010-08-29 .
  22. Web site: Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections . 2010-08-29 . General Election Results and Statistics . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 2010-10-05 .

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