Panchla Assembly constituency explained

Panchla
Type:SLA
Mla:Gulshan Mallick
Party:All India Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2021
State:West Bengal
District:Howrah
Loksabha Cons:Howrah
Constituency No:175
Established:1962
Electors:206,646
Reservation:None

Panchla Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 175 Panchla Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Panchla community development block and Gobindapur, Islampur, Laskarpur, Polegustia gram panchayats of Jagatballavpur community development block.[1]

Panchla Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Panchla was earlier part of Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962PanchlaApurba Lal MazumdarAll India Forward Bloc[3]
1967A.P.MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress[4]
1969Kanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc[5]
1971Ashoke Kumar GhoseCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972Sk Anwar AliIndian National Congress[7]
1977Santosh Kumar DasAll India Forward Bloc[8]
1982Anwar Ali SheikhIndian National Congress[9]
1987Sailen MondalAll India Forward Bloc[10]
1991Sailen MondalAll India Forward Bloc[11]
1996Gulshan MullickIndian National Congress[12]
2001Sailen MondalAll India Forward Bloc[13]
2006Doli RoyAll India Forward Bloc[14]
2011Gulshan MallickAll India Trinamool Congress[15]
2016Gulshan MallickAll India Trinamool Congress
2021Gulshan MallickAll India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections,[14] Doli Roy of Forward Bloc won the Panchla assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Abul Kassem Molla of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sailen Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Sk. Nazrul Islam of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[13] Gulshan Mullick of Congress defeated Sailen Mondal of Forward Bloc in 1996.[12] Sailen Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Prafulla Santra of Congress in 1991,[11] and Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress in 1987.[10] Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress defeated Santosh Kumar Das of Forward Bloc in 1982.[9] Santosh Kumar Das of Forward Bloc defeated Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress in 1977.[8] [16]

1962-1972

Sk Anwar Ali of Congress won in 1972.[7] Asoke Kumar Ghosh of CPI(M) won in 1971.[6] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1969.[5] A.P.Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1967.[4] Apurba Lal Majumdar of Forward Bloc won in 1962.[3] The Panchla seat did not exist prior to that.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 25 July 2015. West Bengal . Election Commission of India.
  2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha . 2010-11-01 . Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies . Election Commission of India .
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  10. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  11. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  12. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 6 February 2015.
  13. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  14. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  15. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
  16. Web site: 168 - Panchla Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 25 November 2010.