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 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman–Durgapur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 204,466 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Galsi Assembly constituency 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]
As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Galsi assembly segment was earlier part of Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Name | Party | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jadabendra Nath Panja | Indian National Congress | [2] | |
| Mahitosh Saha | ||||
| 1957 | Phakir Chandra Roy | Independent | [3] | |
| Pramatha Nath Dhibar | Marxist Forward Bloc | |||
| 1962 | Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress | [4] | |
| 1967 | Phakir Chandra Roy | Independent | [5] | |
| 1969 | [6] | |||
| 1971 | Anil Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | [7] | |
| 1972 | Ashwini Roy | Communist Party of India | [8] | |
| 1977 | Debranjan Sen | All India Forward Bloc | [9] | |
| 1982 | [10] | |||
| 1987 | [11] | |||
| 1991 | Dilip Mazumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | [12] | |
| 1996 | Idrish Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | [13] | |
| 2001 | Mehbub Mondal | [14] | ||
| 2006 | [15][16] | |||
| 2011 | Sunil Kumar Mondal | [17] | ||
| 2014^ | Gaur Chandra Mondal | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2016 | Alok Kumar Majhi | [18] | ||
| 2021 | Nepal Ghorui | [19] | ||
| 2026 | Raju Patra | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
- ^ denotes by-election
Election results
[edit]2026
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Raju Patra | 110,640 | 47.62 |  7.07
| |
| AITC | Alok Kumar Majhi | 100,146 | 43.1 |  6.11
| |
| CPI(M) | Manimala Das | 13,526 | 5.82 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,780 | 1.2 | 0.19
| |
| Majority | 10,494 | 4.52 | 4.14
| ||
| Turnout | 232,345 | 95.17 | 8.46
| ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nepal Ghorui | 109,504 | 49.21 | 2.77
| |
| BJP | Bikash Biswas | 90,242 | 40.55 | 30.09
| |
| AIFB | Nandalal Pandit | 17,020 | 7.65 | 33.54
| |
| BSP | Sandip Sarkar | 3,518 | 1.58 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,254 | 1.01 | ||
| Majority | 19,262 | 8.66 | |||
| Turnout | 222,538 | 86.71 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Alok Kumar Majhi | 95,203 | 46.44 | 5.62
| |
| AIFB | Nandalal Pandit | 84,432 | 41.19 | 4.81
| |
| BJP | Sundar Paswan | 21,435 | 10.46 | 7.63
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,927 | 1.92 | 0.17
| |
| Majority | 10,771 | 5.25 | 0.81
| ||
| Turnout | 2,04,997 | 86.55 | 0.61
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2014 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gaur Chandra Mandal | 77,799 | 40.82 | 3.81
| |
| AIFB | Nandalal Pandit | 69,336 | 36.38 | 14.21
| |
| BJP | Sundar Paswan | 34,479 | 18.09 | 13.31
| |
| INC | Swapan Malik | 8,958 | 4.70 | 
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,401 | 1.75 |
| |
| Majority | 8,463 | 4.44 | 1.52
| ||
| Turnout | 1,94,043 | 85.94 | 3.07
| ||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | ||||
2011
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Sunil Kumar Mondal | 92,126 | 50.59 | ||
| AITC | Joydeb Saha | 81,272 | 44.63 | ||
| BJP | Tapan Bagdi | 8,714 | 4.78 | ||
| Majority | 10,854 | 5.96 | |||
| Turnout | 1,82,112 | 89.01 | |||
| AIFB hold | Swing | ||||
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.[21]
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.[22]
References
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 298. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 328. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 328. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 332. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 323. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 353. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 346. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 353. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 371. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 361. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006". Galsi. rediff.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ a b "List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election". Galsi. Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ a b "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Galsi. Elections.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Galsi constituency". Check 2016 result. CNBC TV18. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Galsi Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "269 – Galsi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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