| Galsi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 274 for theWest 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 | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Galsi is anassembly constituency inPurba Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 274 Galsi (SC) assembly constituency coversGalsi I community development block, Galsi and Kurkuba gram panchayats ofGalsi II CD Block and Kanksa, Trilokchandrapur, Bankati and Bidbehar gram panchayats ofKanksa CD Block.[1]
Galsi assembly segment was earlier part ofDurgapur (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| 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 | Mehbub Mondal[14] | |||
| 2006 | Mehbub Mondal[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] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
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 | ||||
| AITCgain fromAIFB | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIFB | Sunil Kumar Mandal | 92,126 | 50.59 | −17.09 | |
| AITC | Joydeb Saha | 81,272 | 44.63 | ||
| BJP | Tapan Bagdi | 8,714 | 4.78 | ||
| Turnout | 182,112 | 89.02 | |||
| AIFBhold | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
In2006 and 2001 assembly elections,Mehbub Mondal ofForward Bloc won the Galsi assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Anil Kumar Saha ofBJP and Ajijul Haque Mondal ofCongress 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]
Aswini Roy ofCPI 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 in1962. In 1957 and 1952, Galsi was a constituency with two seats. In1957, Phakir Chandra Roy (Independent) and Pramathanath Dhibar of Forward Bloc won the seats. Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Mahitosh Saha and Jadabendra Nath Panja, both of Congress, won the seats.[26]
