Galsi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Galsi
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Galsi Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Galsi Galsi (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°20′N87°42′E / 23.333°N 87.700°E / 23.333; 87.700 Coordinates: 23°20′N87°42′E / 23.333°N 87.700°E / 23.333; 87.700
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman, Purba Bardhaman
Constituency No.	274
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	39. Bardhaman-Durgapur
Electorate (year)	204,466 (2011)

Galsi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district and Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The seat 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. Adra, Bhunri, Gohogram, Khano, Maszidpur, Sanko and Satinadi gram panchayats of Galsi II CD Block are part of Khandaghosh (Vidhan Sabha constituency). ^[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]

The West Bengal political scenario has changed dramatically over the years. In the early years after independence it was a scene of fluctuating fortunes between the Congress and the Left wing parties, till the latter captured power in the late seventies. The United News of India in a candid analysis says, “The green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.” ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Galsi	Jadabendra Nath Panja and Mahitosh Saha	Indian National Congress [3]
1957		Phakir Chandra Roy and Pramatha Nath Dhibar	Independent and Marxist Forward Bloc [4]
1962		Kanai Lal Das	Indian National Congress [5]
1967		Phakir Chandra Roy	Independent [6]
1969		Phakir Chandra Roy	Independent [7]
1971		Anil Roy	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1972		Aswini Roy	Communist Party of India [9]
1977	Galsi	Debranjan Sen	Forward Bloc [10]
1977	Kanksa	Lakshi Narayan Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1982	Galsi	Debranjan Sen	Forward Bloc [12]
1982	Kanksa	Lakshi Narayan Saha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
1987	Galsi	Debranjan Sen	Forward Block [14]
1987	Kanksa	Krishna Chandra Halder	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
1991	Galsi	Dilip Mazumdar	Communist Party of India (marxist) [16]
1991	Kanksa	Krishna Chandra Halder	Communist Party of India (marxist) [17]
1996	Galsi	Idrish Mondal	Forward Bloc [18]
1996	Kanksa	Suresh Ankure	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [19]
2001	Galsi	Mehboob Mandal	Forward Bloc [20]
2001	Kanksa	Suresh Ankure	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [21]
2006	Galsi	Mehboob Mandal	ForwardBlock [22] [23]
2006	Kanksa	Suresh Ankure	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [24] [25]
2011	Galsi	Sunil Kumar Mondal	Forward Block [26]
2014 By election		Gour Chandra Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress
2016		Alok Kumar Majhi	All India Trinamool Congress [27]
2021		Nepal Ghorui	All India Trinamool Congress [28]

Election results

2021

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Galsi ^[28]

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Galsi ^[27]

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

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. ^[29]

West Bengal assembly by-elections, 2014: Galsi (SC) constituency ^[30]

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Galsi ^{[31] [32] [33]}

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
	AIFB hold		Swing	#

.# 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. ^[34]

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. ^[35]

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