Galsi is an assembly constituency in

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Suba ...

in the

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. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 274 Galsi (SC) assembly constituency covers

Galsi I Galsi I is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Benga ...

community development block, Galsi and Kurkuba gram panchayats of

Galsi II Galsi II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Buddhist Stupa (Bardanga) The University of Burdwan, in ...

CD Block and Kanksa, Trilokchandrapur, Bankati and Bidbehar gram panchayats of

Kanksa Kanksa is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The name Kankasha comes from the name of Sadgope king Kanka Sen Ra ...

CD Block. Galsi assembly segment was earlier part of

Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Durgapur, West Bengal, Durgapur in West Bengal. The seat was reserved for Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, sch ...

. As per orders of Delimitation Commission it is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

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.

2011

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

1977-2006

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and 2001 assembly elections, Mehbub Mondal of

Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose, and was strongest in West Bengal. The party re-established ...

won the Galsi assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Anil Kumar Saha of

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and Ajijul Haque Mondal of

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respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996 and 1991,

Idrish Mondal Idrish Mondal is an Indian politician belonging to the All India Forward Bloc. He was the MLA of Galsi Assembly constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Early life and family Mondal was born into a Bengali family of Muslim Mondals i ...

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.

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 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

. In 1957 and 1952, Galsi was a constituency with two seats. In

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, 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.

References

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Purba Bardhaman district Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Bengal