Galsi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Coordinates: 23°20′N 87°42′E / 23.333°N 87.700°ECoordinates: 23°20′N 87°42′E / 23.333°N 87.700°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| 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.
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).
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).
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.
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest this seat in 2006.
Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See for details)
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.
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