Panchla Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Panchla | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 175 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Panchla Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| LS constituency | Howrah |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 206,646 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Gulshan Mallick | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 175 Panchla Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Panchla community development block and Gobindapur, Islampur, Laskarpur, Polegustia gram panchayats of Jagatballavpur community development block.[1]
Panchla Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Panchla was earlier part of Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Panchla | Apurba Lal Mazumdar | All India Forward Bloc[3] |
| 1967 | A.P.Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| 1969 | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc[5] | |
| 1971 | Ashoke Kumar Ghose | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] | |
| 1972 | Sk Anwar Ali | Indian National Congress[7] | |
| 1977 | Santosh Kumar Das | All India Forward Bloc[8] | |
| 1982 | Anwar Ali Sheikh | Indian National Congress[9] | |
| 1987 | Sailen Mondal | All India Forward Bloc[10] | |
| 1991 | Sailen Mondal | All India Forward Bloc[11] | |
| 1996 | Gulshan Mullick | Indian National Congress[12] | |
| 2001 | Sailen Mondal | All India Forward Bloc[13] | |
| 2006 | Doli Roy | All India Forward Bloc[14] | |
| 2011 | Gulshan Mallick | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | |
| 2016 | Gulshan Mallick | All India Trinamool Congress[15] | |
| 2021 | Gulshan Mallick | All India Trinamool Congress[15] |
Election results
2016
AITCCandidate-Gulshan MallikVotes-101126Percentage-52.98AIFBCandidate-Doli RoyVotes-69199Percentage-36.25BJPCandidate-Bhabani Prashad RoyVotes-16060Percentage-8.42IndependentCandidate-Shyamal MondalVotes-1018Percentage-0.52IUCAhmed Hossain MiddyaVotes-891Percentage-0.47
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gulshan Mallick | 76,628 | 45.76 | -6.54# | |
| AIFB | Doli Roy | 64,510 | 38.53 | -9.27 | |
| Independent | Mohit Lal Ghanti | 14,487 | |||
| BJP | Shyamal Kumar Adak | 7,523 | |||
| BSP | Sakirul Islam Sekh | 1,870 | |||
| Independent | Shyamal Mondal | 1,637 | |||
| People’s Democratic Conference of India | Mohiuddin Mollah | 785 | |||
| Turnout | 167,440 | 81.03 | |||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | 2.83# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[14] Doli Roy of Forward Bloc won the Panchla assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Abul Kassem Molla of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sailen Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Sk. Nazrul Islam of Trinamool Congress in 2001.[13] Gulshan Mullick of Congress defeated Sailen Mondal of Forward Bloc in 1996.[12] Sailen Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Prafulla Santra of Congress in 1991,[11] and Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress in 1987.[10] Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress defeated Santosh Kumar Das of Forward Bloc in 1982.[9] Santosh Kumar Das of Forward Bloc defeated Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress in 1977.[8][17]
1962-1972
Sk Anwar Ali of Congress won in 1972.[7] Asoke Kumar Ghosh of CPI(M) won in 1971.[6] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1969.[5] A.P.Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1967.[4] Apurba Lal Majumdar of Forward Bloc won in 1962.[3] The Panchla seat did not exist prior to that.