Panchla Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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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 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Howrah |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 206,646 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | 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
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Apurba Lal Mazumdar | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1967 | A.P. Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1971 | Ashoke Kumar Ghose | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | Sk Anwar Ali | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Santosh Kumar Das | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1982 | Anwar Ali Sheikh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Sailen Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Gulsan Mullick | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | Sailen Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| 2006 | Doli Roy | ||
| 2011 | Gulsan Mullick | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gulsan Mullick | ||||
| BJP | Ranjan Kumar Paul | ||||
| AIFB | Farid Molla | ||||
| INC | Rahul Pandey | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gulsan Mullick | 104,572 | 48.19 |  4.79 | |
| BJP | Mohit Lal Ghanti | 71,821 | 33.10 |  24.68 | |
| ISF | Abdul Jalil Sheikh | 35,576 | 16.39 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,411 | 1.11 | 0.14 | |
| AMB | Amar Chatterjee | 1,411 | 0.65 | New | |
| Independent | Shyamal Mondal | 1,218 | 0.56 | 0.03 | |
| Majority | 32,751 | 15.09 | 1.64 | ||
| Turnout | 2,17,009 | 81.53 | 0.41 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gulsan Mullick | 101,126 | 52.98 | 7.22 | |
| AIFB | Doli Roy | 69,199 | 36.25 | 2.28 | |
| BJP | Bhabani Prasad Ray | 16,066 | 8.42 | 3.93 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,852 | 0.97 | ||
| Independent | Shyamal Mondal | 1,018 | 0.53 | 0.45 | |
| Majority | 31,927 | 16.73 | 9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,90,868 | 81.12 | 0.1 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Gulsan Mullick | 76,628 | 45.76 | ||
| AIFB | Doli Roy | 64,510 | 38.53 | ||
| Independent | Mohit Lal Ghanti | 14,487 | 8.65 | ||
| BJP | Shyamal Kumar Adak | 7,523 | 4.49 | ||
| BSP | Shakirul Islam Sheikh | 1,870 | 1.12 | ||
| Independent | Shyamal Mondal | 1,637 | 0.98 | ||
| PDCI | Mohiuddin Mollah | 785 | 0.47 | ||
| Majority | 12,118 | 7.23 | |||
| Turnout | 1,67,440 | 81.02 | |||
| AITC gain from AIFB | Swing | ||||
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections,[5] 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.[6] Gulsan Mullick of Congress defeated Sailen Mondal of Forward Bloc in 1996.[7] Sailen Mondal of Forward Bloc defeated Prafulla Santra of Congress in 1991,[8] and Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress in 1987.[9] Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress defeated Santosh Kumar Das of Forward Bloc in 1982.[10] Santosh Kumar Das of Forward Bloc defeated Anwar Ali Sheikh of Congress in 1977.[11][12]
1962-1972
Sk Anwar Ali of Congress won in 1972.[13] Asoke Kumar Ghosh of CPI(M) won in 1971.[14] Kanai Lal Bhattacharya of Forward Bloc won in 1969.[15] A.P.Mukhopadhyay of Congress won in 1967.[16] Apurba Lal Majumdar of Forward Bloc won in 1962.[17] The Panchla seat did not exist prior to that.