Panchla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Panchla (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Panchla
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Panchla
Location in West Bengal
Panchla
Panchla (India)
Coordinates: 22°32′00″N 88°08′00″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Constituency No175
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency25. Howrah
Electorate (year)206,646 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 175 Panchla (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Panchla was earlier part of Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1962PanchlaApurba Lal MazumdarAll India Forward Bloc[3]
1967A.P.MukhopadhyayIndian National Congress[4]
1969Kanai Lal BhattacharyaAll India Forward Bloc[5]
1971Ashoke Kumar GhoseCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1972Sk Anwar AliIndian National Congress[7]
1977Santosh Kumar DasAll India Forward Bloc[8]
1982Anwar Ali SheikhIndian National Congress[9]
1987Sailen MondalAll India Forward Bloc[10]
1991Sailen MondalAll India Forward Bloc[11]
1996Gulshan MullickIndian National Congress[12]
2001Sailen MondalAll India Forward Bloc[13]
2006Doli RoyAll India Forward Bloc[14]
2011Gulshan MallickAll India Trinamool Congress[15]

2016

AITC Candidate-Gulshan Mallik Votes-101126 Percentage-52.98 AIFB Candidate-Doli Roy Votes-69199 Percentage-36.25 BJP Candidate-Bhabani Prashad Roy Votes-16060 Percentage-8.42 Independent Candidate-Shyamal Mondal Votes-1018 Percentage-0.52 IUC Ahmed Hossain Middya Votes-891 Percentage-0.47

2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Panchla constituency[15][16]
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.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Howrah district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 15 13
Indian National Congress 1 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 11
Forward bloc 0 3

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.

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  13. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Panchla. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  17. "168 - Panchla Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
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