Canning Paschim Assembly constituency

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Canning Paschim is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Canning Paschim
Constituency No. 138 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Canning Paschim Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Jaynagar
Established	1957
Total electors	257,552
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Paresh Ram Das
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Canning Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

• Canning I community development block
• Narayanpur gram panchayat of Canning II community development block

Canning Paschim Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party Affiliation
1977	Chittaranjan Mirdha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1982	Chittaranjan Mirdha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1987	Gobinda Chandra Naskar	Indian National Congress[4]
1991	Bimal Mistry	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1996	Bimal Mistry	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
2001	Gobinda Chandra Naskar	All India Trinamool Congress[7]
2006	Dwijapada Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
2011	Shyamal Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress[9]
2016	Shyamal Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress
2021	Paresh Ram Das	All India Trinamool Congress[10]

Election Results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Canning Paschim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Paresh Ram Das	111,059	51.00
	BJP	Arnab Roy	75,816	35.00
	Independent	Meghnath Halder	13,390	6.00
	INC	Pratap Mondal	11,908	5.00
		None of the above (NOTA) + Rest of the candidates	~6,000	2.50
Majority			35,243
	AITC hold		Swing

2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Canning Paschim^[9][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Shyamal Mondal	81,736	53.35	+3.06
	CPI(M)	Joydeb Purkait	62,122	40.55	−1.14
	BJP	Manojit Mondal	6,108	3.99
	BSP	Ajit Kumar Majumdar	3,236
Turnout			153,202	86.37
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	4.20

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006,^[8] Dwijapada Mondal of CPI(M) won the Canning Paschim Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival, Gobinda Chandra Naskar of AITC. In 2001,^[7] Gobinda Chandra Naskar of AITC defeated Bimal Mistry of CPI(M). Bimal Mistry of CPI(M) defeated Bhaskar Sinha of INC in 1996^[6] and 1991.^[5] Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC defeated Chittaranjan Mirdha of CPI(M) in 1987.^[4] Chittaranjan Mirdha of CPI(M) defeated Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC in 1982^[3] and 1977.^[2][12]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1957-1972

Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC won the Canning Assembly constituency in 1972^[13] and 1971.^[14] Narayan Naskar of INC won in 1969.^[15] A.C.Halder of Bangla Congress won in 1967.^[16] Khagendra Nath Naskar of INC won in 1962.^[17] In 1957,^[18] Canning Assembly constituency had joint seats. Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both of INC, won. The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

Notes

Citations

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
10. "West Bengal Assembly Election Candidate Paresh Ram Das". NDTV. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
11. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Canning Paschim. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
12. "105 - Canning West (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
13. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
17. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
18. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.