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Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canning Purba Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Canning Purba | |
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Constituency No. 139 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
District | South 24 Parganas |
LS constituency | Jaynagar |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 262,325 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2021 |
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Canning Purba (Bidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:[1]
Canning Purba (Bidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
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Canning | ||
1957 | Khagendra Nath Naskar | Indian National Congress[2] |
Abdus Shukur | Indian National Congress[2] | |
1962 | Khagendra Nath Naskar | Indian National Congress[3] |
1967 | A.C.Halder | Bangla Congress[4] |
1969 | Narayan Naskar | Indian National Congress[5] |
1971 | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | Indian National Congress[6] |
1972 | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | Indian National Congress[7] |
Canning Purba | ||
1977 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] |
1982 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] |
1987 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] |
1991 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] |
1996 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] |
2001 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] |
2006 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] |
2011 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] |
2016 | Saokat Molla | All India Trinamool Congress |
2021 | Saokat Molla | All India Trinamool Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Saokat Molla | 122,301 | 52.54 | −7.02 | |
ISF | Gaji Shahabuddin Siraji | 69,294 | 29.77 | ||
BJP | Kalipada Naskar | 34,503 | 14.82 | +8.47 | |
SUCI(C) | Rafik Akunje | 2,686 | 1.15 | −0.17 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,267 | 0.97 | −0.64 | |
Independent | Ajay Haldar | 1,715 | 0.74 | ||
Turnout | 232,766 | 97.20 | +10.50 | ||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Saokat Molla | 115,264 | 59.56 | ||
CPI(M) | Ajijer Rahaman Molla | 60,230 | 31.12 | −24.00 | |
BJP | Sudarshan Goswami | 12,293 | 6.35 | +4.08 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 3,193 | 1.61 | ||
SUCI(C) | Sujit Naskar | 2,548 | 1.32 | −0.02 | |
Turnout | 193,528 | 87.70 | −1.58 | ||
AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | Abdur Razzak Molla | 85,105 | 55.12 | −2.44 | |
INC | Ibrahim Molla | 63,992 | 41.44 | +2.97 | |
BJP | Ghanasyam Mondal | 3,503 | 2.27 | ||
SUCI(C) | Eahia Akhand | 2,074 | 1.34 | ||
SDPI | Anisur Rahaman | 1,179 | 0.76 | ||
BSP | Mahim Chandra Sardar | 874 | 0.57 | ||
Turnout | 154,403 | 89.28 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | -5.41 |
Abdur Razzak Molla of CPI(M) has represented the Canning Purba Assembly constituency from 1977 to 2006. He defeated his nearest rivals, Amirul Islam of AITC in 2006,[14] Mujibar Rahman Kayal of INC in 2001,[13] Akram Laskar of INC in 1996,[12] Abdus Sattar Molla of INC in 1991,[11] Amar Nath Bandopadhyay of INC in 1987,[10] Ahammad Nuruzzaman of INC in 1982[9] and Osman Gani of INC in 1977.[8][17]
Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC won the Canning Assembly constituency in 1972[7] and 1971.[6] Narayan Naskar of INC won in 1969.[5] A.C.Halder of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[4] Khagendra Nath Naskar of INC won in 1962.[3] In 1957,[2] Canning Assembly constituency had joint seats. Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both of INC, won. The seat did not exist prior to that.
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