Canning Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Canning Paschim
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°18′50″N88°39′54″E / 22.3139917°N 88.6650753°E / 22.3139917; 88.6650753 Coordinates: 22°18′50″N88°39′54″E / 22.3139917°N 88.6650753°E / 22.3139917; 88.6650753
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	138
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Jaynagar (SC)
Electorate (year)	177,379 (2011)

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

Overview

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

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

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1957	Canning	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]
1977	Canning Paschim	Chittaranjan Mirdha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1982		Chittaranjan Mirdha	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1987		Gobinda Chandra Naskar	Indian National Congress [10]
1991		Bimal Mistry	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1996		Bimal Mistry	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2001		Gobinda Chandra Naskar	All India Trinamool Congress [13]
2006		Dwijapada Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2011		Shyamal Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress [15]
2016		Shyamal Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Paresh Ram Das	All India Trinamool Congress [16]

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Canning Paschim ^{[15] [17]}

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, ^[14] Dwijapada Mondal of CPI(M) won the Canning Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival, Gobinda Chandra Naskar of AITC. In 2001, ^[13] Gobinda Chandra Naskar of AITC defeated Bimal Mistry of CPI(M). Bimal Mistry of CPI(M) defeated Bhaskar Sinha of INC in 1996 ^[12] and 1991. ^[11] Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC defeated Chittaranjan Mirdha of CPI(M) in 1987. ^[10] Chittaranjan Mirdha of CPI(M) defeated Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC in 1982 ^[9] and 1977. ^{[8] [18]}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1957-1972

Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC won the Canning (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) had joint seats. Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both of INC, won. The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

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, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
3. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
16. "West Bengal Assembly Election Candidate Paresh Ram Das". NDTV . Retrieved 27 June 2021.
17. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Canning Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
18. "105 - Canning West (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.