Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Canning Purba
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.	139
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	Jaynagar (SC)
Electorate (year)	172,949 (2011)

Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

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]

• Deuli I, Deuli II, Kalikatala, Matherdighi, Sarengabad, Tambuldaha I and Tambuldaha II gram panchayats of Canning II community development block
• Bodra, Chandaneswar I, Chandaneswar II, Durgapur, Sanksahar and Tardah gram panchayats of Bhangar I community development block

Canning Purba (Bidhan 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 Purba	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

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2021

Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Canning Purba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Canning Purba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Canning Purba ^{[15] [16]}

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

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

Abdur Razzak Molla of CPI(M) has represented the Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha 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]}

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.
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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 2011". Canning Purba. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
17. "106 - Canning East Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.