Garden Reach Assembly constituency

Not to be confused with Garden Reach.

Garden Reach
Former constituency No. 114 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Diamond Harbour
Established	1951
Abolished	2011
Reservation	None

Garden Reach Assembly constituency was a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, while Kolkata Port Assembly constituency comes into existence in 2011, Garden Reach Assembly constituency ceases to exist from the same year. ^[1]

It was part of Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	M.L.A.	Party
1951	S.M.Abdullah	Indian National Congress [3]
1957	Shaikh Abdullah Farooquie	Communist Party of India [4]
1962	S.M.Abdullah	Indian National Congress [5]
1967	S.M.Abdullah	Indian National Congress [6]
1969	Arun Sen	Communist Party of India [7]
1971	S.M.Abdullah	Indian National Congress [8]
1972	Chhedilal Singh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1977	Chhedilal Singh	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1982	Samsuzzoha	Indian National Congress [11]
1987	Fazle Azim Molla	Indian National Congress [12]
1991		Indian National Congress [13]
1996	Mohammed Amin	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2001	Mohammed Amin	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [15]
2006	Abdul Khaleque Molla	Indian National Congress [16]

Election results

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections ^[16] Abdul Khaleque Molla of Congress won the 114 Garden Reach assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mohammed Amin of CPI(M). Mohammed Amin of CPI(M) defeated Fazle Azim Molla of Trinamool Congress in 2001 ^[15] and of Congress in 1996. ^[14] Fazle Azim Molla of Congress defeated Dilip Sen of CPI(M) in 1991 ^[13] and Mohammed Amin of CPI(M) in 1987. ^[12] Shamsuzzoha of Congress defeated Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) in 1982. ^[11] Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) defeated S.M.Abdullah of Congress in 1977. ^{[10] [17]}

1951-1972

Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) won in 1972. ^[9] S.M.Abdullah of Congress won in 1971. ^[8] Arun Sen of CPI won in 1969. ^[7] S.M.Abdullah of Congress won in 1967 ^[6] and 1962. ^[5] Shaikh Abduallah Farooquie of CPI won in 1957. ^[4] S.M. Abdullah of Congress won in independent India’s first election in 1951. ^[3]

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
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, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
4. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
5. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
6. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
7. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
8. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
9. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
10. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
11. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
12. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
13. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
14. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
15. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
16. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
17. "114 - Garden Reach Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

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