Kolkata Port Assembly constituency

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Kolkata Port
Constituency No. 158 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Kolkata Port Assembly constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Kolkata
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Dakshin
Established2011
Total electors235,854
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Kolkata Port Assembly constituency (earlier known as Garden Reach Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Overview

As per the Delimitation Commission order in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, Kolkata Port Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Kolkata Port Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1952 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress
1957 Shaikh Abdullah Farooquie Communist Party of India
1962 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress
1967
1969 Arun Sen Communist Party of India
1971 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress
1972 Chhedilal Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1982 Samsuzzoha Indian National Congress
1987 Fazle Azim Molla
1991
1996 Mohammed Amin Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001
2006 Abdul Khaleque Molla Indian National Congress
Constituency renamed from Garden Reach to Kolkata Port
2011 Firhad Hakim All India Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kolkata Port
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Firhad Hakim 105,543 69.23
BJP Awadh Kishore Gupta36,98924.26
INC Md. Muktar5,5903.67
None of the Above None of the Above 1,3600.89
IND Sanjay Dey1,1390.75
Majority 68,55444.97
Turnout 1,52,51364.64
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kolkata Port
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Firhad Hakim 73,459 53.21 +4.58
INC Rakesh Singh46,91133.98New
BJP Awadh Kishore Gupta11,7008.48+6.42
None of the Above None of the Above2,1641.57New
IND Vivek Kumar Thakur1,0190.74
Majority 26,54819.23+0.17
Turnout 1,38,05063.42−2.49
AITC hold Swing +4.58

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kolkata Port
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Firhad Hakim 63,866 48.63
AIFB Moinuddin Sams38,83329.57
IND Ram Pyare Ram22,13116.85
BJP Raj Kumari Shaw2,6992.06
IND Sanjay Lal Das2,0461.56
Majority 25,03319.06
Turnout 1,31,31465.91
AITC win

Ram Pyare Ram, contesting as an independent, was a rebel INC candidate. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "Fair-&-free chant in red and green camps - Congress suspends six more rebel candidates". The Telegraph, 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.