Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Canning Purba
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Canning Purba

Location in West Bengal

Coordinates: 22°19′00″N 88°40′00″E / 22.31667°N 88.66667°ECoordinates: 22°19′00″N 88°40′00″E / 22.31667°N 88.66667°E
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 an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 139 Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Deuli I, Deuli II, Kalikatala, Matherdighi, Sarengabad, Tambuldaha I and Tambuldaha II gram panchayats of Canning II community development block and Bodra, Chandaneswar I, Chandaneswar II, Durgapur, Shanksahar and Tarda gram panchayats of Bhangar I community development block.[1]

Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1957CanningKhagendra Nath NaskarIndian National Congress[2]
Abdus ShukurIndian National Congress[2]
1962Khagendra Nath NaskarIndian National Congress[3]
1967A.C.HalderBangla Congress[4]
1969Narayan Naskar Indian National Congress[5]
1971Gobinda Chandra NaskarIndian National Congress[6]
1972Gobinda Chandra NaskarIndian National Congress[7]
1977Canning EastAbdur Razzak MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1982Abdur Razzak MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1987Abdur Razzak MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991Abdur Razzak MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1996Abdur Razzak MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2001Abdur Razzak MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
2006Abdur Razzak MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
2011Canning PurbaAbdur Razzak MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]

Election results

2011

In 2011, Abdur Razzak Molla of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Ibrahim Molla of Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Canning Purba constituency[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Abdur Razzak Molla 85,105 55.12 -2.44#
INC Ibrahim Mollah 63,992 41.44 +2.97#
BJP Ghanasyam Mondal 3,503
SUCI(C) Eahia Akhand 2,074
SDPI Anisur Rahaman 1,179
BSP Mahim Chandra Sardar 874
Turnout 154,403 89.28
CPI(M) hold Swing -5.41#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, for the Canning East constituency in 2006.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 Increase19
Indian National Congress 0 Decrease2
SUC 1 Decrease1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 Decrease2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

1977-2006 Canning East

Abdur Razzak Molla of CPI(M) won the Canning East seat from 1977 to 2006 defeating Amirul Islam of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[14]Mujibar Rahman Kayal of Congress in 2001,[13]Akram Laskar of Congress in 1996,[12]Abdus Sattar Mollah of Congress in 1991,[11] Amar Nath Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1987,[10]Ahammad Nuruzzaman of Congress in 1982[9]and Osman Gani of Congress in 1977.[8][17]

1957-1972 Canning

Gobinda Chandra Naskar of Congress won in 1972[7]and 1971.[6]Narayan Naskar of Congress won in 1969.[5]A.C.Halder of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[4]Khagendra Nath Naskar of Congress won in 1962.[3]In 1957[2]Canning was a dual seat. It was won by Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both of Congress.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". 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.