Canning Paschim
Constituency No. 138 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
LS constituencyJaynagar
Established1957
Total electors257,552
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Canning Paschim 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 Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party Affiliation
1977 Chittaranjan Mirdha Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1982 Chittaranjan Mirdha Communist Party of India (Marxist)[3]
1987 Gobinda Chandra Naskar Indian National Congress[4]
1991 Bimal Mistry Communist Party of India (Marxist)[5]
1996 Bimal Mistry Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
2001 Gobinda Chandra Naskar All India Trinamool Congress[7]
2006 Dwijapada Mondal Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
2011 Shyamal Mondal All India Trinamool Congress[9]
2016 Shyamal Mondal All India Trinamool Congress
2021 Paresh Ram Das All India Trinamool Congress[10]

Election Results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Canning Paschim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Paresh Ram Das 111,059 51.00
BJP Arnab Roy 75,816 35.00
Independent Meghnath Halder 13,390 6.00
INC Pratap Mondal 11,908 5.00
None of the above (NOTA) + Rest of the candidates ~6,000 2.50
Majority 35,243
AITC hold Swing

2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Canning Paschim[9][11]
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,[8] Dwijapada Mondal of CPI(M) won the Canning Paschim Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival, Gobinda Chandra Naskar of AITC. In 2001,[7] Gobinda Chandra Naskar of AITC defeated Bimal Mistry of CPI(M). Bimal Mistry of CPI(M) defeated Bhaskar Sinha of INC in 1996[6] and 1991.[5] Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC defeated Chittaranjan Mirdha of CPI(M) in 1987.[4] Chittaranjan Mirdha of CPI(M) defeated Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC in 1982[3] and 1977.[2][12]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1957-1972

Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC won the Canning Assembly constituency in 1972[13] and 1971.[14] Narayan Naskar of INC won in 1969.[15] A.C.Halder of Bangla Congress won in 1967.[16] Khagendra Nath Naskar of INC won in 1962.[17] In 1957,[18] Canning Assembly constituency had joint seats. Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both of INC, won. The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Candidate Paresh Ram Das". NDTV. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  11. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Canning Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  12. ^ "105 - Canning West (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  13. ^ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  14. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  16. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  18. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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