| Canning Purba | |
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| Constituency No. 139 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Canning Purba Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jaynagar |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 262,325 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Canning Purba Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianState ofWest Bengal.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of theDelimitation of constituencies in theWest Bengal, Canning Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
Canning Purba Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canning | |||
| 1957 | Khagendra Nath Naskar | Indian National Congress | |
| Abdus Shukur | |||
| 1962 | Khagendra Nath Naskar | ||
| 1967 | A. C. Halder | Bangla Congress | |
| 1969 | Narayan Naskar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | ||
| 1972 | |||
| Canning Purba | |||
| 1977 | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Saokat Molla | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2021 | |||
| 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 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
Abdur Razzak Molla ofCPI(M) has represented the Canning Purba Assembly constituency from 1977 to 2006. He defeated his nearest rivals, Amirul Islam ofAITC in 2006,[4] Mujibar Rahman Kayal ofINC in 2001,[5] Akram Laskar ofINC in 1996,[6] Abdus Sattar Molla ofINC in 1991,[7] Amar Nath Bandopadhyay ofINC in 1987,[8] Ahammad Nuruzzaman ofINC in 1982[9] and Osman Gani ofINC in 1977.[10][11]
Gobinda Chandra Naskar ofINC won the Canning Assembly constituency in 1972[12] and 1971.[13] Narayan Naskar ofINC won in 1969.[14] A.C.Halder ofBangla Congress won in 1967.[15] Khagendra Nath Naskar ofINC won in 1962.[16] In 1957,[17] Canning Assembly constituency had joint seats. Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both ofINC, won. The seat did not exist prior to that.
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