| Garden Reach | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 114 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Diamond Harbour |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Reservation | None |
Garden Reach Assembly constituency was aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It ceased to exist as a constituency from 2011.
As a consequence of the orders of theDelimitation Commission, whileKolkata Port Assembly constituency came into existence in 2011, Garden Reach Assembly constituency ceased to exist from the same year.[1]
It was part ofDiamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 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 | |
In the2006 state assembly elections[3] Abdul Khaleque Molla ofCongress won the 114 Garden Reach assembly seat defeating his nearest rivalMohammed Amin ofCPI(M). Mohammed Amin of CPI(M) defeated Fazle Azim Molla ofTrinamool Congress in 2001[4] and of Congress in 1996.[5] Fazle Azim Molla of Congress defeated Dilip Sen of CPI(M) in 1991[6] and Mohammed Amin of CPI(M) in 1987.[7] Shamsuzzoha of Congress defeated Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) in 1982.[8] Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) defeated S.M. Abdullah of Congress in 1977.[9][10]
Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) won in 1972.[11] S.M. Abdullah of Congress won in 1971.[12] Arun Sen ofCPI won in 1969.[13] S.M.Abdullah of Congress won in 1967[14] and1962.[15] Shaikh Abduallah Farooquie of CPI won in1957.[16] S.M. Abdullah of Congress won inindependent India’s first election in 1951.[17]
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