| Kanksa | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency No. 266 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Durgapur |
| Established | 1977 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Reservation | SC |
Kanksa was anassembly constituency inPaschim Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal. It was reserved forscheduled castes.
Ankure Saresh ofCPI (M) won the Kanksa (SC) assembly seat in 2006, 2001, and 1996 defeating his nearest rivals, Lakshi Narayan Saha ofTrinamool Congress in 2006 and Himangshu Mondal ofCongress in 2001 and 1996. In 1991 and 1987, Krishna Chandra Halder of CPI (M) defeated Manik Lal Bouri and Samir Kumar Saha, both of Congress in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Lakshi Narayan Saha of CPI (M) defeated Shib Narayan Saha and Samir Kumar Saha in the respective years.[1]
Kanksa assembly constituency was part ofDurgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).
For Members of Legislative Assembly from Kanksa Assembly constituency, seeGalsi Assembly constituency
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Kanksa Assembly constituency ceased to be an assembly constituency from 2011. Amlajora, Gopalpur and Molandighi gram panchayats of Kanksa community development block are part of 276Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency. Kanksa, Trilokchandrapur, Bankati and Bidbehar gram panchayats of Kanksa CD Block are part ofGalsi Assembly constituency.[2]
