Canning Purba Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
Overview As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Canning Purba Assembly 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 Bodra, Chandaneswar-I, Chandaneswar-II, Durgapur, Shanksahar and Tarda gram panchayats of Bhangar I community development block
Canning Purba Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly YearNamePartyCanning1957Khagendra Nath NaskarAbdus Shukur1962Khagendra Nath Naskar1967A. C. Halder1969Narayan Naskar1971Gobinda Chandra Naskar1972Canning Purba1977Abdur Razzak Molla19821987199119962001200620112016Saokat Molla20212026Md. Baharul Islam
Election results 2026
2021
2016
2011
2006 Abdur Razzak Molla of CPI(M) has represented the Canning Purba Assembly constituency from 1977 to 2006. He defeated his nearest rivals, Amirul Islam of AITC in 2006, Mujibar Rahman Kayal of INC in 2001, Akram Laskar of INC in 1996, Abdus Sattar Molla of INC in 1991, Amar Nath Bandopadhyay of INC in 1987, Ahammad Nuruzzaman of INC in 1982 and Osman Gani of INC in 1977.
1972 Gobinda Chandra Naskar of INC won the Canning Assembly constituency in 1972 and 1971. Narayan Naskar of INC won in 1969. A.C.Halder of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Khagendra Nath Naskar of INC won in 1962. In 1957, Canning Assembly constituency had joint seats. Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both of INC, won. The seat did not exist prior to that.
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