Canning Purba is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district is an important district of West Bengal State with its district headquarters in Alipore. It has the urban fringe of Calcutta on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans....

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 139 Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Deuli I, Deuli II, Kalikatala, Matherdighi, Sarengabad, Tambuldaha I and Tambuldaha II gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Canning II

Canning II (community development block)

Canning II is an administrative division in Canning subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Canning police station serves this block...

  community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 and Bodra, Chandaneswar I, Chandaneswar II, Durgapur, Shanksahar and Tarda gram panchayats of Bhangar I

Bhangore I (community development block)

Bhangore I is an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bhangar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Gobindapur...

 community development block.

Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

2011

In the 2011 election , Abdur Rezzak Mollah of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Ibrahim Mollah of Congress.

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, for the Canning East constituency in 2006.

1977-2006 Canning East

Abdur Razzak Molla

Abdur Razzak Molla

Abdur Razzak Molla was Minister for Land and Land Reforms in the Left Front Ministry in the Indian state of West Bengal.The son of Karim Bukhs Molla, a peasant who cultivated paddy and vegetables, he was attracted to the Communist movement while a college student and started his political career on...

 of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 won the Canning East seat from 1977 to 2006 defeating Amirul Islam of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition...

 in 2006, Mujibar Rahman Kayal of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 2001, Akram Laskar of Congress in 1996, Abdus Sattar Mollah of Congress in 1991, Amar Nath Bandopadhyay of Congress in 1987, Ahammad Nuruzzaman of Congress in 1982 and Osman Gani of Congress in 1977.

1957-1972 Canning

Gobinda Chandra Naskar of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Narayan Naskar of Congress won in 1969. A.C.Halder of Bangla Congress

Bangla Congress

The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in the 1960s and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India in two United Front governments, the first lasting from March 15, 1967 to...

 won in 1967. Khagendra Nath Naskar of Congress won in 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1962 was a part of a series of state assembly elections in 1962.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

. In 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

Canning was a dual seat. It was won by Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both of Congress.