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{{Short description|Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India}}
{{other uses|Canning (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Canning Paschim
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Canning Paschim.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Canning Paschim Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar]]
| constituency_no = 138
| established = 1957
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
| mla = [[Paresh Ram Das]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| electors = 257,552
}}
'''Canning Paschim''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Canning Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>
* [[Canning I]] community development block
* Narayanpur gram panchayat of [[Canning II]] community development block

Canning Paschim Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2| Party
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="2"|Chittaranjan Mirdha
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| [[Gobinda Chandra Naskar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| rowspan="2" | Bimal Mistry
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| [[Gobinda Chandra Naskar]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| Dwijapada Mondal
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Shyamal Mondal]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Paresh Ram Das]]
|-
| [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
|-

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Canning Paschim}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Paresh Ram Das]]
|votes = 120548
|percentage = 52.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prasanta Bayen
|votes = 79883
|percentage = 34.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Secular Front
|candidate = Prabir Mondal
|votes = 23908
|percentage = 10.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Haran Chandra Mistry
|votes = 1058
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party =
|candidate = None of the above (NOTA) + Rest of the candidates
|votes = 5289
|percentage = 2.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 40,665
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Canning Paschim}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Paresh Ram Das]]
|votes = 111,059
|percentage = 51.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Arnab Roy
|votes = 75,816
|percentage = 35.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Meghnath Halder
|votes = 13,390
|percentage = 6.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Pratap Mondal
|votes = 11,908
|percentage = 5.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party =
|candidate = None of the above (NOTA) + Rest of the candidates
|votes = ~6,000
|percentage = 2.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 35,243
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2011]]: Canning Paschim<ref name="vidhansabha2011">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=138| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170745/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=138| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Canning Paschim| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Shyamal Mondal]]
|votes = 81,736
|percentage = 53.35
|change = +3.06
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Joydeb Purkait]]
|votes = 62,122
|percentage = 40.55
|change = -1.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Manojit Mondal]]
|votes = 6,108
|percentage = 3.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[Ajit Kumar Majumdar]]
|votes = 3,236
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 153,202
|percentage = 86.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 4.20
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
In 2006,<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Dwijapada Mondal of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Canning Paschim Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival, Gobinda Chandra Naskar of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]. In 2001,<ref name="vidhansabha2001">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Gobinda Chandra Naskar of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated Bimal Mistry of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. Bimal Mistry of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Bhaskar Sinha of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1996<ref name="vidhansabha1996">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 1991.<ref name="vidhansabha1991">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Gobinda Chandra Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] defeated Chittaranjan Mirdha of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 1987.<ref name="vidhansabha1987">{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Chittaranjan Mirdha of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Gobinda Chandra Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1982<ref name="vidhansabha1982">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref> and 1977.<ref name="vidhansabha1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp105.htm |title = 105 - Canning West (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1957-1972===
Gobinda Chandra Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won the Canning Assembly constituency in 1972<ref name="vidhansabha1972">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |access-date=1 November 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> and 1971.<ref name="vidhansabha1971">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |access-date=1 November 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Narayan Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1969.<ref name="vidhansabha1969">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf |access-date=1 November 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> A.C.Halder of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1967.<ref name="vidhansabha1967">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |access-date=1 November 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Khagendra Nath Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1962.<ref name="vidhansabha1962">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |access-date=1 November 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> In 1957,<ref name="vidhansabha1957">{{cite web |title=General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |access-date=1 November 2014 |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission}}</ref> Canning Assembly constituency had joint seats. Khagendra Nath Naskar and Abdus Shukur, both of [[Indian National Congress|INC]], won. The seat did not exist prior to that.

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in West Bengal]]

Canning Paschim Assembly constituency - Revision history

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