Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kolkata Port
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kolkata Port

Location in Kolkata

Coordinates: 22°31′34″N 88°18′56″E / 22.52611°N 88.31556°E / 22.52611; 88.31556Coordinates: 22°31′34″N 88°18′56″E / 22.52611°N 88.31556°E / 22.52611; 88.31556
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Kolkata
Constituency No 158
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 23. Kolkata Dakshin
Electoral system First past the post

Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Bengali: কলকাতা পোর্ট বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 158 Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 133, 134 and 135 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) .[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year
ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
2011Kolkata PortFirhad HakimAll India Trinamool Congress[2]

For MLAs from the area in previous years see Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Firhad Hakim (Bobby) of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Moinuddin Shams of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kolkata Port[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Trinamool Congress Bobby Hakim 63,866 48.63
Forward Bloc Moinuddin Sams 38,833 29.57
Independent Ram Pyare Ram 22,131 16.85
BJP Raj Kumari Shaw 2,699 2.05
Independent Sanjay Lal Das 2,046 1.55
Independent Krishnendu Banerjee 1,157 0.88
Independent Amitava Banerjee 582 0.44
Majority 25,033 19.06
Turnout 131,314
Trinamool Congress win (new seat)

Ram Pyare Ram, contesting as an independent, was a rebel Congress candidate.[4]

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Kolkata summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 11 Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 Decrease6
Forward Bloc 0 Decrease1
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 Decrease1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kolkata Port. Empowering India. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. "Fair-&-free chant in red and green camps - Congress suspends six more rebel candidates". The Telegraph, 19 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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