Kolkata Port Assembly constituency

Kolkata Port Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kolkata Port
Constituency No. 158 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Kolkata Port Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
LS constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Established2011
Total electors235,854
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election YearName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1952 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Shaikh Abdullah Farooquie Communist Party of India[3]
1962 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress[4][5]
1967
1969 Arun Sen Communist Party of India[6]
1971 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress[7]
1972 Chhedilal Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8][9]
1977
1982 Samsuzzoha Indian National Congress[10][11][12]
1987 Fazle Azim Molla
1991
1996 Mohammed Amin Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13][14]
2001
2006 Abdul Khaleque Molla Indian National Congress[15]
Constituency renamed from Garden Reach to Kolkata Port
2011 Firhad Hakim All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2016
2021

Election results

2021
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kolkata Port
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Firhad Hakim 1,05,543 69.23
BJP Awadh Kishore Gupta 36,989 24.26
INC Md. Muktar 5,590 3.67
None of the Above None of the Above 1,360 0.89
IND Sanjay Dey 1,139 0.75
Majority 68,554 44.97
Turnout 1,52,513 64.64
TMC hold Swing

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kolkata Port
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Firhad Hakim 73,459 53.21 +4.58
INC Rakesh Singh 46,911 33.98 New
BJP Awadh Kishore Gupta 11,700 8.48 +6.42
None of the Above None of the Above 2,164 1.57 New
IND Vivek Kumar Thakur 1,019 0.74
Majority 26,548 19.23 +0.17
Turnout 1,38,050 63.42 -2.49
TMC hold Swing +4.58

2011
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kolkata Port
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Firhad Hakim 63,866 48.63
AIFB Moinuddin Sams 38,833 29.57
IND Ram Pyare Ram 22,131 16.85
BJP Raj Kumari Shaw 2,699 2.06
IND Sanjay Lal Das 2,046 1.56
Majority 25,033 19.06
Turnout 1,31,314 65.91
TMC win

Ram Pyare Ram, contesting as an independent, was a rebel INC candidate.[17]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  8. "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  10. "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  11. "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  12. "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  13. "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  14. "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  15. "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  16. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  17. "Fair-&-free chant in red and green camps - Congress suspends six more rebel candidates". The Telegraph, 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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