Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kolkata Port
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kolkata Port
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°31′34″N 88°18′56″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictKolkata
Constituency No158
MLAFirhad Hakim
Lok Sabha constituency23. Kolkata Dakshin
Electoral systemFirst past the post

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 % ±
AITC Firhad 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
AITC 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 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 6
Forward Bloc 0 1
Rashtriya Janata Dal 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 3, constituencies abolished – 10

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References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  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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