Kolkata Port Assembly constituency

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
Lok Sabha constituencyKolkata Dakshin
Established2011
Total electors171,615 (2026)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Kolkata Port Assembly constituency (earlier known as Garden Reach Assembly constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per the Delimitation Commission order in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, Kolkata Port Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Borough Ward No. Councillor 2021 Winner
IX 75 Nizamuddin Shams Trinamool Congress
76 Shashti Das
78 Soma Das
79 Ram Pyare Ram
80 Mohammad Anwar Khan
XV 133 Ranajit Shil
134 Shams Iqbal
135 Rubina Naaz


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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1952 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress
1957 Shaikh Abdullah Farooquie Communist Party of India
1962 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress
1967
1969 Arun Sen Communist Party of India
1971 S.M. Abdullah Indian National Congress
1972 Chhedilal Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
1982 Samsuzzoha Indian National Congress
1987 Fazle Azim Molla
1991
1996 Mohammed Amin Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2001
2006 Abdul Khaleque Molla Indian National Congress
Constituency renamed from Garden Reach to Kolkata Port
2011 Firhad Hakim Trinamool Congress
2016
2021

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kolkata Port
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Firhad Hakim
BJP Rakesh Singh
CPI(M) Faiyaz Ahmad Khan
INC Aquib Gulzar
JUP Md Imtiyaz Alam
BSP Firoza Khatun
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kolkata Port
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Firhad Hakim 105,543 69.23 Increase 16.02
BJP Awadh Kishore Gupta 36,989 24.26 Increase 15.78
INC Md. Muktar 5,590 3.67 Decrease 30.31
NOTA None of the above 1,360 0.89 Decrease 0.68
IND Sanjay Dey 1,139 0.75 New
Majority 68,554 44.97 Increase 25.74
Turnout 1,52,513 64.64 Increase 1.22
AITC hold Swing Increase 16.02

2016

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

2011

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

Ram Pyare Ram, contesting as an independent, was a rebel INC candidate and Ex-MLA of Kabitirtha.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ "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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