CANNING
Assembly seat no. 95 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 1962.
Winner, 1972
GONBINDACHANDRA NASKAR
INC
Elections held
5
1962–1972
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 5
Margin, 1972
8,260
15.42% of valid votes
Result, 1972
Runner-up
CPMNIRMAL KUMAR SINHA
- Votes
- 22,416
- Vote share
- 41.83%
- Behind by
- 8,260
Electors
85,802
Total votes polled
53,582
Valid votes
53,582
NOTA votes
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Turnout
62.5%
Full result, 1972
3 candidates · 53,582 valid votes
GONBINDACHANDRA NASKARINCwon
30,676
57.3%
NIRMAL KUMAR SINHACPM
22,416
41.8%
BIBHUTI BHUSHAN SARDARPBI
490
0.9%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 5 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | GONBINDACHANDRA NASKAR | INC | 30,676 | 57.25% | NIRMAL KUMAR SINHA | 8,260 |
| 1971 | GOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR | INC | 20,015 | 36.96% | CHITTA RANJAN MRIDHA | 153 |
| 1969 | NARYAN NASKAR | INC | 25,783 | 48.13% | SINHA LALIT KUMAR | 12,041 |
| 1967 | A.C.HALDER | BAC | 28,961 | 58.18% | N.NASKAR | 8,141 |
| 1962 | KHAGENDRA NATH NASKAR | INC | 15,759 | 46.00% | AMULYA CHARAN NASKAR | 882 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
