Kanksa was an assembly constituency in

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in the

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. It was reserved for scheduled castes.

Election results

Ankure Saresh of

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won the Kanksa (SC) assembly seat in 2006, 2001, and 1996 defeating his nearest rivals, Lakshi Narayan Saha of

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in 2006 and Himangshu Mondal of

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in 2001 and 1996. In 1991 and 1987, Krishna Chandra Halder of CPI (M) defeated Manik Lal Bouri and Samir Kumar Saha, both of Congress in the respective years. In 1982 and 1977, Lakshi Narayan Saha of CPI (M) defeated Shib Narayan Saha and Samir Kumar Saha in the respective years. Kanksa assembly constituency was part of

Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Durgapur, West Bengal, Durgapur in West Bengal. The seat was reserved for Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, sch ...

. For Members of Legislative Assembly from Kanksa Assembly constituency, see Galsi Assembly constituency

Impact of delimitation

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission Kanksa Assembly constituency ceased to be an assembly constituency from 2011. Amlajora, Gopalpur and Molandighi gram panchayats of Kanksa community development block are part of 276 Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency. Kanksa, Trilokchandrapur, Bankati and Bidbehar gram panchayats of Kanksa CD Block are part of Galsi Assembly constituency.

References

{{coords, 23.46, 87.46, display=title Former assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district Constituencies established in 1977 1977 establishments in West Bengal Constituencies disestablished in 2011 2011 disestablishments in India