Kasba, Kolkata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kasba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kasba
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kasba Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22.5176°N 88.3840°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No	149
MLA	Ahmed Javed Khan
Lok Sabha constituency	23. Kolkata Dakshin
Electorate (year)	222,966 (2011)

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 149 Kasba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Ward Nos. 66, 67, 91, 92, 107 and 108 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
2016	Kasba	Ahmed Javed Khan	All India Trinamool Congress[2]

Election results

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kasba constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ahmed Javed Khan	91,679	47.40
	CPI (M)	Shatarup Ghosh	79,795	41.30
	BJP	Bikash Debnath	17,550	9.10
	BSP	Lakkhi Yadab (Roy)	1,356	0.70
	LJP	Krishna Maity	618	0.30
	Independent	Somnath Dam	596	0.30
	Independent	Tapas Kumar Dey	575	0.30
	Independent	Susanta Kumar Biswas	486	0.30
	Independent	Arunansu Kumar Sarkar	365	0.20
	Independent	Jayanta Debnath	353	0.20
Majority			11,884	6.1%
Turnout			1,93,373	74.4%
	AITC hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	26	19
Indian National Congress	0	2
SUCI(C)	1	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	15
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1	2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

2011

In the 2011 elections, Javed Ahmed Khan of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Shatarup Ghosh of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kasba constituency[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ahmed Javed Khan	92,460	53.81
	CPI (M)	Shatarup Ghosh	72,564	42.23
	BJP	Bikash Debnath	3,066	1.78
	Independent	Satyajeet Roy	1,401
	BSP	Susanta Kumar Biswas	1,167
	Independent	Arindam Bhowmick	725
	Independent	Jayanta Debnath	449
Turnout			171,839	77.07
	AITC win (new seat)

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	26	19
Indian National Congress	0	2
SUCI(C)	1	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	15
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1	2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

References

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
2. "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kasba. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.