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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 138 · 2026Reserved (SC)
Canning Paschim
Winner — 2026
PARESH RAM DAS
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 52.2%BJP 34.6%7 others 13.1%
Votes
1,20,548
52.3% share
Winning margin
40,665
17.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
96.8%
of 2,38,344
Canning Paschim is a safe seat — PARESH RAM DAS won by 17.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARESH RAM DAS |  AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 1,20,548 | 52.3% |
| 2 | Prasanta Bayen | 79,883 | 34.6% | |
| 3 | PRABIR MONDAL | AISF | 23,908 | 10.4% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,368 | 1.0% |
| 5 | MILAN DAS | IND | 1,161 | 0.5% |
| 6 | HARAN CHANDRA MISTRY | 1,058 | 0.5% | |
| 7 | Ramprasad Mistry | 982 | 0.4% | |
| 8 | DILIP SANFUI | IND | 470 | 0.2% |
| 9 | PRASANTA DAS | IND | 308 | 0.1% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
High turnout (23rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe17.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 0.1% · max 46.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
97%
lowerhigher
23rd of 294How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.48
fewer partiesmore parties
99th of 294How much NOTA?
SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
61st of 294Where does the house stand?
SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.48EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 52.3%BJP 34.6%AISF 10.4%OTH 1.7%NOTA 1.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
81,61,961
Density
819 / km²
Sex ratio
956 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
9,960 km²
SC population30.2%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
63%HINDU
Hindu 63.2%Muslim 35.6%Other 1.3%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water23.4%
Electricity47.3%
Sanitation62.6%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.0%
Children fully vaccinated91.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)32.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER61.6%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Clean cooking fuel36.2%
Health insurance36.7%
What's nearby?
24 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.