Canning Paschim (SC) Assembly constituency is one of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. It is a reserved seat for Scheduled Castes (SC). The constituency is located in the South 24 Parganas district and forms part of the Jaynagar (SC) Parliamentary constituency, which includes seven Assembly segments.
In the 2021 Assembly election, Paresh Ram Das from the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) won the seat. The AITC also held the constituency in earlier elections. In 2016, Shyamal Mondal from AITC was elected as the MLA, and he had also won the seat in the 2011 Assembly election**.
In terms of vote share in the 2021 Assembly election, the AITC secured 50.87 per cent of the votes, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received 34.73 per cent.
The constituency has remained under AITC representation for the past three Assembly elections.