| 1 | A | B | C | D |
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| 2 | Canning Purba - Members of Legislative Assembly |  |  |  |
| 3 | Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 4 | 1957 | Canning | Khagendra Nath Naskar | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | - | - | Abdus Shukur | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | 1962 | - | Khagendra Nath Naskar | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | 1967 | - | A.C.Halder | Bangla Congress |
| 8 | 1969 | - | Narayan Naskar | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | 1971 | - | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | 1972 | - | Gobinda Chandra Naskar | Indian National Congress |
| 11 | 1977 | Canning Purba | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 12 | 1982 | - | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 13 | 1987 | - | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 14 | 1991 | - | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 15 | 1996 | - | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 16 | 2001 | - | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 17 | 2006 | - | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 18 | 2011 | - | Abdur Razzak Molla | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 19 | 2016 | - | Saokat Molla | All India Trinamool Congress |

Question: How long was a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate a Member of Legislative Assembly?
Answer: Abdur Razzak Molla of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has represented Canning Purba from 1977 to 2011.