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{{other uses|Bardhaman (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bardhaman Dakshin
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Bardhaman Dakshin.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly Constituency
| mla = [[Khokan Das]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]
| constituency_no = 260
| established = 1951
| electors = 213,910
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba Bardhaman district]] in the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per order of the Delimitation Commission, No. 260 Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly constituency covers [[Bardhaman]] municipality.

Bardhaman Dakshin assembly segment is part of No. 39 [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
!colspan="4"|Bardhaman
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|rowspan="2"|Benoy Choudhury
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Radharani Mahtab
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|S. B. Chodhury
|-
!colspan="4"|Bardhaman Dakshin
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|rowspan="2"|Benoy Choudhury
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Pradip Bhattacharya
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="2"|Benoy Choudhury
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|Nirupam Sen
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|rowspan="2"|Shyama Prosad Bose
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan="2"|Nirupam Sen
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="2"|Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhyay
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Khokan Das
|-
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Bardhaman Dakshin}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Khokan Das|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate= Maumita Biswas Misra|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sudipto Gupta|party=Left Front (West Bengal)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Bardhaman Dakshin<ref name="vidhansabha2021">{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/bardhaman-dakshin-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = Bardhaman Dakshin Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =13 May 2021 }}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Khokan Das|votes=91,015|percentage=44.32|change=-3.02}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Sandip Nandi|votes=82,910|percentage=40.38|change=+32.04}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Pritha Tah|votes=23,346|percentage= 11.37|change=-20.80}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Bahujan Samaj Party||candidate=Pushpa Hansda|votes=1,455|percentage=0.71|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party= NRPOI||candidate=Rajib Paswan|votes=983|percentage=0.45|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)||candidate=Anirudha Kundu|votes=797|percentage=0.39|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party= Independent||candidate=Arindam Ghosh|votes=581|percentage=0.28|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party= BMUP||candidate=Luxmi Narayan Koda|votes=551|percentage=0.27|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,707|percentage=1.81|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 205,345|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Bardhaman Dakshin<ref name="1vidhansabha2016">{{cite web | url = https://resultuniversity.com/election/bardhamandakshin-west-bengal-assembly-constituency | title= Bardhaman Dakshin| work= 2016 Legislative Assembly Election| publisher = Result University |access-date =13 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="2vidhansabha2016">{{cite web | url = http://infoelections.com/infoelection/electionresult/index.php/home/state-assembly-constituency/west-bengal-election-result/882-Bardhaman_Dakshiassembly_election_result_2016.html| title= Bardhaman Dakshin| work= Assembly Election Result 2016 Live| publisher = InfoElections |access-date =13 May 2021}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhyay
|votes = 91,882
|percentage = 47.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Ainul Haque
|votes = 62,444
|percentage = 32.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Samir Kumar Roy
|votes = 17,205
|percentage = 8.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prabal Roy
|votes = 16,192
|percentage = 8.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Md Harun
|votes = 1,616
|percentage = 0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Parikshit Gorain
|votes = 1,363
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate
|party = NOTA
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,394
|percentage = 1.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes =
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|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 elections, Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nirupam Sen of CPI(M).

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Bardhaman Dakshin<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25260.htm |title = Bardhaman Dakshin |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 6 June 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606021641/http://www.eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25260.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=260| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529223437/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=260| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Bardhaman Dakshin| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Bardhaman Dakshin |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay]]
|votes = 107,520
|percentage = 57.7
|change = +14.23#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Nirupam Sen (politician)|Nirupam Sen]]
|votes = 70,606
|percentage = 37.89
|change = -18.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sandip Nandi
|votes = 5,621
|percentage = 3.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Md. Harun
|votes = 2,593
|percentage = 1.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 186,338
|percentage = 87.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +32.87
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, in 2006, for Bardhaman Dakshin constituency.</small>

===1967-2006===
Nirupam Sen of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Bardhaman Dakshin assembly seat in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]] and 2001 state assembly elections defeating his nearest rivals Samir Kumar Roy and Paresh Chandra Sarkar (both of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]) in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996 and 1991, Shyamaprosad Bose of CPI (M) defeated Sadhan Kumar Ghosh and Shyamadas Banerjee (both of [[Indian National Congress|Congress)]] in respective years. In 1987, Nirupam Sen of CPI (M) defeated Pradip Bhattacharya of Congress. In 1982 and 1977, Kaustav Roy of CPI (M) defeated Shyamadas Banerjee and Pradip Bhattacharya (both of Congress) in the respective years.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp271.htm | title = 271 – Burdwan South Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}</ref> Pradip Bhattacharya of Congress won the seat in 1972. [[Benoy Choudhury]] of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971 and 1969. S.B.Chowdhury of Congress won the seat in 1967. However, both in 1982 and 1987, the preferred choice of candidate was Sujit Chandra Das of the Indian National Congress. Some unconfirmed sources suggest that in order to avoid infighting within the party & also due to some differences with the then State Pradesh Congress leadership, he opted not to contest the elections.

It is, however, believed that the Congress would not have lost the seat in 1987 had the Congress nominated Sujit Chandra Das instead of Pradip Bhattacharya & Shyamadas Banerjee. Such was the reputation, popularity & charisma of Sujit Das that even various prominent CPI(M) politburo members like Benoy Chowdhury & the then ministers in the Left front cabinet Nirupam Sen & Nisith Adhikary had in one interview acknowledged that it would have been difficult for the CPI(M) to retain the Burdwan South seat both in 1982 & 1987 if Sujit Das had contested the elections on a Congress ticket. He was one of the very few congress leaders to be admired by the CPI(M), at large. Ministers like Nisith Adhikary used to stay in his house. He was much loved across political boundaries.

Due to internal factionalism and on account of some personal reasons, Sujit Das, then an employee of Burdwan University had opted to stay out of the electoral race mostly due to a fallout with Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, else various sources [though unconfirmed] revealed he would have had defeated Nirupam Sen in 1987 as well as in 1982. Senior Congress leaders from the district like Manteswar MLA Tuhin Samanta, MLA from Faridpur Ajit Bandhopadyay, MLA Jamalpur Puranjoy Pramanick, Nurul Islam, Galsi MLA Ashwini Roy, had in a petition to the congress high command proposed his name for the 1977 Assembly Elections during the strong anti incumbency of the WB Congress party. He was the sole architect who arranged for funds and had orchestrated the entire win for Pradip Bhattacharya in 1972. Pradip Bhattacharya, also a prominent youth leader in the early 1970s, became the Labour Minister in the Siddhartha Shankar Ray led ministry. It is he [Sujit Das] who had proposed the name of Shyamadas Banerjee as a Congress candidate in 1982. Mostly a trouble shooter for the party during crisis, Sujit Das, an avid sportsperson and district cricket team captain was a very prominent Chattra Parishad student leader and hailed from one of the reputed and wealthiest families in Burdwan. His popularity in town had no political boundaries. Leaders, members and workers from across parties admired his personality, helpful nature and honesty. He was even offered to contest in a Congress ticket from Galsi Assembly seat, which he eventually refused. One of his brothers had served as the Chairman of Burdwan Municipality. Many of his family members had served as Councillors of Burdwan Municipality.<ref name=election>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections |access-date=2010-08-29 |work=General Election Results and Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===1951-1962===
Radharani Mahtab of Congress won the Bardhaman seat in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Benoy Choudhuri representing [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won the seat in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]] and [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]].<ref name=election/>

==References==
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