Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency-289511

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Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in India. The constituency centres on the southern part of Kolkata in West Bengal. While four of the seven legislative assembly segments on No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency are in Kolkata district, three are in South 24 Parganas district.

Considered to be a bastion of the Trinamool Congress, it has been won by the party since its formation in 1998. Prior to it, the seat was a stronghold of Indian National Congress. TMC's founder and current chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee was the longest holder of the seat.

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal – 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hoghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31. Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009:[1]

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
149 Kasba South 24 Parganas Javed Ahmed Khan Template:Party name with color Template:Party name with color
153 Behala Purba Shankar Sikder Template:Party name with color
154 Behala Paschim Indranil Khan
158 Kolkata Port Kolkata Firhad Hakim Template:Party name with color
159 Bhabanipur Suvendu Adhikari Template:Party name with color
160 Rashbehari Swapan Dasgupta
161 Ballygunge Sovandeb Chattopadhyay Template:Party name with color

Members of Parliament

Year Member[2] Party
1967 Ganesh Ghosh Template:Full party name with color
1971 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Template:Full party name with color
1977 Dilip Chakravarty Template:Full party name with color
1980 Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty Template:Full party name with color
1984 Bholanath Sen Template:Full party name with color
1989 Biplab Dasgupta Template:Full party name with color
1991 Mamata Banerjee Template:Full party name with color
1996
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1999
2004
2009
2011^ Subrata Bakshi
2014
2019 Mala Roy
2024

^By-Poll

Election results

General election 2024

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General election 2019

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General election 2014

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Bye election 2011

A bye election was held in this constituency in 2011 which was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MP Mamata Banerjee and her subsequent election to the State Assembly from the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency. In the by-election, Subrata Bakshi of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ritabrata Banerjee of CPI(M) by 2,30,099 votes. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box hold with party link Template:Election box end

General election 2009

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General election 2004

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General election 1999

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General election 1998

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General election 1996

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General election 1991

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General election 1989

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General election 1984

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General election 1980

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General elections 1951-2014

Calcutta South constituency came into existence in 1967. However, different constituencies existed in the area. Results of such constituencies are also included here. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year Constituency Voters Voter turnout Winner % Party Runners up % Party
1951 Calcutta South East 144,065 37.91 Ashim Krishna Dutt 51.11 INC Bankim Chandra Bhattacharyya 27.37 Independent[3]
144,614 37.91 Syama Prasad Mookerjee 44.97 BJS Mriganka Mohan Sur 30.46 INC[3]
1957 Calcutta East 188,647 46.73 Biren Roy 50.33 IND. Ashim Krishna Dutt 43.68 INC[4]
228,712 46.0 Sadhan Chandra Gupta 62.68 CPI Ranadeb Chowdhury 35.47 INC[4]
1967 320,419 68.03 Ranendra Nath Sen 56.88 CPI Sailendra Nath Mukherjee 43.12 INC[5]
1967 Calcutta South 317,171 62.60 Ganesh Ghosh 50.28 CPI(M) B. B. Ghosh 37.58 INC[6]
1971 296,088 59.00 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 50.65 INC Ganesh Ghosh 42.95 CPI(M)[7]
1977 398,560 60.92 Dilip Chakravarty 58.08 JP Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 40.59 INC[8]
1980 472,700 61.54 Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty 46.09 CPI(M) Bhola Nath Sen 38.09 INC(I)[9]
1984 582,370 72.52 Bhola Nath Sen 56.93 INC Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty 41.34 CPI(M)[10]
1989 740,080 73.02 Biplab Dasgupta 50.07 CPI(M) Bhola Nath Sen 46.61 INC[11]
1991 714,400 68.5 Mamata Banerjee 52.46 INC Biplab Dasgupta 39.1 CPI(M)[12]
1996 852,460 73.02 Mamata Banerjee 52.51 INC Bharati Mukherjee 40.54 CPI(M)[13]
1998 877,430 74.44 Mamata Banerjee 59.37 AITC Prasanta Sur 32.95 CPI(M)[14]
1999 805,270 66.96 Mamata Banerjee 58.26 AITC Subhankar Chakraborty 31.68 CPI(M)[15]
2004 772,740 70.46 Mamata Banerjee 50.93 AITC Rabin Deb 38.19 CPI(M)[16]
2009 Kolkata Dakshin 1,007,225 66.89 Mamata Banerjee 57.19 AITC Rabin Deb 35.39 CPI(M)[17]
2011 824,136 52.82 Subrata Bakshi 62.70 AITC Ritabrata Banerjee 34.78 CPI(M)[17]
2014 11,67,986 69.30 Subrata Bakshi 36.95 AITC Tathagata Roy 25.28 BJP[18]

See also

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ Delimitation Commission Order No. 18. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  2. ↑ Kolkata Dakshin (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Kolkata Dakshin Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name. www.elections.in.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ↑ General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. ↑ General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. ↑ General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. ↑ General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named loksabha1980
  10. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named loksabha1984
  11. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named loksabha1989
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  16. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named loksabha2004
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  18. ↑ General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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