Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency

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Kolkata Dakshin
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Lok Sabha constituency
Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Kasba
Behala Purba
Behala Paschim
Kolkata Port
Bhabanipur
Rashbehari
Ballygunge
Established1967–Present
Total electors1,719,821 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Mala Roy (Member of Parliament).jpg
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2024

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.

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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.

Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency in Kolkata district.svg

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 Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
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: [2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
149 Kasba South 24 Parganas Javed Ahmed Khan Trinamool Congress Trinamool Congress
153 Behala Purba Ratna Chatterjee
154 Behala Paschim Partha Chatterjee [a] Independent
158 Kolkata Port Kolkata Firhad Hakim Trinamool Congress
159 Bhabanipur Mamata Banerjee
160 Rashbehari Debasish Kumar
161 Ballygunge Babul Supriyo

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationNameParty
First 1952-57 Syama Prasad Mukherjee Bharatiya Jana Sangh [3]
Constituency renamed from Calcutta South East to Calcutta East
Second 1957-62 Sadhan Gupta Communist Party of India [4] [5]
Third 1962-67 Ranendranath Sen
Constituency renamed from Calcutta East to Calcutta South
Fourth 1967-71 Ganesh Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
Fifth 1971-77 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Indian National Congress [7]
Sixth 1977-80 Dilip Chakravarty Janata Party [8]
Seventh 1980-84 Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
Eighth 1984-89 Bholanath Sen Indian National Congress [10]
Ninth 1989-91 Biplab Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
Tenth 1991-96 Mamata Banerjee Indian National Congress [12] [13]
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99 Trinamool Congress [14] [15] [16]
Thirteenth 1999-04
Fourteenth 2004-09
Constituency renamed from Calcutta South to Kolkata Dakshin
Fifteenth 2009-11 Mamata Banerjee Trinamool Congress [17] [18]
2011-14^ Subrata Bakshi
Sixteenth 2014-19 [19] [20]
Seventeenth 2019-24 Mala Roy
Eighteenth 2024- Incumbent

^By-Poll

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kolkata Dakshin [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mala Roy 615,274 49.48% Increase2.svg+1.98
BJP Debasree Chaudhuri 428,04334.42%Decrease2.svg0.22
CPI(M) Saira Shah Halim168,531Increase2.svg
NOTA None of the above6,4230.42Decrease2.svg0.81
Majority6,54,46652.63
Turnout 12,43,477
AITC hold Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kolkata Dakshin [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mala Roy 573,119 47.50 +10.55
BJP Chandra Kumar Bose417,92734.64+9.36
CPI(M) Nandini Mukherjee 140,27511.63−12.17
INC Mita Chakraborty42,6183.53−6.18
NOTA None of the Above 14,8241.23−0.43
Majority155,10212.85+1.18
Turnout 1,207,07669.82+0.52
AITC hold Swing +10.55

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kolkata Dakshin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Subrata Bakshi 431,715 36.95 −20.24
BJP Tathagata Roy 2,95,37625.28+21.33
CPI(M) Nandini Mukherjee 2,79,41423.83−11.56
INC Mala Roy 1,13,4539.71+9.71
NOTA None of the Above 19,5111.67+1.67
Majority1,36,33911.67−10.13
Turnout 11,67,98669.30+2.41
AITC hold Swing −25.75

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.

Bye-election, 2011: Kolkata Dakshin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Subrata Bakshi 516,761 62.70 +5.51
CPI(M) Ritabrata Banerjee 2,86,66234.78−0.61
Independent S. K. Biswas8,0680.98+0.98
Independent Debashish Ghosh7,0490.86+0.86
Independent Ranjit Kumar Dutta5,5960.68+0.68
Majority2,30,09927.92+6.12
Turnout 8,24,23152.82−14.07
AITC hold Swing +5.51

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kolkata Dakshin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 576,045 57.19 +6.09
CPI(M) Rabin Deb 3,56,47435.39−2.91
BJP Jyotsna Banerjee39,7443.95
BSP Paresh Chandra Roy6,7450.67
IND Yusuf Jamal Siddique6,0420.60
IUML Asif Md5,8960.59
Majority2,19,57121.80
Turnout 10,07,22566.89
AITC hold Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Calcutta South [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 393,561 51.10 −7.16
CPI(M) Rabin Deb 295,13238.30+6.62
INC Nafisa Ali 60,3777.80
Independent Sujit Kumar Roy4,7820.60
BSP Kusha Ram4,4310.60
Independent Bandana Das4,1300.50
Independent Mukul Paul2,5240.30
Independent Ranjit Banerjee2,3060.30
Independent Barnali Mukherjee2,2580.30
Independent Santu Mukherjee1,7080.20
Independent Bhushan Mondal1,5330.20
Majority98,42912.8%
Turnout 7,70,82870.3%
AITC hold Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Calcutta South [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 469,103 58.26 −1.11
CPI(M) Subhankar Chakraborty2,55,09531.68
INC Partha Roy Chowdhury51,7356.43
CPI(ML) Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh6,186
BSP Mohammed Sahabuddun6,0910.76
Independent Ranjan Kumar Das5.841
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh4,512
Independent Priya Nath Banerjee2,740
Independent Kabita Mukherjee2,160
Independent Bandana Biswas1,658
Majority2,14,00826.6
Turnout 8,05,12166.96
AITC hold Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Calcutta South [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 503,551 59.37 +6.87
CPI(M) Prasanta Kumar Sur 279,47032.95
INC Sougata Roy 56,7256.69
Independent Partha Sarathi Ghosh1,9370.23
RJD Salik Ram Shaw1,4980.18
Independent G.Joseph1.4970.18
Independent Rina Sutradhar1,4470.17
Independent Adrish Bhattacharya1,2360.15
Independent Addy Samir Kumar4930.06
Independent Paresh Nath Bandyopadhyay3400.04
Majority2,24,08127.7
Turnout 8,05,12166.96%
AITC gain from INC Swing

General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Calcutta South [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mamata Banerjee 438,252 52.50
CPI(M) Bharati Mukherjee3,34,99140.10
BJP Santi Roy45,0665.30
Independent Bulu Chatterjee3,4390.40
Independent Sushil Chandra Majumdar1,8690.20
Independent D. Guha1,7550.20
Independent Tripti Das1,5890.20
Independent Bandana Biswas1,5720.20
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)Yasmeen Sen Gupta1,5270.20
Independent Lalita Seth1,4820.20
Independent Ramagardi Yadav1,2850.20
Independent Bablu Dutta9580.10
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh7980.10
Majority1,03,26112.1
Turnout 8,52,45873.0
INC hold Swing

General election 1991

General Election, 1991: Calcutta South [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mamata Banerjee 367,896 52.46
CPI(M) Biplab Dasgupta2,74,23339.10
BJP Somraj Dutta50,5417.21
Independent Ashok kumar Roy Chowdhury1,9580.28
Independent Sushil Chandra Majumdar1,7790.25
BSP Parimal Kanti Ray1,1210.16
Independent Priti Mazumder8770.13
Independent Bandana Biswas8370.12
Doordarshi PartyHari Shankar Shah7920.11
Independent Hajranchhor Chand Bhandari5480.08
Independent Bhagwan Das Nathany4130.06
Independent Arun Ghosh2950.04
Independent Murari Mohan Ghosh7980.10
Majority93,663
Turnout 7,01,29068.50
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 1989

General Election, 1989: Calcutta South [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Biplab Dasgupta 363,674 50.07
INC Bholanath Sen3,38,51846.61
BJP Jnanendra Banerjee18,4182.54
Independent Sankar Som Banerjee2,2130.30
Independent Sourendta Nath Mitra1,4590.20
Independent Arun Ghosh1,0650.15
Independent Utpal Roy9960.14
Majority25,156
Turnout 7,26,34373.02
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

General election 1984

General Election, 1984: Calcutta South [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Bholanath Sen 324,823 56.93
CPI(M) Satyasadhan Chakraborty235,88441.34
BJP Mridula Mukherjee2,5440.45
Independent SK Sultan2,5430.45
Independent Dinesh Gupta1,2740.22
Independent M.K.Ratnam1,0970.19
Independent Chandan Banik8720.15
Independent Shyam Sundar Thakur7890.14
Independent Souren Mitra7400.13
Independent Chandan Banik8720.14
Majority88,939
Turnout 570,56672.52%
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 1980

General Election, 1980: Calcutta South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Satyasadhan Chakraborty 213,441 45,20
INC(I) Bholanath Sen176,43241.34
JP Dilip Chakravartty32,7476.90
INC(U) Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 28,5316.00
SUCI Subir Basu Roy5,0011.01
Independent Anil Kumar Banerjee2,1020.40
Independent Subrata Chatterjee1,4620.30
Independent Sunil Prasad Roy1,4250.14
Independent Shakya Sen1,0530.20
Independent Karuna Nidhan Roy4950.10
Independent Rabi Chowdhury4560.10
Majority37,009(7.8%)
Turnout 4,72,72261.5
CPI(M) gain from BLD Swing

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:

YearConstituencyVotersVoter TurnoutWinner%PartyRunners up%Party
1951Calcutta South East144,06537.91Ashim Krishna Dutt51.11 INC Bankim Chandra Bhattacharyya27.37Independent [3]
144,61437.91 Syama Prasad Mookerjee 44.97 BJS Mriganka Mohan Sur 30.46INC [3]
1957Calcutta East188,64746.73Biren Roy50.33 IND. Ashim Krishna Dutt43.68INC [4]
228,71246.0Sadhan Chandra Gupta62.68 CPI Ranadeb Chowdhury35.47INC [4]
1967320,41968.03Ranendra Nath Sen56.88CPISailendra Nath Mukherjee43.12INC [5]
1967Calcutta South317,17162.60 Ganesh Ghosh 50.28 CPI(M) B. B. Ghosh37.58INC [6]
1971296,08859.00 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 50.65INC Ganesh Ghosh 42.95CPI(M) [7]
1977398,56060.92Dilip Chakravarty58.08 JP Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi 40.59INC [8]
1980472,70061.54Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty46.09CPI(M)Bhola Nath Sen38.09INC(I) [9]
1984582,37072.52Bhola Nath Sen56.93INCSatya Sadhan Chakrabarty41.34CPI(M) [10]
1989740,08073.02 Biplab Dasgupta 50.07CPI(M)Bhola Nath Sen46.61INC [11]
1991714,40068.5 Mamata Banerjee 52.46INCBiplab Dasgupta39.1CPI(M) [12]
1996852,46073.02Mamata Banerjee52.51INCBharati Mukherjee40.54CPI(M) [13]
1998877,43074.44Mamata Banerjee59.37 AITC Prasanta Sur 32.95CPI(M) [14]
1999805,27066.96Mamata Banerjee58.26AITCSubhankar Chakraborty31.68CPI(M) [15]
2004772,74070.46Mamata Banerjee50.93AITC Rabin Deb 38.19CPI(M) [16]
2009Kolkata Dakshin1,007,22566.89Mamata Banerjee57.19AITCRabin Deb35.39CPI(M) [17]
2011824,13652.82 Subrata Bakshi 62.70AITC Ritabrata Banerjee 34.78CPI(M) [17]
201411,67,98669.30Subrata Bakshi36.95AITC Tathagata Roy 25.28 BJP [19]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Suspended from AITC.

References

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  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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  20. ↑ "TMC's Mala Roy Wins Against Chandra Bose in Kolkata Dakshin". News18. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  21. ↑ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2523.htm [ bare URL ]
  22. ↑ http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS2523.htm?ac=23 [ bare URL ]

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