Kolkata Dakshin WB-23 | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha Constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | West Bengal |
Assembly constituencies | Kasba Behala Purba Behala Paschim Kolkata Port Bhabanipur Rashbehari Ballygunge |
Established | 1967–Present |
Total electors | 1,719,821 [1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
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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.
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.
The constituency has a preponderance of voters belonging to Bengali Kayastha and Bhrahmin in population, in this constituency.
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]
No | Name | District | Member | Party | Party Leading (in 2024) | ||
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149 | Kasba | South 24 Parganas | Javed Ahmed Khan | AITC | AITC | ||
153 | Behala Purba | Ratna Chatterjee | AITC | AITC | |||
154 | Behala Paschim | Partha Chatterjee | Independent | AITC | |||
158 | Kolkata Port | Kolkata | Firhad Hakim | AITC | AITC | ||
159 | Bhabanipur | Mamata Banerjee | AITC | AITC | |||
160 | Rashbehari | Debasish Kumar | AITC | AITC | |||
161 | Ballygunge | Babul Supriyo | AITC | AITC | |||
^By-Poll
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Mala Roy | 615,274 | 49.48 | ![]() | |
BJP | Debasree Chaudhuri | 428,043 | 34.42 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Saira Shah Halim | 168,531 | 13.55 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 6,423 | 0.42 | ![]() | |
Majority | 187,231 | 15.06 | |||
Turnout | 12,43,477 | ||||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Mala Roy | 573,119 | 47.50 | +10.55 | |
BJP | Chandra Kumar Bose | 417,927 | 34.64 | +9.36 | |
CPI(M) | Nandini Mukherjee | 140,275 | 11.63 | −12.17 | |
INC | Mita Chakraborty | 42,618 | 3.53 | −6.18 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 14,824 | 1.23 | −0.43 | |
Majority | 155,102 | 12.85 | +1.18 | ||
Turnout | 1,207,076 | 69.82 | +0.52 | ||
AITC hold | Swing | +10.55 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Subrata Bakshi | 431,715 | 36.95 | −20.24 | |
BJP | Tathagata Roy | 2,95,376 | 25.28 | +21.33 | |
CPI(M) | Nandini Mukherjee | 2,79,414 | 23.83 | −11.56 | |
INC | Mala Roy | 1,13,453 | 9.71 | +9.71 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 19,511 | 1.67 | +1.67 | |
Majority | 1,36,339 | 11.67 | −10.13 | ||
Turnout | 11,67,986 | 69.30 | +2.41 | ||
AITC hold | Swing | −25.75 |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Subrata Bakshi | 516,761 | 62.70 | +5.51 | |
CPI(M) | Ritabrata Banerjee | 2,86,662 | 34.78 | −0.61 | |
Independent | S. K. Biswas | 8,068 | 0.98 | +0.98 | |
Independent | Debashish Ghosh | 7,049 | 0.86 | +0.86 | |
Independent | Ranjit Kumar Dutta | 5,596 | 0.68 | +0.68 | |
Majority | 2,30,099 | 27.92 | +6.12 | ||
Turnout | 8,24,231 | 52.82 | −14.07 | ||
AITC hold | Swing | +5.51 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 576,045 | 57.19 | +6.09 | |
CPI(M) | Rabin Deb | 3,56,474 | 35.39 | −2.91 | |
BJP | Jyotsna Banerjee | 39,744 | 3.95 | ||
BSP | Paresh Chandra Roy | 6,745 | 0.67 | ||
IND | Yusuf Jamal Siddique | 6,042 | 0.60 | ||
IUML | Asif Md | 5,896 | 0.59 | ||
Majority | 2,19,571 | 21.80 | |||
Turnout | 10,07,225 | 66.89 | |||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 393,561 | 51.10 | −7.26 | |
CPI(M) | Rabin Deb | 295,132 | 38.30 | +6.62 | |
INC | Nafisa Ali | 60,377 | 7.80 | ||
Independent | Sujit Kumar Roy | 4,782 | 0.60 | ||
BSP | Kusha Ram | 4,431 | 0.60 | ||
Independent | Bandana Das | 4,130 | 0.50 | ||
Independent | Mukul Paul | 2,524 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Ranjit Banerjee | 2,306 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Barnali Mukherjee | 2,258 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Santu Mukherjee | 1,708 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Bhushan Mondal | 1,533 | 0.20 | ||
Majority | 98,429 | 12.8% | |||
Turnout | 7,70,828 | 70.3% | |||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 469,103 | 58.26 | ||
CPI(M) | Subhankar Chakraborty | 2,55,095 | 31.68 | ||
INC | Partha Roy Chowdhury | 51,735 | 6.43 | ||
CPI(ML) | Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh | 6,186 | |||
BSP | Mohammed Sahabuddun | 6,091 | 0.76 | ||
Independent | Ranjan Kumar Das | 5.841 | |||
Independent | Murari Mohan Ghosh | 4,512 | |||
Independent | Priya Nath Banerjee | 2,740 | |||
Independent | Kabita Mukherjee | 2,160 | |||
Independent | Bandana Biswas | 1,658 | |||
Majority | 2,14,008 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,05,121 | 66.96 | |||
AITC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Mamata Banerjee | 503,551 | 59.37 | ||
CPI(M) | Prasanta Kumar Sur | 279,470 | 32.95 | ||
INC | Sougata Roy | 56,725 | 6.69 | ||
Independent | Partha Sarathi Ghosh | 1,937 | 0.23 | ||
RJD | Salik Ram Shaw | 1,498 | 0.18 | ||
Independent | G.Joseph | 1.497 | 0.18 | ||
Independent | Rina Sutradhar | 1,447 | 0.17 | ||
Independent | Adrish Bhattacharya | 1,236 | 0.15 | ||
Independent | Addy Samir Kumar | 493 | 0.06 | ||
Independent | Paresh Nath Bandyopadhyay | 340 | 0.04 | ||
Majority | 2,24,081 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 8,05,121 | 66.96% | |||
AITC gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Mamata Banerjee | 438,252 | 52.50 | ||
CPI(M) | Bharati Mukherjee | 3,34,991 | 40.10 | ||
BJP | Santi Roy | 45,066 | 5.30 | ||
Independent | Bulu Chatterjee | 3,439 | 0.40 | ||
Independent | Sushil Chandra Majumdar | 1,869 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | D. Guha | 1,755 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Tripti Das | 1,589 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Bandana Biswas | 1,572 | 0.20 | ||
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | Yasmeen Sen Gupta | 1,527 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Lalita Seth | 1,482 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Ramagardi Yadav | 1,285 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Bablu Dutta | 958 | 0.10 | ||
Independent | Murari Mohan Ghosh | 798 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 1,03,261 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 8,52,458 | 73.0 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Mamata Banerjee | 367,896 | 52.46 | ||
CPI(M) | Biplab Dasgupta | 2,74,233 | 39.10 | ||
BJP | Somraj Dutta | 50,541 | 7.21 | ||
Independent | Ashok kumar Roy Chowdhury | 1,958 | 0.28 | ||
Independent | Sushil Chandra Majumdar | 1,779 | 0.25 | ||
BSP | Parimal Kanti Ray | 1,121 | 0.16 | ||
Independent | Priti Mazumder | 877 | 0.13 | ||
Independent | Bandana Biswas | 837 | 0.12 | ||
Doordarshi Party | Hari Shankar Shah | 792 | 0.11 | ||
Independent | Hajranchhor Chand Bhandari | 548 | 0.08 | ||
Independent | Bhagwan Das Nathany | 413 | 0.06 | ||
Independent | Arun Ghosh | 295 | 0.04 | ||
Independent | Murari Mohan Ghosh | 798 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 93,663 | ||||
Turnout | 7,01,290 | 68.50 | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Biplab Dasgupta | 363,674 | 50.07 | ||
INC | Bholanath Sen | 3,38,518 | 46.61 | ||
BJP | Jnanendra Banerjee | 18,418 | 2.54 | ||
Independent | Sankar Som Banerjee | 2,213 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Sourendta Nath Mitra | 1,459 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Arun Ghosh | 1,065 | 0.15 | ||
Independent | Utpal Roy | 996 | 0.14 | ||
Majority | 25,156 | ||||
Turnout | 7,26,343 | 73.02 | |||
CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Bholanath Sen | 324,823 | 56.93 | ||
CPI(M) | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | 235,884 | 41.34 | ||
BJP | Mridula Mukherjee | 2,544 | 0.45 | ||
Independent | SK Sultan | 2,543 | 0.45 | ||
Independent | Dinesh Gupta | 1,274 | 0.22 | ||
Independent | M.K.Ratnam | 1,097 | 0.19 | ||
Independent | Chandan Banik | 872 | 0.15 | ||
Independent | Shyam Sundar Thakur | 789 | 0.14 | ||
Independent | Souren Mitra | 740 | 0.13 | ||
Independent | Chandan Banik | 872 | 0.14 | ||
Majority | 88,939 | ||||
Turnout | 570,566 | 72.52% | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Satyasadhan Chakraborty | 213,441 | 45,20 | ||
INC(I) | Bholanath Sen | 176,432 | 41.34 | ||
JP | Dilip Chakravartty | 32,747 | 6.90 | ||
INC(U) | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | 28,531 | 6.00 | ||
SUCI | Subir Basu Roy | 5,001 | 1.01 | ||
Independent | Anil Kumar Banerjee | 2,102 | 0.40 | ||
Independent | Subrata Chatterjee | 1,462 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Sunil Prasad Roy | 1,425 | 0.14 | ||
Independent | Shakya Sen | 1,053 | 0.20 | ||
Independent | Karuna Nidhan Roy | 495 | 0.10 | ||
Independent | Rabi Chowdhury | 456 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 37,009 | (7.8%) | |||
Turnout | 4,72,722 | 61.5 | |||
CPI(M) gain from BLD | Swing |
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 |
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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 [19] | |
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