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Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India

Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India

FieldValue
typeLS
nameKolkata Dakshin WB-23
map_image
map_captionInteractive Map Outlining Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha Constituency
established1967–Present
reservationNone
incumbent_imageMala Roy (Member of Parliament).jpg
mpMala Roy
party
alliance
latest_election_year2024
stateWest Bengal
assembly_consKasba
Behala Purba
Behala Paschim
Kolkata Port
Bhabanipur
Rashbehari
Ballygunge
electors1,719,821

Behala Purba Behala Paschim Kolkata Port Bhabanipur Rashbehari Ballygunge

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:

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
149KasbaSouth 24 ParganasJaved Ahmed Khan
153Behala PurbaRatna Chatterjee
154Behala PaschimPartha Chatterjee
158Kolkata PortKolkataFirhad Hakim
159BhabanipurMamata Banerjee
160RashbehariDebasish Kumar
161BallygungeBabul Supriyo

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationNameParty
First1952-57Syama Prasad Mukherjee
Constituency renamed from Calcutta South East to Calcutta East
Second1957-62Sadhan Gupta
Third1962-67Ranendranath Sen
Constituency renamed from Calcutta East to Calcutta South
Fourth1967-71Ganesh Ghosh
Fifth1971-77Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Sixth1977-80Dilip Chakravarty
Seventh1980-84Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty
Eighth1984-89Bholanath Sen
Ninth1989-91Biplab Dasgupta
Tenth1991-96Mamata Banerjee
Eleventh1996-98
Twelfth1998-99
Thirteenth1999-04
Fourteenth2004-09
Constituency renamed from Calcutta South to Kolkata Dakshin
Fifteenth2009-11Mamata Banerjee
2011-14^Subrata Bakshi
Sixteenth2014-19
Seventeenth2019-24Mala Roy
Eighteenth2024-Incumbent

^By-Poll

Election results

General election 2024

General election 2019

General election 2014

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.

General election 2009

General election 2004

General election 1999

General election 1998

General election 1996

General election 1991

General election 1989

General election 1984

General election 1980

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 Dutt51.11INCBankim Chandra Bhattacharyya27.37Independent
144,61437.91Syama Prasad Mookerjee44.97BJSMriganka Mohan Sur30.46INC
1957Calcutta East188,64746.73Biren Roy50.33IND.Ashim Krishna Dutt43.68INC
228,71246.0Sadhan Chandra Gupta62.68CPIRanadeb Chowdhury35.47INC
1967320,41968.03Ranendra Nath Sen56.88CPISailendra Nath Mukherjee43.12INC
1967Calcutta South317,17162.60Ganesh Ghosh50.28CPI(M)B. B. Ghosh37.58INC
1971296,08859.00Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi50.65INCGanesh Ghosh42.95CPI(M)
1977398,56060.92Dilip Chakravarty58.08JPPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi40.59INC
1980472,70061.54Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty46.09CPI(M)Bhola Nath Sen38.09INC(I)
1984582,37072.52Bhola Nath Sen56.93INCSatya Sadhan Chakrabarty41.34CPI(M)
1989740,08073.02Biplab Dasgupta50.07CPI(M)Bhola Nath Sen46.61INC
1991714,40068.5Mamata Banerjee52.46INCBiplab Dasgupta39.1CPI(M)
1996852,46073.02Mamata Banerjee52.51INCBharati Mukherjee40.54CPI(M)
1998877,43074.44Mamata Banerjee59.37AITCPrasanta Sur32.95CPI(M)
1999805,27066.96Mamata Banerjee58.26AITCSubhankar Chakraborty31.68CPI(M)
2004772,74070.46Mamata Banerjee50.93AITCRabin Deb38.19CPI(M)
2009Kolkata Dakshin1,007,22566.89Mamata Banerjee57.19AITCRabin Deb35.39CPI(M)
2011824,13652.82Subrata Bakshi62.70AITCRitabrata Banerjee34.78CPI(M)
201411,67,98669.30Subrata Bakshi36.95AITCTathagata Roy25.28BJP

Notes

References

References

  1. "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". Election Commission of India.
  2. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
  4. "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
  5. "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
  6. "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
  7. "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
  8. "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  9. "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  10. "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  11. "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  12. "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  13. "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  14. "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  15. "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  16. "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  17. "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  18. (4 December 2011). "Trinamool Congress retains Kolkata South by record margin". The Hindu, 4 December 2011.
  19. "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
  20. "TMC's Mala Roy Wins Against Chandra Bose in Kolkata Dakshin". News18.
  21. "Election Commission of India".
  22. "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India".
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