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Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India
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 ,
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.
Legislative Assembly segments [ edit ]
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
After the implementation of the order of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002, in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency no. 23, Kolkata Dakshin is composed of the following legislative assembly segments:[ 2]
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
^By-Poll
General election 2024 [ edit ]
General election 2019 [ edit ]
General election 2014 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
General election 2004 [ edit ]
General election 1999 [ edit ]
General election 1998 [ edit ]
General election 1996 [ edit ]
General election 1991 [ edit ]
General election 1989 [ edit ]
General election 1984 [ edit ]
General election 1980 [ edit ]
General elections 1951-2014 [ edit ]
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 [ 19]
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^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF) . Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 November 2010 .
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^ a b c "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ a b c "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014 .
^ "Trinamool Congress retains Kolkata South by record margin" . The Hindu, 4 December 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2016 .
^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF) . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016 .
^ "TMC's Mala Roy Wins Against Chandra Bose in Kolkata Dakshin" . News18. Retrieved 16 February 2019 .
^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2523.htm
^ http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS2523.htm?ac=23
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