Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 216
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|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]]
|subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name6 = 174,817 (2011)

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'''Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' (known before 2011 as Contai South) ({{lang-bn|কাঁথি দক্ষিণ বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র}}) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purba Medinipur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 216 Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: [[Contai]] municipality, [[Contai I]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Durmuth and Kusumpur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Contai III]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 6 August 2015| work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 31 [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
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|style="background-color: {{Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
| Natendra Nath Das
| [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| Rashbehari Pal
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{Praja Socialist Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Sudhir Chandra Das]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|-
|1967
|-
|1969
|-
|1971
|-
|1972
|-
|style="background-color: {{Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Satyabrata Maity
| [[Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| [[Sisir Adhikari]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| 1987
| [[Sukhendu Maity]]
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| 1991
| Sailaja Kumar Das
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| 1996
| Sailaja Kumar Das
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| [[Sisir Adhikari]]
| rowspan="2" | [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
|-
| colspan=4 align=center|''Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Kanthi Dakshin''
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| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}" |
| 2009 ^
| rowspan="3" | [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
| rowspan="4" | [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| 2017 ^
| [[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|2021
|Arup Kumar Das
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

* ^ indicates bye-poll

==Results==

=== 2021 ===
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===2017===
The bye election was necessitated by the resignation of the sitting [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], [[Dibyendu Adhikari]], as he was elected as [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]] in the [[Indian Parliament]] from [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]] Lok Sabha Constituency on 19 November 2016.
{{Election box begin
|title=2017 by-election: Kanthi Dakshin}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 95,369
|percentage = 55.89
|change = +2.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sourindra Mohan Jana
|votes = 52,843
|percentage = 30.97
|change = +22.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Uttam Pradhan
|votes = 17,423
|percentage = 10.21
|change = -24.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Naba Kumar Nanda
|votes = 2,270
|percentage = 1.33
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Shrabani Pahari
|votes = 1,476
|percentage = 0.87
|change = +0.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,241
|percentage = 0.73
|change = -0.60
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 42,526
|percentage = 24.92
|change = +5.42
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,70,622
|percentage = 82.01
|change = -2.90
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,08,028
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kanthi Dakshin}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
|votes = 93,359
|percentage = 53.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Uttam Pradhan
|votes = 59,469
|percentage = 34.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kamalesh Mishra
|votes = 15,223
|percentage = 8.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = WPI
|candidate = Sridhar Dash
|votes = 1,038
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Manas Pradhan
|votes = 1,010
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = BNP
|candidate = Jahangir Mahammad Shaikh
|votes = 754
|percentage = 0.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
|candidate = Dr. Arun Kumar Giri
|votes = 639
|percentage = 0.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,311
|percentage = 1.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 33,890
|percentage = 19.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,73,803
|percentage = 84.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,04,691
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Kanthi Dakshin <ref name="Kanthi Dakshin">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25216.htm|title = Kanthi Dakshin |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=216|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kanthi Dakshin| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Kanthi Dakshin |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Dibyendu Adhikari
|votes = 86,933
|percentage = 57.12
|change = +3.30#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Uttam Kumar Pradhan
|votes = 58,296
|percentage = 38.31
|change = -5.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dr. Kamalesh Mishra
|votes = 5,004
|percentage = 3.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sek Mahammad Jilani
|votes = 1,233
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Biswanath Nayak
|votes = 72
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 152,187
|percentage = 87.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = 9.25
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken into consideration because of lack of sufficient data.

===2006===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Contai South <ref name="Kanthi Dakshin">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25216.htm|title = Kanthi Dakshin |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results| publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=216|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kanthi Dakshin| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Kanthi Dakshin |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030612/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_4th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref> }}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
|votes = 68,608
|percentage = 50.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Satyendra Nath Panda
|votes = 60,028
|percentage = 38.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Harisadhan Das Adhikari
|votes = 4,380
|percentage = 3.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Chittaranjan Jana
|votes = 1,758
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Adharchandra Nahal
|votes = 842
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,580
|percentage = 6.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,35,730
|percentage = (88.3%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing = 9.25
}}
{{Election box end}}

.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken into consideration because of lack of sufficient data.

===1977-2006===
In the by-election held in 2009, because of the election of the sitting MLA [[Suvendu Adhikari]] to parliament from [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)]], Dibyendu Adhikari of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Contai South seat defeating Satyendra Nath Panda of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/press/current/pn101109.pdf|title=Results of bye – elections to the 31 (thirty one) Assembly Constituencies and 1(one) Lok Sabha Constituency|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date= 2009-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorsofcontai.com/Old/ELECTION.html | title = Trinamool Blooms with Green | publisher = Contai Royals | access-date = 2010-12-12 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175640/http://www.colorsofcontai.com/Old/ELECTION.html | archive-date = 2011-07-08 }}</ref>

In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]] Suvendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress won the Contai South assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Satyendra Nath Panda of CPI. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Sisir Adhikari]] of Trinamool Congress defeated Sukhendu Maiti of CPI in 2001. Sailaja Kumar Das of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Sukhendu Maity of CPI in 1996 and 1991. Sukhendu Maity of CPI defeated Sailaja Kumar Das of Congress in 1987. Sisir Adhikari of Congress defeated Deepak Mondal, Independent, in 1982. Satyabrata Maity of [[Janata Party]] defeated Sudhir Chandra Das, Independent, in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp211.htm |title = 211 - Contai South Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2010-12-07 }}</ref>

===1951-1972===
[[Sudhir Chandra Das]] of [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] won in 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967 and [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]]. Rashbehari Pal of Congress won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]]. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]] Natendra Nath Das of [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|KMPP]] won the Contai South seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp |title=Statistical Reports of Elections |access-date=2010-12-01 |work=General Election Results and Statistics |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp |archive-date=2010-10-05 }}</ref>

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