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.
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. BirbhumAs 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]
^By-Poll
2014 Indian general elections : Kolkata Dakshin
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
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.
Bye-election, 2011: Kolkata Dakshin
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
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
2009 Indian general elections : Kolkata Dakshin
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
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
General Election, 2004 : Calcutta South [ 6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 393,561
50.90
−7.36
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
12.60%
Turnout
7,70,828
70.3%
AITC hold
Swing
General Election, 1999 : Calcutta South [ 7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 469,103
58.26
−1.11
CPI(M)
Subhankar Chakraborty
2,55,095
31.68
INC
Partha Roy Chowdhury
51,735
6.43
CPI(M-L)
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
General Election, 1998 : Calcutta South [ 8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
AITC Mamata Banerjee 503,551
59.37
+6.87
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
General Election, 1996 : Calcutta South [ 9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
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
General Election, 1991 : Calcutta South [ 10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
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
General Election, 1989 : Calcutta South [ 11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
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
General Election, 1980 : Calcutta South [ 13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
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 Bharatiya Lok Dal
Swing
General elections 1951-2014 [ edit | edit source ] 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[ 14]
144,614
37.91
Syama Prasad Mookerjee
44.97
BJS
Mriganka Mohan Sur
30.46
INC[ 14]
1957
Calcutta East
188,647
46.73
Biren Roy
50.33
IND.
Ashim Krishna Dutt
43.68
INC[ 15]
228,712
46.0
Sadhan Chandra Gupta
62.68
CPI
Ranadeb Chowdhury
35.47
INC[ 15]
1967
320,419
68.03
Ranendra Nath Sen
56.88
CPI
Sailendra Nath Mukherjee
43.12
INC[ 16]
1967
Calcutta South
317,171
62.60
Ganesh Ghosh
50.28
CPI(M)
B. B. Ghosh
37.58
INC[ 17]
1971
296,088
59.00
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
50.65
INC
Ganesh Ghosh
42.95
CPI(M)[ 18]
1977
398,560
60.92
Dilip Chakravarty
58.08
JP
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
40.59
INC[ 19]
1980
472,700
61.54
Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty
46.09
CPI(M)
Bhola Nath Sen
38.09
INC(I)[ 13]
1984
582,370
72.52
Bhola Nath Sen
56.93
INC
Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty
41.34
CPI(M)[ 12]
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)[ 10]
1996
852,460
73.02
Mamata Banerjee
52.51
INC
Bharati Mukherjee
40.54
CPI(M)[ 9]
1998
877,430
74.44
Mamata Banerjee
59.37
AITC
Prasanta Sur
32.95
CPI(M)[ 8]
1999
805,270
66.96
Mamata Banerjee
58.26
AITC
Subhankar Chakraborty
31.68
CPI(M)[ 7]
2004
772,740
70.46
Mamata Banerjee
50.93
AITC
Rabin Deb
38.19
CPI(M)[ 6]
2009
Kolkata Dakshin
1,007,225
66.89
Mamata Banerjee
57.19
AITC
Rabin Deb
35.39
CPI(M)[ 20]
2011
824,136
52.82
Subrata Bakshi
62.70
AITC
Ritabrata Banerjee
34.78
CPI(M)[ 20]
2014
11,67,986
69.30
Subrata Bakshi
36.95
AITC
Tathagata Roy
25.28
BJP [ 21]
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