Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) (earlier known as Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: কলকাতা দক্ষিন লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) 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 assembly segments on No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Kolkata district, three are in South 24 Parganas district
Assembly segments
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:[1]
Before delimitation in 2008, Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[2]Sonarpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 109), Chowranghee (assembly constituency no. 146), Alipore (assembly constituency no. 148), Rashbehari Avenue (assembly constituency no. 149), Tollygunge (assembly constituency no. 150), Dhakuria (assembly constituency no. 151), Ballygunge (assembly constituency no. 152)
Election results
General election 2014
General Election, 2014: Kolkata Dakshin
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Trinamool Congress |
Subrata Bakshi |
431,715 |
36.95 |
-20.24 |
|
BJP |
Tathagata Roy |
295,376 |
25.28 |
+21.33 |
|
CPI(M) |
Nandini Mukherjee |
279,414 |
23.83 |
-11.56 |
|
INC |
Mala Roy |
113,453 |
9.71 |
+9.71 |
|
BSP |
Omprakash Prajapati |
4,564 |
0.39 |
-0.38 |
|
Independent |
Ashoke Biswas |
4,335 |
0.37 |
+0.37 |
|
SUCI(C) |
Zuber Rabbani |
3,994 |
0.34 |
+0.34 |
|
IUML |
K. P. Md. Sharif |
3,776 |
0.32 |
-0.27 |
|
Independent |
Shamali Das |
3,356 |
0.29 |
+0.29 |
|
Amra Bangalee |
Hitangshu Banerjee |
2,921 |
0.25 |
+0.25 |
|
Independent |
Badri Mondal |
1,844 |
0.16 |
+0.16 |
|
WPI |
Md. Heshamuddin |
1,554 |
0.13 |
+0.13 |
|
AIMF |
Syed Md. Wasim Reza |
1,195 |
0.10 |
+0.10 |
|
Indian Justice Party |
Karan Singh |
1,103 |
0.09 |
-0.06 |
|
CPI(ML) Red Star |
Raveendran T P (Ravi Paloor) |
875 |
0.07 |
+0.07 |
|
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 |
|
Trinamool Congress hold |
Swing |
-25.75 |
|
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
By-election 2011
A by-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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency). In the by-election, Subrata Bakshi of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ritabrata Banerjee of CPI(M) by 2,30,099 votes,thus breaking the record of Mamata Banerjee who had won the seat in 2009 by 2,19,571 votes.
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Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2011: Kolkata Dakshin constituency
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Trinamool Congress |
Subrata Bakshi |
516,761 |
62.70 |
+5.51 |
|
CPI(M) |
Ritabrata Banerjee |
286,662 |
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 |
8,24,136 |
52.82 |
-14.07 |
|
Trinamool Congress hold |
Swing |
+5.51 |
|
General Election 2009
General Election, 2009: Kolkata Dakshin
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Trinamool Congress |
Mamata Banerjee |
5,76,045 |
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 |
|
|
Independent |
Yusuf Jamal Siddique |
6,042 |
0.60 |
|
|
IUML |
Asif Md |
5,896 |
0.59 |
|
|
Independent |
Ram Chandra Prasad |
4,091 |
0.41 |
|
|
Independent |
Nishat Khan |
2,923 |
0.29 |
|
|
Independent |
Barnali Mukhopadhyay |
2,623 |
0.26 |
|
|
Independent |
Arun Biswas |
1,984 |
0.20 |
|
|
Independent |
Pijush Banerjee |
1,674 |
0.17 |
|
|
Independent |
Jayanta Datta |
1,512 |
0.15 |
|
|
Indian Justice Party |
Leela Hans |
1,472 |
0.15 |
|
Majority |
2,19,571 |
21.80 |
|
Turnout |
10,07,225 |
66.89 |
|
|
Trinamool Congress hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 2004
General Election, 2004: Calcutta South[17]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Trinamool Congress |
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% |
|
|
Trinamool Congress hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1999
General Election, 1999: Calcutta South[16]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Trinamool Congress |
Mamata Banerjee |
4,69,103 |
58.26 |
|
|
CPI(M) |
Subhankar Chakraborty |
2,55,095 |
31.68 |
|
|
INC |
Partha Roy Chowdhury |
51,735 |
6.43 |
|
|
CPI(ML)(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 |
|
|
Trinamool Congress hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1998
General Election, 1998: Calcutta South[15]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Trinamool Congress |
Mamata Banerjee |
5,03,551 |
59.37 |
|
|
CPI(M) |
Prasanta Kumar Sur |
2,79,470 |
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% |
|
|
Trinamool Congress gain from INC |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1996
General Election, 1996: Calcutta South[14]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
INC |
Mamata Banerjee |
4,38,252 |
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
General Election, 1991: Calcutta South[13]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
INC |
Mamata Banerjee |
3,67,896 |
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 hold |
Swing |
|
|
General Election 1989
General Election, 1989: Calcutta South[12]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
CPI(M) |
Biplab Dasgupta |
3,63,674 |
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
General Election, 1980: Calcutta South[10]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
CPI(M) |
Satyasadhan Chakraborty |
213,441 |
45,20 |
|
|
INC(I) |
Bholanath Sen |
176,432 |
41.34 |
|
|
Janata Party |
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 |
|
|
General elections 1951-2004
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 |
|
|
Runners up |
|
|
|
|
|
%age |
Candidate |
%age |
Party |
Candidate |
%age |
Party |
1951 |
Calcutta South West |
144065 |
37.91 |
Ashim Krishna Dutt |
51.11 |
INC |
Bankim Chandra Bhattacharyya |
27.37 |
Independent[3] |
|
Calcutta South East |
144,614 |
37.91 |
Syama Prasad Mookerjee |
44.97 |
BJS |
Mriganka Mohan Sur |
30.46 |
INC[3] |
1957 |
Calcutta South West |
188,647 |
46.73 |
Biren Roy |
50.33 |
IND. |
Ashim Krishna Dutt |
43.68 |
INC[4] |
|
Calcutta East |
228,712 |
46.0 |
Sadhan Chandra Gupta |
62.68 |
CPI |
Ranadeb Chowdhury |
35.47 |
INC[4] |
1960 |
Calcutta South West |
Bye-election |
|
Indrajit Gupta |
|
CPI |
Ashim Krishna Dutt |
|
INC[5] |
1962 |
Calcutta South West |
292,873 |
67.64 |
Indrajit Gupta |
50.06 |
CPI |
Ismail Ibrahim |
46.24 |
INC[6] |
|
Calcutta East |
320,419 |
68.03 |
Ranendra Nath Sen |
56.88 |
CPI |
Sailendra Nath Mukherjee |
43.12 |
INC[6] |
1967 |
Calcutta South |
317,171 |
62.60 |
Ganesh Ghosh |
50.28 |
CPI(M) |
B. B. Ghosh |
37.58 |
INC[7] |
|
Alipore |
385,961 |
68.22 |
Indrajit Gupta |
32.41 |
CPI |
P.Sarkar |
32.22 |
INC[7] |
1971 |
Calcutta South |
296,088 |
59.00 |
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi |
50.65 |
INC |
Ganesh Ghosh |
42.95 |
CPI(M)[8] |
|
Alipore |
368,717 |
57.38 |
Indrajit Gupta |
49.00 |
CPI |
Kamal Sarakar |
41.40 |
CPI(M)[8] |
1977 |
Calcutta South |
398,560 |
60.92 |
Dilip Chakravarty |
58.08 |
BLD |
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi |
40.59 |
INC[9] |
1980 |
|
472,700 |
61.54 |
Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty |
46.09 |
CPI(M) |
Bhola Nath Sen |
38.09 |
INC(I)[10] |
1984 |
|
582,370 |
72.52 |
Bhola Nath Sen |
56.93 |
INC |
Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty |
41.34 |
CPI(M)[11] |
1989 |
|
740,080 |
73.02 |
Biplab Dasgupta |
50.07 |
CPI(M) |
Bhola Nath Sen |
46.61 |
INC[12] |
1991 |
|
714,400 |
68.5 |
Mamata Banerjee |
52.46 |
INC |
Biplab Dasgupta |
39.1 |
CPI(M)[13] |
1996 |
|
852,460 |
73.02 |
Mamata Banerjee |
52.51 |
INC |
Bharati Mukherjee |
40.54 |
CPI(M)[14] |
1998 |
|
877,430 |
74.44 |
Mamata Banerjee |
59.37 |
AITC |
Prasanta Sur |
32.95 |
CPI(M)[15] |
1999 |
|
805,270 |
66.96 |
Mamata Banerjee |
58.26 |
AITC |
Subhankar Chakraborty |
31.68 |
CPI(M)[16] |
2004 |
|
772,740 |
70.46 |
Mamata Banerjee |
50.93 |
AITC |
Rabin Deb |
38.19 |
CPI(M)[17] |
2009 |
Kolkata Dakshin |
10,07,225 |
66.89 |
Mamata Banerjee |
57.19 |
AITC |
Rabin Deb |
35.39 |
CPI(M)[18] |
2011 |
|
8,24,136 |
52.82 |
Subrata Bakshi |
62.70 |
AITC |
Ritabrata Banerjee |
34.78 |
CPI(M)[18] |
2014 |
|
11,67,986 |
69.30 |
Subrata Bakshi |
36.95 |
AITC |
Tathagata Roy |
25.28 |
BJP[20] |
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