Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)


Kolkata Dakshin is one of the 543 Lok Sabha 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 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 constituency no. 23, Kolkata Dakshin is composed of the following legislative assembly segments:
Before delimitation in 2008, Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following Vidhan Sabha segments:Sonarpur , Chowranghee, Alipore, Rashbehari Avenue, Tollygunge, Dhakuria, Ballygunge

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

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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. In the by-election, Subrata Bakshi of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Ritabrata Banerjee of CPI by 2,30,099 votes, thus breaking the record of Mamata Banerjee who had won the seat in 2009 by 2,19,571 votes.

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
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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 1951-2004

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:
YearConstituencyVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951Calcutta South West14406537.91Ashim Krishna Dutt51.11INCBankim Chandra Bhattacharyya27.37Independent
Calcutta South East144,61437.91Syama Prasad Mookerjee44.97BJSMriganka Mohan Sur30.46INC
1957Calcutta South West188,64746.73Biren Roy50.33IND.Ashim Krishna Dutt43.68INC
Calcutta East228,71246.0Sadhan Chandra Gupta62.68CPIRanadeb Chowdhury35.47INC
1960Calcutta South WestBye-electionIndrajit GuptaCPIAshim Krishna DuttINC
1962Calcutta South West292,87367.64Indrajit Gupta50.06CPIIsmail Ibrahim46.24INC
Calcutta East320,41968.03Ranendra Nath Sen56.88CPISailendra Nath Mukherjee43.12INC
1967Calcutta South317,17162.60Ganesh Ghosh50.28CPIB. B. Ghosh37.58INC
Alipore385,96168.22Indrajit Gupta32.41CPIP.Sarkar32.22INC
1971Calcutta South296,08859.00Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi50.65INCGanesh Ghosh42.95CPI
Alipore368,71757.38Indrajit Gupta49.00CPIKamal Sarakar41.40CPI
1977Calcutta South398,56060.92Dilip Chakravarty58.08BLDPriya Ranjan Dasmunsi40.59INC
1980472,70061.54Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty46.09CPIBhola Nath Sen38.09INC
1984582,37072.52Bhola Nath Sen56.93INCSatya Sadhan Chakrabarty41.34CPI
1989740,08073.02Biplab Dasgupta50.07CPIBhola Nath Sen46.61INC
1991714,40068.5Mamata Banerjee52.46INCBiplab Dasgupta39.1CPI
1996852,46073.02Mamata Banerjee52.51INCBharati Mukherjee40.54CPI
1998877,43074.44Mamata Banerjee59.37AITCPrasanta Sur32.95CPI
1999805,27066.96Mamata Banerjee58.26AITCSubhankar Chakraborty31.68CPI
2004772,74070.46Mamata Banerjee50.93AITCRabin Deb38.19CPI
2009Kolkata Dakshin10,07,22566.89Mamata Banerjee57.19AITCRabin Deb35.39CPI
20118,24,13652.82Subrata Bakshi62.70AITCRitabrata Banerjee34.78CPI
201411,67,98669.30Subrata Bakshi36.95AITCTathagata Roy25.28BJP