Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Kolkata Dakshin WB-23
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Kasba Behala Purba Behala Paschim Kolkata Port Bhabanipur Rashbehari Ballygunge
Established	1967–Present
Total electors	1,719,821[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Mala Roy
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

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.

Assembly segments

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

As 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]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
149	Kasba	South 24 Parganas	Javed Ahmed Khan		Trinamool Congress		Trinamool Congress
153	Behala Purba		Ratna Chatterjee
154	Behala Paschim		Partha Chatterjee[a]		Independent
158	Kolkata Port	Kolkata	Firhad Hakim		Trinamool Congress
159	Bhabanipur		Mamata Banerjee
160	Rashbehari		Debasish Kumar
161	Ballygunge		Babul Supriyo

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name	Party
First	1952-57	Syama Prasad Mukherjee		Bharatiya Jana Sangh[3]
Constituency renamed from Calcutta South East to Calcutta East
Second	1957-62	Sadhan Gupta		Communist Party of India[4][5]
Third	1962-67	Ranendranath Sen
Constituency renamed from Calcutta East to Calcutta South
Fourth	1967-71	Ganesh Ghosh		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
Fifth	1971-77	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi		Indian National Congress[7]
Sixth	1977-80	Dilip Chakravarty		Janata Party[8]
Seventh	1980-84	Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
Eighth	1984-89	Bholanath Sen		Indian National Congress[10]
Ninth	1989-91	Biplab Dasgupta		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Tenth	1991-96	Mamata Banerjee		Indian National Congress[12][13]
Eleventh	1996-98
Twelfth	1998-99			Trinamool Congress[14][15][16]
Thirteenth	1999-04
Fourteenth	2004-09
Constituency renamed from Calcutta South to Kolkata Dakshin
Fifteenth	2009-11	Mamata Banerjee		Trinamool Congress[17][18]
	2011-14^	Subrata Bakshi
Sixteenth	2014-19[19][20]
Seventeenth	2019-24	Mala Roy
Eighteenth	2024-Incumbent

^By-Poll

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kolkata Dakshin^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mala Roy	615,274	49.48%	+1.98
	BJP	Debasree Chaudhuri	428,043	34.42%	0.22
	CPI(M)	Saira Shah Halim	168,531
	NOTA	None of the above	6,423	0.42	0.81
Majority			1,87,231	52.63
Turnout			12,43,477
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kolkata Dakshin^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mala Roy	573,119	47.50	+10.55
	BJP	Chandra Kumar Bose	417,927	34.64	+9.36
	CPI(M)	Nandini Mukherjee	140,275	11.63	−12.17
	INC	Mita Chakraborty	42,618	3.53	−6.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,824	1.23	−0.43
Majority			155,102	12.85	+1.18
Turnout			1,207,076	69.82	+0.52
	AITC hold		Swing	+10.55

General election 2014

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

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 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

General election 2009

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

General Election, 2004: Calcutta South^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Mamata Banerjee	393,561	51.10	−7.16
	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%
	AITC hold		Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Calcutta South^[15]

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(ML)	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

General Election, 1998: Calcutta South^[14]

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

General Election, 1996: Calcutta South^[13]

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

General Election, 1991: Calcutta South^[12]

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

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 1984

General Election, 1984: Calcutta South^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bholanath Sen	324,823	56.93
	CPI(M)	Satyasadhan Chakraborty	235,884	41.34
	BJP	Mridula Mukherjee	2,544	0.45
	Independent	SK Sultan	2,543	0.45
	Independent	Dinesh Gupta	1,274	0.22
	Independent	M.K.Ratnam	1,097	0.19
	Independent	Chandan Banik	872	0.15
	Independent	Shyam Sundar Thakur	789	0.14
	Independent	Souren Mitra	740	0.13
	Independent	Chandan Banik	872	0.14
Majority			88,939
Turnout			570,566	72.52%
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General election 1980

General Election, 1980: Calcutta South^[9]

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 BLD		Swing

General elections 1951-2014

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]

See also

• Kolkata
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. Suspended from AITC.