Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly constituency

Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

For other uses, see Bardhaman (disambiguation).

Bardhaman Dakshin
Constituency No. 260 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman
LS constituencyBardhaman–Durgapur
Established1952
Total electors213,910
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2021

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission, No. 260 Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly constituency covers Bardhaman municipality.

Bardhaman Dakshin assembly segment is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election
Year		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951BardhamanBenoy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India[2]
1957Benoy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India[3]
1962Radharani MahtabIndian National Congress[4]
1967Bardhaman DakshinS. B. ChodhuryIndian National Congress [5]
1969Benoy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[6]
1971Benoy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
1972Pradip BhattacharyaIndian National Congress [8]
1977Benoy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1982Benoy ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1987Nirupam SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
1991Shyama Prosad BoseCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
1996Shyama Prosad BoseCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2001Nirupam SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [14]
2006Nirupam SenCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [15][16]
2011Rabi Ranjan ChattopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016Rabi Ranjan ChattopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress[18][19]
2021Khokan DasAll India Trinamool Congress [20]

Election results

2021
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bardhaman Dakshin[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Khokan Das 91,015 44.32 -3.02
BJP Sandip Nandi 82,910 40.38 +32.04
CPI(M) Pritha Tah 23,346 11.37 -20.80
BSP Pushpa Hansda 1,455 0.71
NRPOI Rajib Paswan 983 0.45
SUCI(C) Anirudha Kundu 797 0.39
Independent Arindam Ghosh 581 0.28
BMUP Luxmi Narayan Koda 551 0.27
NOTA None of the above 3,707 1.81
Turnout 205,345
TMC hold Swing

2016
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bardhaman Dakshin [18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhyay 91,882 47.34
CPI(M) Ainul Haque 62,444 32.17
Independent Samir Kumar Roy 17,205 8.86
BJP Prabal Roy 16,192 8.34
BSP Md Harun 1,616 0.83
SUCI(C) Parikshit Gorain 1,363 0.70
NOTA None of the above 3,394 1.75
Majority
Turnout
TMC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 elections, Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nirupam Sen of CPI(M).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bardhaman Dakshin [21][22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay 107,520 57.7 +14.23#
CPI(M) Nirupam Sen 70,606 37.89 -18.64
BJP Sandip Nandi 5,621 3.02
BSP Md. Harun 2,593 1.39
Turnout 186,338 87.11
TMC gain from CPI(M) Swing +32.87

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote percentage, in 2006, for Bardhaman Dakshin constituency.

1967-2006

Nirupam Sen of CPI (M) won the Bardhaman Dakshin assembly seat in 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections defeating his nearest rivals Samir Kumar Roy and Paresh Chandra Sarkar (both of Trinamool Congress) in the respective years. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In 1996 and 1991, Shyamaprosad Bose of CPI (M) defeated Sadhan Kumar Ghosh and Shyamadas Banerjee (both of Congress) in respective years. In 1987, Nirupam Sen of CPI (M) defeated Pradip Bhattacharya of Congress. In 1982 and 1977, Kaustav Roy of CPI (M) defeated Shyamadas Banerjee and Pradip Bhattacharya (both of Congress) in the respective years.[24] Pradip Bhattacharya of Congress won the seat in 1972. Benoy Choudhury of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971 and 1969. S.B.Chowdhury of Congress won the seat in 1967.[25]

1951-1962

Radharani Mahtab of Congress won the Bardhaman seat in 1962. Benoy Choudhuri representing CPI won the seat in 1957 and 1951.[25]

References
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