Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Bardhaman Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 260 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman Dakshin Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| LS constituency | Bardhaman–Durgapur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 213,910 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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 | Member | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Bardhaman | ||
| 1951 | Benoy Choudhury | Communist Party of India[2] |
| 1957 | Benoy Choudhury | Communist Party of India[3] |
| 1962 | Radharani Mahtab | Indian National Congress[4] |
| Bardhaman Dakshin | ||
| 1967 | S. B. Chodhury | Indian National Congress [5] |
| 1969 | Benoy Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] |
| 1971 | Benoy Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] |
| 1972 | Pradip Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress[8] |
| 1977 | Benoy Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] |
| 1982 | Benoy Choudhury | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] |
| 1987 | Nirupam Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] |
| 1991 | Shyama Prosad Bose | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] |
| 1996 | Shyama Prosad Bose | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] |
| 2001 | Nirupam Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] |
| 2006 | Nirupam Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15][16] |
| 2011 | Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Trinamool Congress[17] |
| 2016 | Rabi Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Trinamool Congress[18][19] |
| 2021 | Khokan Das | ATrinamool Congress[20] |
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 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 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 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 | |||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2011
In the 2011 elections, Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Nirupam Sen of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 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 | |||
| AITC 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]