Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency

Sonarpur Dakshin
Sonarpur Dakshin
Constituency No. 147 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
LS constituency	Jadavpur
Established	1962
Total electors	288,107
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Arundhuti Maitra
Party	All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

Ward Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 of Rajpur Sonarpur municipality
Kalikapur-I, Kalikapur-II, Langalberia, Poleghat, Pratapnagar and Sonarpur-II gram panchayats of Sonarpur community development block

Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency is a part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1962	Sonarpur	Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury	Communist Party of India^[2]
1967		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[3]
1969		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[4]
1971		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[5]
1972		Kansari Halder	Communist Party of India^[6]
1977		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[7]
1982		Gangadhar Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[8]
1987		Bhadreswar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[9]
1991		Bhadreswar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[10]
1996		Bhadreswar Mondal	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[11]
2001		Nimai Chandra Mondal	All India Trinamool Congress^[12]
2006		Shyamal Naskar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[13]
2011	Sonarpur Dakshin	Jiban Mukhopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress
2016		Jiban Mukhopadhyay	All India Trinamool Congress
2021		Arundhuti Maitra	All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sonarpur Dakshin^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Arundhuti Maitra	109,222	46.92
	BJP	Anjana Basu	83,041	35.67
	CPI	Shubham Banerjee	31,778	13.65
	NOTA	None of the above	2,550	1.1
	BSP	Bimal Krishna Mondal	1,110	0.48
	SUCI(C)	Dibakar Halder	441	0.19
	RRP	Trayee Pradhan	372	0.16
		Rest of the candidates	~5,000	2.50
Majority			26,181
Turnout			232,807
	AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Sonarpur Dakshin
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
AITC	Jiban Mukhopadhyay	97,455	47.80	−11.57
CPI	Tarit Chakraborty	82,426	40.43	+3.43
BJP	Manoranjan Joddar	15,735	7.72	+5.99
BSP	Ashitavra Mondal	1,649	0.81
AITC hold		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Sonarpur Dakshin^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Jiban Mukhopadhyay	100,243	59.37
	CPI	Tarit Chakraborty	62,469	37.00
	BJP	Hasi Singha Roy	2,926	1.73
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Barman	1,687
	BSP	Subrata Halder	1,081
	Independent	Prasanta Majumdar	713
	RJP	Jyoshikanta Joddar	372
	Peoples Party of India (Secular)	Paul Sanpui	325
Turnout			168,842	83.45
	AITC win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006^[13] Shyamal Naskar of CPI(M) won the Sonarpur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC. In 2001,^[12] Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC defeated Abha Mondal of CPI(M). Bhadreswar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Chandra Mondal of INC in 1996^[11] and 1991,^[10] and Sovaranjan Sardar of INC in 1987.^[9] Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ramkanta Mondal of ICS in 1982^[8] and Gourhari Sardar of INC in 1977.^[7]^[17]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972

Kansari Halder of CPI won in 1972.^[6] Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) won in 1971,^[5] 1969,^[4] and 1967.^[3] Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury of CPI won in 1962.^[2]

References

Notes

Citations

^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 15 March 2022.
^ "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sonarpur Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
^ "109 - Sonarpur (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

[vidhansabha1962-2] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1967-3] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1969-4] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1971-5] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1972-6] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1977-7] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1982-8] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1987-9] "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1991-10] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha1996-11] "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha2001-12] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[vidhansabha2006-13] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[14] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 15 March 2022.

[vidhansabha2011-15] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[16] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Sonarpur Dakshin. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

[17] "109 - Sonarpur (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

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