Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency

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

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Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency

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

Overview

Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency

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:

• Ward Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 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

Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sonarpur</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Gangadhar Naskar</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1969</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td></tr><tr><td>1972</td><td>Kansari Halder</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Gangadhar Naskar</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>Bhadreswar Mondal</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Nimai Chandra Mondal</td><td></td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Shyamal Naskar</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>Sonarpur Dakshin</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Jiban Mukhopadhyay</td><td></td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Arundhuti Maitra</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Arundhuti Maitra</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Roopa Ganguly</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Paramita Dasgupta</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rajanya Halder</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Arundhuti Maitra</td><td>109,222</td><td>46.92</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Anjana Basu</td><td>83,041</td><td>35.67</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Shubham Banerjee</td><td>31,778</td><td>13.65</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>2,550</td><td>1.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Bimal Krishna Mondal</td><td>1,110</td><td>0.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Dibakar Halder</td><td>441</td><td>0.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RRP</td><td>Trayee Pradhan</td><td>372</td><td>0.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Rest of the candidates</td><td>~5,000</td><td>2.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>26,181</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>232,807</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Jiban Mukhopadhyay</td><td>97,455</td><td>47.80</td><td>−11.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Tarit Chakraborty</td><td>82,426</td><td>40.43</td><td>+3.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Manoranjan Joddar</td><td>15,735</td><td>7.72</td><td>+5.99</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Ashitavra Mondal</td><td>1,649</td><td>0.81</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Jiban Mukhopadhyay</td><td>100,243</td><td>59.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Tarit Chakraborty</td><td>62,469</td><td>37.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Hasi Singha Roy</td><td>2,926</td><td>1.73</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manoj Kumar Barman</td><td>1,687</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Subrata Halder</td><td>1,081</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Prasanta Majumdar</td><td>713</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RJP</td><td>Jyoshikanta Joddar</td><td>372</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Peoples Party of India (Secular)</td><td>Paul Sanpui</td><td>325</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>168,842</td><td>83.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006 Shyamal Naskar of CPI(M) won the Sonarpur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC. In 2001, Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC defeated Abha Mondal of CPI(M). Bhadreswar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Chandra Mondal of INC in 1996 and 1991, and Sovaranjan Sardar of INC in 1987. Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ramkanta Mondal of ICS in 1982 and Gourhari Sardar of INC in 1977.

Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972

Kansari Halder of CPI won in 1972. Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969, and 1967. Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury of CPI won in 1962.