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DeutschMaldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency
| Maldaha Dakshin WB-8 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Manikchak English Bazar Mothabari Sujapur Baisnabnagar Farakka Samserganj |
| Established | 2009 |
| Total electors | 1,347,143[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Maldah Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in Malda district, West Bengal, India. It is considered to be a bastion of the Indian National Congress. While five of the assembly segments of No. 8 Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency are in Malda district in West Bengal, two assembly segments are in Murshidabad district. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Malda Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist from 2009 and two new ones came into being: Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency and Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Assembly segments
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Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 8) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Manikchak | Malda | Sabitri Mitra | TMC | BJP | ||
| 51 | English Bazar | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury | BJP | BJP | |||
| 52 | Mothabari | Sabina Yeasmin | TMC | INC | |||
| 53 | Sujapur | Md. Abdul Ghani | TMC | INC | |||
| 54 | Baisnabnagar | Chandana Sarkar | TMC | BJP | |||
| 55 | Farakka | Murshidabad | Manirul Islam | TMC | INC | ||
| 56 | Samserganj | Amirul Islam | TMC | INC | |||
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Year | Name[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2008 : See Malda | |||
| 2009 | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Isha Khan Choudhury | ||
Election results
[edit]General election 2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Isha Khan Choudhury | 572,395 | 41.79 |  7.06 | |
| BJP | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury | 444,027 | 32.42 |  1.67 | |
| AITC | Shahnawaz Ali Raihan | 301,026 | 21.98 | 5.49 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,797 | 0.20 | 0.74 | |
| Majority | 128,368 | 9.37 | |||
| Turnout | 1,369,789 | 76.69 | 4.55 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | 444,270 | 34.73 | −0.08 | |
| BJP | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury | 436,048 | 34.09 | +14.02 | |
| AITC | Md Moazzem Hossain | 351,353 | 27.47 | +6.84 | |
| Independent | Debojit Mandal | 9,430 | 0.74 | N/A | |
| BSP | Fulchand Mandal | 6,190 | 0.48 | −0.08 | |
| SUCI | Angushudhar Mandal | 5,605 | 0.44 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 12,062 | 0.94 | +0.17 | |
| Majority | 8,222 | 0.64 | −14.38 | ||
| Turnout | 1,279,977 | 81.24 | +0.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,575,590 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | -7.05 | |||
General election 2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | 380,291 | 34.81 | −18.64 | |
| BJP | Bishnupada Roy | 216,181 | 19.79 | +14.49 | |
| CPI(M) | Abul Hasnat Khan | 209,480 | 19.18 | −17.84 | |
| AITC | Md Moazzem Hossain | 192,632 | 17.63 | N/A | |
| AIUDF | Md. Najrul Islam | 21,207 | 1.94 | N/A | |
| SDPI | Imtiaz Ahmed Mollah | 12,952 | 1.18 | N/A | |
| Independent | Manjur Alahi Munshi | 11,426 | 1.04 | +0.66 | |
| Independent | Sadhan Chatterjee | 10,536 | 0.96 | N/A | |
| Independent | Naresh Rishi | 6,616 | 0.60 | N/A | |
| BSP | Nikhil Chandra Mondal | 6,138 | 0.56 | −0.14 | |
| Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim | Md Ezaruddin | 3,377 | 0.30 | N/A | |
| IUML | Md Faruque Hossain | 3,282 | 0.30 | −0.39 | |
| RPI | Murshed Shekh | 2,720 | 0.24 | N/A | |
| PDS | Nasmul Hoque | 2,466 | 0.22 | N/A | |
| JDP | Bimal Mardi | 1,921 | 0.17 | N/A | |
| RJSP | Dipak Singh | 1449 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| BMP | Firoz Akhtar | 1,342 | 0.12 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 8,392 | 0.77 | N/A | |
| Majority | 164,111 | 15.02 | −1.41 | ||
| Turnout | 1,092,407 | 81.09 | +2.25 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | -18.84 | |||
General election 2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | 443,377 | 53.45 | ||
| CPI(M) | Abdur Razzaque | 307,097 | 37.04 | ||
| BJP | Dipak Kumar Chowdhury | 43,997 | 5.30 | ||
| BSP | Dr. Bharat Chandra Mandal | 5,889 | 0.70 | ||
| IUML | Md. Ejaruddin | 5,752 | 0.69 | ||
| Independent | Manjur Alahi Munshi | 3,167 | 0.38 | ||
| Independent | Md. Kamal Basirujjaman | 3,411 | 0.41 | ||
| Independent | Rustam Ali | 5,944 | 0.71 | ||
| Independent | Shyamal Das | 10,852 | 1.30 | ||
| Majority | 136,280 | 16.41 | |||
| Turnout | 829,482 | 78.84 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ "Maldaha Dakshin Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
- ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS258.htm [bare URL]
- ^ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.