Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

Purba Medinipur district Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ...

in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

Delimitation Commission The Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act. The main task of the commission is redrawing the boundaries of the vari ...

, No. 216 Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Contai Contai is a coastal and subdivisional city and a municipality in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Contai subdivision. It is the second most populated city of the district.According to the geologists, t ...

municipality,

Contai I Contai I (also known as Kanthi I block) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Purba Medinipur district is part of t ...

community development block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

, and Durmuth and Kusumpur

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s of

Contai III Contai III (also known as Kanthi III block) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Purba Medinipur district is part ...

community development block. Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of No. 31

Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency) Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Contai Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Contai in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi Lok Sabha ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

* ^ indicates bye-poll

Election results

2021

2017

The bye election was necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA,

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, as he was elected as MP in the

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from

Tamluk Tamluk () is a town and a municipality in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purba Medinipur district. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present ...

Lok Sabha Constituency on 19 November 2016.

2016

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken into consideration because of lack of sufficient data.

2006

.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken into consideration because of lack of sufficient data.

1977-2006

In the by-election held in 2009, because of the election of the sitting MLA

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to parliament from

Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency) Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. All seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. Vidhan Sabha segments As per order of the Delimitation Com ...

, Dibyendu Adhikari of

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won the Contai South seat defeating Satyendra Nath Panda of

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. In the 2006 state assembly elections Suvendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress won the Contai South assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Satyendra Nath Panda of CPI. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.

Sisir Adhikari Sisir Kumar Adhikari (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 till 2021. He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government. He was th ...

of Trinamool Congress defeated Sukhendu Maiti of CPI in 2001. Sailaja Kumar Das of

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defeated Sukhendu Maity of CPI in 1996 and 1991. Sukhendu Maity of CPI defeated Sailaja Kumar Das of Congress in 1987. Sisir Adhikari of Congress defeated Deepak Mondal, Independent, in 1982. Satyabrata Maity of

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defeated Sudhir Chandra Das, Independent, in 1977.

1951-1972

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of PSP won in 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967 and

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. Rashbehari Pal of Congress won in

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

. In independent India's first election in 1951 Natendra Nath Das of KMPP won the Contai South seat.

References

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