Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 2009-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury |
| Party | Congress |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,347,143[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Manikchak English Bazar Mothabari Sujapur Baisnabnagar Farakka Samserganj |
Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: মালদা দক্ষিন লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) (spelling as spelled by Election Commission of India) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. 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
Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 8) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
- Manikchak (assembly constituency no. 49)
- English Bazar (assembly constituency no. 51)
- Mothabari (assembly constituency no. 52)
- Sujapur (assembly constituency no. 53)
- Baisnabnagar (assembly constituency no. 54)
- Farakka (assembly constituency no. 55)
- Samserganj (assembly constituency no. 56)
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury[3] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury[4] | Indian National Congress | |
For MPs from Malda in previous years see Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)
Election results
General election 2014
| 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 | |
| Trinamool Congress | Dr. 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 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 |  15 |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  7 |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2 |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 2 |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 2 |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 1 |
0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
| 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
References
- ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- 1 2 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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