Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency
Constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in India
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Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.
| 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 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jadavpur |
| Established | 1962 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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. 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
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonarpur | |||
| 1962 | Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Kansari Halder | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Bhadreswar Mondal | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Nimai Chandra Mondal | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Shyamal Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Sonarpur Dakshin | |||
| 2011 | Jiban Mukhopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Arundhuti Maitra | ||
| 2026 | Roopa Ganguly | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Roopa Ganguly | 128,970 | 52.34 |  16.67 | |
| AITC | Arundhuti Maitra | 93,188 | 37.82 |  9.1 | |
| CPI | Paramita Dasgupta | 16,784 | 6.81 | 6.84 | |
| INC | Smt. Subrata Datta | 1,368 | 0.56 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,950 | 0.79 | 0.31 | |
| Majority | 35,782 | 14.52 | 3.27 | ||
| Turnout | 246,393 | ||||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | 16.67 |
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2021
| 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
| Party | 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
| 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[5] Shyamal Naskar of CPI(M) won the Sonarpur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC. In 2001,[6] Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC defeated Abha Mondal of CPI(M). Bhadreswar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Chandra Mondal of INC in 1996[7] and 1991,[8] and Sovaranjan Sardar of INC in 1987.[9] Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ramkanta Mondal of ICS in 1982[10] and Gourhari Sardar of INC in 1977.[11][12]
Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972
Kansari Halder of CPI won in 1972.[13] Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) won in 1971,[14] 1969,[15] and 1967.[16] Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury of CPI won in 1962.[17]