Contai South Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in East Medinipur district in the

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Overview

As per orders of the

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

Contai Contai is a coastal and subdivisional city and a municipality in East Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Contai subdivision. Etymology In the 5th century, during the visit of Faxian, Fa-Hien, Contai was uninh ...

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 the ...

community development block In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...

, and Durmuth and Kusumpur gram panchayats of

Contai III Contai III (also known as Kanthi III block) is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian States and territories of Indi ...

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 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Contai in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 K ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

* ^ indicates bye-poll

Election results

2021

2017 by-election

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

Dibyendu Adhikari Dibyendu Adhikari (born 24 December 1976) is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal in India. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Tamluk in 2019 as a member of Trinamool Congress. Dibyendu Adhikari's father Sisir Adhikari and elder bro ...

, as he was elected as MP in the

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from

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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

Suvendu Adhikari Suvendu Adhikari (born 15 December 1970) is an Indian politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party since May 2021. Adhikari previously worked in the state ministry for the W ...

to parliament from

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

, Dibyendu Adhikari of

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won the Contai South seat defeating Satyendra Nath Panda of CPI. 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.

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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

Sudhir Chandra Das of PSP won in 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967 and

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. Rashbehari Pal of Congress won in

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

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

References

{{West Bengal elections Assembly constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Purba Medinipur district Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Bengal