parliamentary
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constituencies in
India
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West Bengal
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, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008. This seat was a very strong bastion of the
Indian National Congress
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.
Assembly segments
Malda Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
* Habibpur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 39)
*
Araidanga
Araidanga is a populated place, not identified as a separate place in 2011 census, in the Ratua II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
A ...
Manikchak
Manikchak is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History Gauda and Pandua
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Kaliachak
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(assembly constituency no. 49)
As per order of the
Delimitation Commission
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in respect of the
delimitation of constituencies
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Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency
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 D ...
Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency
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 D ...
Election results
By-election 2006
A by-election was held in this constituency on 13 September 2006 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury. In the by-election,
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury (born 12 January 1938), also known as Dalu, is an Indian politician and former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He has represented the Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2009. He was ...
of Congress defeated his nearest rival
Sailen Sarkar
Sailen Sarkar (18 July 1940 —31 December 2013) was a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician, a minister in the state government, five-time legislator and a CPI(M) secretariat member.
Early days
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of CPI(M) by 84,391 votes.
General election 2004
General elections 1951-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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