Dhakuria was an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district

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 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.

It was part of Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency)

Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency)

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1977-2006

In the 2006 state assenbly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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, Kshiti Goswami of RSP

Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

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 won the 151 Dhakuria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sougata Roy of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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. Sougata Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Kshiti Goswami of RSP in 2001. Kshiti Goswami of RSP defeated Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1996 and Jatin Chakraborty, Independent, in 1991. Jatin Chakraborty of RSP defeated Shankar Kanti Bhowmick of Congress in 1987, Tushar Kanti Dasgupta of Congress in 1982 and Arabinda Prasad Dasgupta of Congress in 1977.

1967-1972

Somnath Lahiri of CPI

Communist Party of India

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won the Dhakuria seat in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967.Prior to the seat did not exist.