Kanthi Dakshin (earlier known as Contai South) is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

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Extent

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission

Delimitation Commission of India

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, No. 216 Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Contai

Contai

Contai is head quarters of Contai subdivision in Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. There are three community development blocks in Contai.- History :...

 municipality, Contai I

Contai I (community development block)

Contai I is an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Contai police station serves this block...

 community development block

Community Development Block in India

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, and Durmuth and Kusumpur gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

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s of Contai III

Contai III (community development block)

Contai III is an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Contai police station serves this block...

 community development block.

Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken in to consideration because of lack of sufficient data.

1977-2006

In the bye-election held in 2009, because of the election of the sitting MLA Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha. He was elected as a Trinamool Congress candidate from Tamluk . An honours graduate, he was born on 15 December 1970.He is the son of Sisir Adhikari....

 to parliament from Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)

Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)

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, Dibyendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress

All India Trinamool Congress

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 won the Contai South seat defeating Satyendra Nath Panda of CPI

Communist Party of India

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In the 2006 state assembly elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2006

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 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. Sisir Adhikari

Sisir Adhikari

Sisir Adhikari is Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government. He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Kanthi...

 of Trinamool Congress defeated Sukhendu Maiti of CPI in 2001. Sailaja Kumar Das of Congress

Indian National Congress

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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 Janata Party

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

 defeated Sudhir Chandra Das, Independent, in 1977.

1951-1972

Sudhir Chandra Das of PSP

Praja Socialist Party

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 won in 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967 and 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

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. Rashbehari Pal of Congress won in 1957

West Bengal state assembly election, 1957

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1957, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1957.-Alliances:On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee and the United Left Front...

. In independent India’s first election in 1951

West Bengal state assembly election, 1952

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952, part of a series of state assembly elections in 1952.-Alliances:On the political left, two alliances had emered the United Socialist Organisation of India and the People's United Socialist Front The West Bengal state assembly election of 1952,...

 Natendra Nath Das of KMPP

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party

The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party was a socialist political party of India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India...

won the Contai South seat.