# Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency

Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 216 Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Contai municipality, Contai I community development block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur gram panchayats of Contai III community development block.
Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1951 | Natendra Nath Das | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |
| | 1957 | Rashbehari Pal | Indian National Congress |
| | 1962 | Sudhir Chandra Das | Praja Socialist Party |
| | 1967 | Sudhir Chandra Das | Praja Socialist Party |
| | 1969 | Sudhir Chandra Das | Praja Socialist Party |
| | 1971 | Sudhir Chandra Das | Praja Socialist Party |
| | 1972 | Sudhir Chandra Das | Praja Socialist Party |
| | 1977 | Satyabrata Maity | Janata Party |
| | 1982 | Sisir Adhikari | Indian National Congress |
| | 1987 | Sukhendu Maity | Communist Party of India |
| | 1991 | Sailaja Kumar Das | Indian National Congress |
| | 1996 | Sailaja Kumar Das | Indian National Congress |
| | 2001 | Sisir Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| | 2006 | Suvendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Kanthi Dakshin ||||
| | 2009 ^ | Dibyendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| | 2011 | Dibyendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| | 2016 | Dibyendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| | 2017 ^ | Chandrima Bhattacharya | Trinamool Congress |
| | 2021 | Arup Kumar Das | Bharatiya Janata Party |
* ^ indicates bye-poll

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kanthi Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Arup Kumar Das | 98,477 | 50.58 | 19.61 |
| | AITC | Jyotirmoy Kar | 88,184 | 45.3 | 10.59 |
| | CPI | Anurup Panda | 6,014 | 3.09 | 7.12 |
| | SUCI(C) | Shrabani Pahari | 1,136 | 3.09 | 7.12 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 870 | 0.45 | 0.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,293 | 5.28 | 19.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,94,681 | 86.66 | 4.65 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2017 by-election

The bye election was necessitated by the resignation of the sitting MLA, Dibyendu Adhikari, as he was elected as MP in the Indian Parliament from Tamluk Lok Sabha Constituency on 19 November 2016.
2017 by-election: Kanthi Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Chandrima Bhattacharya | 95,369 | 55.89 | +2.17 |
| | BJP | Sourindra Mohan Jana | 52,843 | 30.97 | +22.21 |
| | CPI | Uttam Pradhan | 17,423 | 10.21 | −24.01 |
| | INC | Naba Kumar Nanda | 2,270 | 1.33 | N/A |
| | SUCI(C) | Shrabani Pahari | 1,476 | 0.87 | +0.29 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,241 | 0.73 | −0.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42,526 | 24.92 | +5.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,70,622 | 82.01 | −2.90 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,08,028 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kanthi Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Dibyendu Adhikari | 93,359 | 53.72 |
| | CPI | Uttam Pradhan | 59,469 | 34.22 |
| | BJP | Kamalesh Mishra | 15,223 | 8.76 |
| | WPI | Sridhar Dash | 1,038 | 0.60 |
| | SUCI(C) | Manas Pradhan | 1,010 | 0.58 |
| | BNP | Jahangir Mahammad Shaikh | 754 | 0.43 |
| | ABHM | Dr. Arun Kumar Giri | 639 | 0.37 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,311 | 1.33 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33,890 | 19.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,803 | 84.91 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,04,691 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### 2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kanthi Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Dibyendu Adhikari | 86,933 | 57.12 | +3.30# |
| | CPI | Uttam Kumar Pradhan | 58,296 | 38.31 | −5.95 |
| | BJP | Dr. Kamalesh Mishra | 5,004 | 3.29 | |
| | Independent | Sek Mahammad Jilani | 1,233 | | |
| | Independent | Biswanath Nayak | 72 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,187 | 87.06 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | 9.25 | |
.# 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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Contai South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Suvendu Adhikari | 68,608 | 50.60 |
| | CPI | Satyendra Nath Panda | 60,028 | 38.31 |
| | INC | Harisadhan Das Adhikari | 4,380 | 3.20 |
| | Independent | Chittaranjan Jana | 1,758 | 1.30 |
| | Independent | Adharchandra Nahal | 842 | 0.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,580 | 6.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,730 | (88.3%) |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | 9.25 |
.# 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 to parliament from Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency), Dibyendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress 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. Sisir Adhikari of Trinamool Congress defeated Sukhendu Maiti of CPI in 2001. Sailaja Kumar Das of Congress 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 defeated Sudhir Chandra Das, Independent, in 1977.

### 1951-1972

Sudhir Chandra Das of PSP won in 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967 and 1962. Rashbehari Pal of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Natendra Nath Das of KMPP won the Contai South seat.