# Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency

Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 of Rajpur Sonarpur municipality
* Kalikapur-I, Kalikapur-II, Langalberia, Poleghat, Pratapnagar and Sonarpur-II gram panchayats of Sonarpur community development block
Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency is a part of No. 22 Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1962 | Sonarpur | Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | | Kansari Halder | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | | Gangadhar Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | | Bhadreswar Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | | Bhadreswar Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | | Bhadreswar Mondal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2001 | | Nimai Chandra Mondal | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | | Shyamal Naskar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2011 | Sonarpur Dakshin | Jiban Mukhopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Jiban Mukhopadhyay | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Arundhuti Maitra | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Sonarpur Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AITC | Arundhuti Maitra | 109,222 | 46.92 |
| | BJP | Anjana Basu | 83,041 | 35.67 |
| | CPI | Shubham Banerjee | 31,778 | 13.65 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,550 | 1.1 |
| | BSP | Bimal Krishna Mondal | 1,110 | 0.48 |
| | SUCI(C) | Dibakar Halder | 441 | 0.19 |
| | RRP | Trayee Pradhan | 372 | 0.16 |
| | | Rest of the candidates | ~5,000 | 2.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,181 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 232,807 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Sonarpur Dakshin :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| AITC | Jiban Mukhopadhyay | 97,455 | 47.80 | −11.57 |
| CPI | Tarit Chakraborty | 82,426 | 40.43 | +3.43 |
| BJP | Manoranjan Joddar | 15,735 | 7.72 | +5.99 |
| BSP | Ashitavra Mondal | 1,649 | 0.81 | |
| AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Sonarpur Dakshin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Jiban Mukhopadhyay | 100,243 | 59.37 | |
| | CPI | Tarit Chakraborty | 62,469 | 37.00 | |
| | BJP | Hasi Singha Roy | 2,926 | 1.73 | |
| | Independent | Manoj Kumar Barman | 1,687 | | |
| | BSP | Subrata Halder | 1,081 | | |
| | Independent | Prasanta Majumdar | 713 | | |
| | RJP | Jyoshikanta Joddar | 372 | | |
| | Peoples Party of India (Secular) | Paul Sanpui | 325 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,842 | 83.45 | |
| | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) | AITC win (new seat) |

### Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006 Shyamal Naskar of CPI(M) won the Sonarpur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC. In 2001, Nirmal Chandra Mondal of AITC defeated Abha Mondal of CPI(M). Bhadreswar Mondal of CPI(M) defeated Nirmal Chandra Mondal of INC in 1996 and 1991, and Sovaranjan Sardar of INC in 1987. Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) defeated Ramkanta Mondal of ICS in 1982 and Gourhari Sardar of INC in 1977.

### Legislative Assembly Elections 1962-1972

Kansari Halder of CPI won in 1972. Gangadhar Naskar of CPI(M) won in 1971, 1969, and 1967. Khagendra Kumar Roy Choudhury of CPI won in 1962.