Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency

Maldaha Dakshin
WB-8
Maldaha Dakshin ; WB-8
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Manikchak; English Bazar; Mothabari; Sujapur; Baisnabnagar; Farakka; Samserganj
Established	2009
Total electors	1,347,143
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Isha Khan Choudhury
Party	INC
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024

Maldaha 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 Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency are in Malda district in West Bengal, two assembly segments are in Murshidabad district. As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Malda Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist from 2009 and two new ones came into being: Maldaha Uttar Lok Sabha constituency and Maldaha Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Quick Facts Maldaha Dakshin WB-8, Constituency details ...

No	Name	District	Member
49	Manikchak	Malda	Sabitri Mitra	Trinamool Congress	Bharatiya Janata Party
51	English Bazar		Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
52	Mothabari		Sabina Yeasmin	Trinamool Congress	Indian National Congress
53	Sujapur		Abdul Ghani		Indian National Congress
54	Baisnabnagar		Chandana Sarkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
55	Farakka	Murshidabad	Manirul Islam		Indian National Congress
56	Samserganj	Murshidabad	Amirul Islam		Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Isha Khan Choudhury	572,395	41.79	7.06
	BJP	Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury	4,44,027	32.42	1.67
	AITC	Shahnawaz Ali Raihan	3,01,026	21.98	5.49
	NOTA	None of the above	2,797	0.20	0.74
Majority			1,28,368	9.37
Turnout			13,69,789	76.69	4.55
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	444,270	34.73	−0.08
	BJP	Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury	436,048	34.09	+14.02
	AITC	Md Moazzem Hossain	351,353	27.47	+6.84
	Independent	Debojit Mandal	9,430	0.74	N/A
	BSP	Fulchand Mandal	6,190	0.48	−0.08
	SUCI	Angushudhar Mandal	5,605	0.44	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	12,062	0.94	+0.17
Majority			8,222	0.64	−14.38
Turnout			1,279,977	81.24	+0.15
Registered electors			1,575,590
	INC hold		Swing	-7.05

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	380,291	34.81	−18.64
	BJP	Bishnupada Roy	216,181	19.79	+14.49
	CPI(M)	Abul Hasnat Khan	209,480	19.18	−17.84
	AITC	Md Moazzem Hossain	192,632	17.63	N/A
	AIUDF	Md. Najrul Islam	21,207	1.94	N/A
	SDPI	Imtiaz Ahmed Mollah	12,952	1.18	N/A
	Independent	Manjur Alahi Munshi	11,426	1.04	+0.66
	Independent	Sadhan Chatterjee	10,536	0.96	N/A
	Independent	Naresh Rishi	6,616	0.60	N/A
	BSP	Nikhil Chandra Mondal	6,138	0.56	−0.14
	Jamat-E-Seratul Mustakim	Md Ezaruddin	3,377	0.30	N/A
	IUML	Md Faruque Hossain	3,282	0.30	−0.39
	RPI	Murshed Shekh	2,720	0.24	N/A
	PDS	Nasmul Hoque	2,466	0.22	N/A
	JDP	Bimal Mardi	1,921	0.17	N/A
	RJSP	Dipak Singh	1449	0.13	N/A
	BMP	Firoz Akhtar	1,342	0.12	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	8,392	0.77	N/A
Majority			164,111	15.02	−1.41
Turnout			1,092,407	81.09	+2.25
	INC hold		Swing	-18.84

Assembly segments

General Election, 2009: Maldaha Dakshin^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	443,377	53.45
	CPI(M)	Abdur Razzaque	307,097	37.04
	BJP	Dipak Kumar Chowdhury	43,997	5.30
	BSP	Dr. Bharat Chandra Mandal	5,889	0.70
	IUML	Md. Ejaruddin	5,752	0.69
	Independent	Manjur Alahi Munshi	3,167	0.38
	Independent	Md. Kamal Basirujjaman	3,411	0.41
	Independent	Rustam Ali	5,944	0.71
	Independent	Shyamal Das	10,852	1.30
Majority			136,280	16.41
Turnout			829,482	78.84
	INC win (new seat)