Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) (spelling as spelled by Election Commission of India) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in Malda district, West Bengal, India.
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).
Assembly segments
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal – 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum
Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 8) is composed of the following assembly segments:
| Constituency Number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Manikchak | None | Malda |
| 51 | English Bazar | None | Malda |
| 52 | Mothabari | None | Malda |
| 53 | Sujapur | None | Malda |
| 54 | Baisnabnagar | None | Malda |
| 55 | Farakka | None | Murshidabad |
| 56 | Samserganj | None | Murshidabad |
Members of Parliament
| SI No. | Year | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2009 | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 2. | 2014 | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 3. | 2019 | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
For MPs from Malda in previous years see Malda (Lok Sabha constituency)
Election results
General election 2019
Source:Source
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury | 4,44,270 | 34.73 | -0.08 | |
| BJP | Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury | 4,36,048 | 34.09 | +14.02 | |
| AITC | Md Moazzem Hossain | 3,51,353 | 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 | 12,79,977 | 81.24 | +0.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 15,75,590 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | -7.05 | |||
General election 2014
| 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 | |||
General election 2009
| 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) | |||||