CALCUTTA SOUTH
Constituency no. 23 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1967.
Winner, 2004
Mamata Banerjee
AITC
Elections held
11
1967–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 11
Margin, 2004
98,429
12.74% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
CPMRabin Deb
- Votes
- 2,95,132
- Vote share
- 38.19%
- Behind by
- 98,429
Electors
10,96,709
Total votes polled
7,72,742
Valid votes
7,72,742
NOTA votes
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Turnout
70.5%
Full result, 2004
11 candidates · 7,72,742 valid votes
Mamata BanerjeeAITCwon
3,93,561
50.9%
Rabin DebCPM
2,95,132
38.2%
Nafisa AliINC
60,377
7.8%
Sujit Kumar RoyIND
4,782
0.6%
Kusha RamBSP
4,431
0.6%
Bandana DasIND
4,130
0.5%
Mukul PaulIND
2,524
0.3%
Ranjit BanerjeeIND
2,306
0.3%
Barnali MukherjeeIND
2,258
0.3%
Santu MukherjeeIND
1,708
0.2%
Bhusan MondalIND
1,533
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 11 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mamata Banerjee | AITC | 3,93,561 | 50.93% | Rabin Deb | 98,429 |
| 1999 | Mamata Banerjee | AITC | 4,69,103 | 58.26% | Subhankar Chakraborty | 2,14,008 |
| 1998 | MAMATA BANERJEE | WBTC | 5,03,551 | 59.37% | PRASANTA SUR | 2,24,081 |
| 1996 | MAMATA BANERJEE | INC | 4,38,252 | 52.51% | BHARATI MUKHERJEE | 1,03,261 |
| 1991 | MAMATA BANERJEE (W) | INC | 3,67,896 | 52.46% | BIPLAB DAS GUPTA | 93,663 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the CALCUTTA SOUTH constituency in 2004?
Mamata Banerjee (AITC) won CALCUTTA SOUTH in 2004, by a margin of 98,429 votes.
Which party has won CALCUTTA SOUTH the most times?
INC, with 4 of the 11 wins recorded since 1967.
How many times has CALCUTTA SOUTH gone to the polls?
11 times, from 1967 to 2004.
Who has won CALCUTTA SOUTH the most times?
Mamata Banerjee, with 2 wins between 1999 and 2004.
