CALCUTTA SOUTH
Constituency no. 23 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1967.
Winner, 1999
Mamata Banerjee
AITC
Elections held
11
1967–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 11
Margin, 1999
2,14,008
26.58% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
CPMSubhankar Chakraborty
- Votes
- 2,55,095
- Vote share
- 31.68%
- Behind by
- 2,14,008
Electors
12,02,607
Total votes polled
8,05,121
Valid votes
8,05,121
NOTA votes
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Turnout
67.0%
Full result, 1999
10 candidates · 8,05,121 valid votes
Mamata BanerjeeAITCwon
4,69,103
58.3%
Subhankar ChakrabortyCPM
2,55,095
31.7%
Partha Roy ChowdhuryINC
51,735
6.4%
Dr. Partha Sarathi GhoshCPI(ML)(L)
6,186
0.8%
Md. ShahabuddinBSP
6,091
0.8%
Ranjan Kumar DasIND
5,841
0.7%
Murari Mohon GhoshIND
4,512
0.6%
Priya Nath BanerjeeIND
2,740
0.3%
Kabita MukherjeeIND
2,160
0.3%
Bandana BiswasIND
1,658
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.
