Kolkata, May 23: The results of the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha Constituency was declared today. The counting of votes began on the Kolkata Dakshin Parliamentary seat in West Bengal at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Mala Roy of TMC defeated BJP's Chandra Kumar Bose by a margin of 1,55,192 votes.

Voting took place for the Kolkata Dakshin seat in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. A total voter turnout of 73.51 per cent was recorded, as per Election Commission of India. Stay with us for Live updates on the results for the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results

The incumbent parliamentarian, representing the constituency is from AITC – Subrata Bakshi. The MP emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections by defeating the BJP candidate – Tathagata Roy. This time AITC has fielded Mala Roy from the constituency. In the Lok Sabha elections 2019, CPI(M) has fielded Nandini Mukherjee, while Congress has announced Mita Chakraborty as their candidate yet. BJP has fielded Chandra Kumar Bose as their candidate. West Bengal Election Results 2019 Live News Updates

As per the ECI website – updated on March 13, 2019 – there are 15,05,638 voters in the parliamentary constituency, among them 6,84,148 are females while 8,21,490 are males. The average literacy rate of the constituency is 88 per cent. This constituency is at the heart of Kolkata – the state capital of West Bengal and houses the most prestigious varsity of state – Calcutta University, Presidency University and other prominent academic institutes. The female to male ratio is 899.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule for Seventh Phase:

Announcement and Issue of Press Note March 10
Issue of Notification  April 22
Last date for filing nomination April 29
Scrutiny of nomination April 30
Last date for withdrawal of candidature May 2
Date Of Poll May 19
Date of Result May 23
Dates Before Elections Shall be Completed May 27

According to the Election Commission’s briefings, the process of filing nomination for Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha elections begun on April 22, which continued till April 29. The scrutiny was done on April 30, and the last date for the withdrawal of the nominations was May 2. The polling took place on May 19.

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In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, AITC bagged 34 seats – gaining 15 more than 2009, while CPI(M) could win only two seats – Raiganj and Murshidabad. Congress emerged victorious on four seats, and BJP opened their account from Asansol and Darjeeling. Lok Sabha elections took place in seven phases across the state – on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. The results would be declared on May 23.

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