Kolkata, May 23: The results of the Maldaha Dakshin (Malda South) Lok Sabha Constituency was declared today. The counting of votes began on the Malda South Parliamentary seat in West Bengal at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury of Congress defeated BJP's Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury by a margin of 8,222 votes.

Voting took place for the Malda South seat in the third phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. A total voter turnout of 69 per cent was recorded, as per Election Commission of India. Stay with us for Live updates on the results for the Malda South Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results LIVE News Updates

The incumbent parliamentarian, representing the constituency is from Congress – Abu Hasen Khan Chowdhury. The MP emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections by defeating the BJP candidate – Bishnu Pada Roy. Congress has retained its candidate for this elections. To defeat the current MP in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, BJP has fielded Sreerupa Mitra Chowdhury, while AITC has given the ticket to Dr Moazzem Hossain. Left Front has not fielded any candidate from Maldaha-Dakshin seat. West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates: Constituency-Wise Complete Schedule Of Voting And Results For General Elections.

As per the ECI website – updated on March 13, 2019 – there are 10,52,093 voters in the parliamentary constituency, among them 5,06,351 are females while 5,45,742 are males. The average literacy rate is 62 per cent, and the main occupation of people is agriculture and trade of essential commodities like rice, jute, mangoes and sugarcane. The female to male ratio is 939.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule for Third Phase:

Announcement and Issue of Press Note March 10
Issue of Notification March 28
Last date for filing nomination April 4
Scrutiny of nomination April 5
Last date for withdrawal of candidature April 8
Date Of Poll April 23
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 Maldaha-Dakshin Lok Sabha elections begun on March 28, continued till April 4. The scrutiny was done on April 5, and the last date for the withdrawal of the nominations was April 8. The polling took place on April 23.

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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 May 6, May 12 and May 19. The results would be declared on May 23.

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