Sonarpur Dakshin

Demographic profile

There were a total of 260521 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2026 Assembly election in Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency, of whom 128698 were male, 131806 female and 17 belonged to the third gender.

In the 2021 Assembly elections, there were a total of 288107 registered voters, of whom 142001 were male, 146090 female and 16 belonged to the third gender. In the 2016 Assembly elections, there were a total of 247193 registered voters, of whom 123819 were male, 123373 were female and 1 belonged to the third gender. In 2011 elections, there were a total of 202819 registered voters in this constituency, of whom 104514 were male, 98187 were female and 0 belonged to the third gender.

The number of service voters in this Assembly constituency was 156 in 2021, 148 in 2016, and 114 in 2011.

The electorate gender ratio (number of female voters per 1000 male voters) in this constituency in 2026 was 1024, in 2021 it was 1029, 996 in 2016, and 939 in 2011.

Poll dates

Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency will go to the polls in Phase 2 of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. The counting of votes will take place on Monday, May 4, 2026.

In the 2021 state Assembly elections, this seat voted in Phase 4 on Saturday, April 10, 2021 and the results were declared on Sunday, May 2, 2021.

In the 2016 state Assembly elections, this seat voted in Phase 6 on Saturday, April 30, 2016 and the results were declared on Thursday, May 19, 2016.

In the 2011 polls, this constituency voted in Phase 3 on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 and the results were declared on Friday, May 13, 2011.

Extent

Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency comprises the following areas of South 24 Parganas district in the Greater Kolkata region of West Bengal: 1. Ward Nos-8 to 24 of Rajpur Sonarpur (M), 2. Kalikapur-I, Kalikapur-II, Langalberia, Poleghat, Pratapnagar and Sonarpur-II GPs of CDB Sonarpur

This constituency covers an approximate area of 79 square kilometers and the geographic coordinates of Sonarpur Dakshin is: 22°25'46.9"N 88°27'07.2"E.

Voter turnout

According to data released by the Election Commission of India, In 2021, this seat registered a turnout of 80.21%, while it was 82.56% in 2016, and 83.82% in 2011.

Total voters

Victory margin

In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, Arundhuti Maitra (Lovely) of TMC won in this constituency beating Anjana Basu of BJP by a margin of 26181 votes which was 11.37% of the total votes cast. In 2016, Jiban Mukhopadhyay of TMC was the winner in this seat beating Tarit Chakraborty of CPI by a margin of 15029 votes which was 7.37% of the total votes polled in the constituency. In the 2011 Assembly elections, Jiban Mukhopadhyay of TMC won this seat defeating Tarit Chakraborty(Saheb) of CPI by a margin of 37774 votes which was 22.24% of the total votes polled for the seat.

Winner vote share (%)

In the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, Arundhuti Maitra (Lovely) of TMC had a vote share of 47.43% in this seat. In the 2016 Assembly elections, Jiban Mukhopadhyay of TMC got a vote share of 47.8% , In the 2011 Assembly elections, Jiban Mukhopadhyay of TMC got a vote share of 59.03% in Sonarpur Dakshin.