Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Kanthi Dakshin | |
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 Kanthi Dakshin
 Kanthi Dakshin
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| Coordinates: 21°47′N 87°45′E / 21.783°N 87.750°ECoordinates: 21°47′N 87°45′E / 21.783°N 87.750°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Constituency No. | 216 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kanthi |
| Electorate (year) | 174,817 (2011) |
Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (known before 2011 as Contai South) (Bengali: কাঁথি দক্ষিণ বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 216 Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Contai municipality, Contai I community development block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur gram panchayats of Contai III community development block.
Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency).
The Bye Election was neccessiated by the Resignation of the Sitting MLA, Dibyendu Adhikari,as he was elected As MP In Indian Parliament from Tamluk Lok Sabha Constituency In 19 November 2016.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken into consideration because of lack of sufficient data.
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 2009 by election not taken into consideration because of lack of sufficient data.
In the by-election held in 2009, because of the election of the sitting MLA Suvendu Adhikari to parliament from Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency), Dibyendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress won the Contai South seat defeating Satyendra Nath Panda of CPI.
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