Country India District South 24 Parganas Year abolished 2011 | State West Bengal Year established 1967 Lok Sabha constituency Calcutta South | |
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Hotels Dhakuria Ongc, Mother Dairy Calcutta Hotel, Bridge Hotel, Hotel Viceroy, Mandarmani Restaurants Santa's Fantasea, Aminia Restaurant, TANDOOR PARK, Chanda's Khauwsw, Chicklick | ||
Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Map of Dhakuria, Kolkata, West Bengal
Overview
As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.
It was part of Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency).
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Kshiti Goswami of RSP won the 151 Dhakuria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sougata Roy of Trinamool Congress. Sougata Roy of Trinamool Congress defeated Kshiti Goswami of RSP in 2001. Kshiti Goswami of RSP defeated Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of Congress in 1996 and Jatin Chakraborty, Independent, in 1991. Jatin Chakraborty of RSP defeated Shankar Kanti Bhowmick of Congress in 1987, Tushar Kanti Dasgupta of Congress in 1982 and Arabinda Prasad Dasgupta of Congress in 1977.
1967-1972
Somnath Lahiri of CPI won the Dhakuria seat in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967. Prior to the seat did not exist.