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Kanthi Dakshin assembly constituency: MLA, results, opinion · Raajneeti

West Bengal · Kanthi Lok Sabha

Kanthi Dakshin

Assembly constituency no. 216 · Purba Medinipur district

Represented by

AKArup Kumar DasMember of Legislative AssemblyBJP

Election results

2026

93.18% turnout · won by 31,472

1Arup Kumar Das BJP1,18,219 (55.54%)
2Tarun Kumar JanaAITC86,747 (40.76%)
3Teheran HossainCPI3,868 (1.82%)

NOTA: 1,288

2021

86.66% turnout · won by 10,293

1Arup Kumar Das BJP98,477 (50.58%)
2Jyotirmoy KarAITC88,184 (45.3%)
3Anurup PandaCPI6,014 (3.09%)

NOTA: 870

2017 by-election

82.01% turnout · won by 42,526

1Chandrima Bhattacharya AITC95,369 (55.89%)
2Sourindra Mohan JanaBJP52,843 (30.97%)
3Uttam PradhanCPI17,423 (10.21%)

NOTA: 1,241

2016

84.91% turnout · won by 33,890

1Dibyendu Adhikari AITC93,359 (53.72%)
2Uttam PradhanCPI59,469 (34.22%)
3Kamalesh MishraBJP15,223 (8.76%)

NOTA: 2,311

Source: Wikipedia