2026 2021 2017 by-election The bye election was necessitated by the resignation of the sitting
MLA,
Dibyendu Adhikari, as he was elected as
MP in the
Indian Parliament from
Tamluk Lok Sabha Constituency on 19 November 2016.
2016 {{Election box begin
2011 .# 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.
2006 .# 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.
1977-2006 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. In the
2006 state assembly elections Suvendu Adhikari of Trinamool Congress won the Contai South assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Satyendra Nath Panda of CPI. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.
Sisir Adhikari of Trinamool Congress defeated Sukhendu Maiti of CPI in 2001. Sailaja Kumar Das of
Congress defeated Sukhendu Maity of CPI in 1996 and 1991. Sukhendu Maity of CPI defeated Sailaja Kumar Das of Congress in 1987. Sisir Adhikari of Congress defeated Deepak Mondal, Independent, in 1982. Satyabrata Maity of
Janata Party defeated Sudhir Chandra Das, Independent, in 1977.
1951-1972 Sudhir Chandra Das of
PSP won in 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967 and
1962. Rashbehari Pal of Congress won in
1957. In
independent India's first election in 1951 Natendra Nath Das of
KMPP won the Contai South seat. ==References==