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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Ghatal
|image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Ghatal.map}}
|caption = Interactive Map Outlining Ghatal Lok Sabha Constituency
|Existence = 1951-1977 2009-[[Incumbent]]
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|CurrentMP = [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Deepak Adhikari (Dev)]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Panskura Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panskura Paschim]] [[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]] [[Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pingla]] [[Debra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Debra]] [[Daspur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Daspur]] [[Ghatal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]] [[Keshpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Keshpur]]
|Electorate = 1,610,489<ref name=turnout>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |title=Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606003137/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=6 June 2014 }}</ref>
}}
'''Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency is based on [[Ghatal]] in [[West Bengal]]. While six assembly segments of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) are in [[Paschim Medinipur district]], one segment is in [[Purba Medinipur district]].

As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of constituencies in the West Bengal, [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)]] ceased to exist; and a new Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) came into being.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wb.gov.in/BanglarMukh/Download?AlfrescoPath=WebContent/Departments/Home/Other_Documents&FileName=DELIMITATION.pdf| title = Press Note, Delimitation Commission| access-date = 2008-10-28| work = Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal| publisher = Delimitation Commission| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130529163454/http://wb.gov.in/BanglarMukh/Download?AlfrescoPath=WebContent%2FDepartments%2FHome%2FOther_Documents&FileName=DELIMITATION.pdf| archive-date = 2013-05-29}}</ref> The Ghatal constituency existed earlier from 1951 to 1977

==Assembly segments==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal''' - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. '''Ghatal''', 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum]]

Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 32) is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2009-05-27 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|205
|[[Panskura Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panskura Paschim]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
| 226
|[[Sabang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sabang]]
|None
|[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|-
|227
|[[Pingla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pingla]]
|None
|[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|-
|229
|[[Debra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Debra]]
|None
|[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|-
|230
|[[Daspur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Daspur]]
|None
|[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|-
|231
|[[Ghatal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghatal]]
|SC
|[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|-
|235
|[[Keshpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Keshpur]]
|SC
|[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|-
|}
==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠč
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]]||1952-57||Ghatal||Nikunja Behari Chowdhury||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1952>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=8 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]||1957-62||||Nikunja Behari Maity||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-67||||[[Sachindra Chaudhuri]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||||[[Parimal Ghosh]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref><ref name=parimal>{{cite web |url = http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combalpha.htm |title = Combined List of Members |work = First Lok Sabha to Thirteenth Lok Sabha |publisher = Parliament of India |access-date = 3 June 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130627204233/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combalpha.htm |archive-date = 27 June 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-77||||Jagadish Bhattachaya||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||||[[Gurudas Dasgupta]]||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-19||||[[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dipak Adhikari]] aka Dev||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 19 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]||2019-[[incumbent]]||||[[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dipak Adhikari]] aka Dev||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|}
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==Election results==
===[[17th Lok Sabha]]: [[2019 Indian general election|2019 General Elections]]===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Ghatal]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Deepak Adhikari (Dev)]]
|votes = 7,17,959
|percentage = 48.22
|change = -2.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bharati Ghosh
|votes = 6,09,986
|percentage = 40.97
|change = +34.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Tapan Ganguly
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 97,062
|percentage = 6.56
|change = -24.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Khandakar Mohammad Saifullah
|votes = 32,793
|percentage = 2.21
|change = -6.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 13,796
|percentage = 0.93
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,07,973
|percentage = 7.25
|change = -11.85
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 14,89,338
|percentage = 82.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing = -15.78
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2014 Indian general election]]: Ghatal<ref name=loksabha2014/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 685,696
|percentage = 50.70
|change = +9.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Santosh Rana (CPI)|Santosh Rana]]
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 424,805
|percentage = 31.40
|change = -22.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Manas Bhunia]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 122,928
|percentage = 8.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Md. Alam
|votes = 94,842
|percentage = 6.93
|change = +3.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Anjan Jana
|votes = 8,080
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Goutam Kouri
|votes = 5,547
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gopal Mondal
|votes = 4,498
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Jharkhand Anushilan Party
|candidate = Gopal Murmu
|votes = 2,154
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party
|candidate = Gobardhan Ghosh
|votes = 1,983
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Gangaram Sasmal
|votes = 1,758
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 260,891
|percentage = 19.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,366,909
|percentage = 84.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election|General Election, 2009]]: [[Ghatal]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331000657/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date = 31 March 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Gurudas Dasgupta]]
|votes = 625,923
|percentage = 53.50
|change = -8.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Noor Alam Chowdhury]]
|votes = 478,739
|percentage = 40.92
|change = +10.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Matilal Khatua
|votes = 34,997
|percentage = 2.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Narayan Chandra Samat
|votes = 12,064
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Justice Party
|candidate = Liyakat Khan
|votes = 9,355
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Arun Kumar Das
|votes = 5,333
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = RDMP
|candidate = Ahitosh Maity
|votes = 3,515
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 147,184
|percentage = 12.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,69,934
|percentage = 86.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see [[Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

===General election 1971===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1971 Indian general election|General Election, 1971]]: [[Ghatal]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331000657/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date = 31 March 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Jagadish Bhattacharyya
|votes = 128,366
|percentage = 35.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Parimal Ghosh
|votes = 127,044
|percentage = 35.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Prabhat Kar
|votes = 62,824
|percentage = 17.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Biplobi Bangla Congress
|candidate = Surendra Nath Ghorai
|votes = 20,513
|percentage = 5.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = NCO
|candidate = Ramdas Ramanuj Das Mahanta
|votes = 16,403
|percentage = 4.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Gobardhan Dey
|votes = 4,306
|percentage = 1.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,322
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,59,456
|percentage = 73.12%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1967===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Indian general election|General Election, 1967]]: [[Ghatal]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331000657/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date = 31 March 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Parimal Ghosh
|votes = 138,572
|percentage = 41.59%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Prabhat Kar
|votes = 109,662
|percentage = 32.91%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Nikunja Chowdhury
|votes = 84,945
|percentage = 25.50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 28,910
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,33,179
|percentage = 73.27%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1962===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1962 Indian general election|General Election, 1962]]: [[Ghatal]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331000657/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date = 31 March 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sachindra Nath Chowdhury
|votes = 179,045
|percentage = 52.50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Manoranjan Roy
|votes = 148,207
|percentage = 43.40%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
|candidate = Basanta kumar Chakraborty
|votes = 7,049
|percentage = 2.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 30,838
|percentage = (9.0%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,34,301
|percentage = (63.8%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1957===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1957 Indian general election|General Election, 1957]]: [[Ghatal]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331000657/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date = 31 March 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nikunja Behari Maity
|votes = 165,597
|percentage = 59.65%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Manoranjan Roy
|votes = 112,025
|percentage = 40.35%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 53,572
|percentage = (9.0%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 277,622
|percentage = (62.6%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1952===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1962 Indian general election|General Election, 1952]]: [[Ghatal]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331000657/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date = 31 March 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Nikunja Behari Chowdhury
|votes = 73,435
|percentage = 40.70%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Maitreyee Bose|Maitayee Basu]]
|votes = 68,916
|percentage = 38.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Satcori Pati Roy
|votes = 38,028
|percentage = 21.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,519
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,80,379
|percentage = (49.9%)
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Communist Party of India
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1951-1971===
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
!Party
!Runner-up
!Party
|-
|1951
|Nikunja Behari Chowdhury
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|Maitreyee Basu
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|1957
|Nikunja Behari Maity
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Nikunja Behari Chwdhury
|Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|1962
|[[Sachindra Chaudhuri]]
|Indian National Congress
|Manoranjan Roy
|Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1967
|Parimal Ghosh
|Indian National Congress
|P.Kar
|Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1967/><ref name=parimal/>
|-
|1971
|Jagadish Bhattacharyya
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Parimal Ghosh
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/west_bengal/ghatal/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Ghatal lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

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Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

>VNC200 at 14:28, 16 October 2021