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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Kanthi
|image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Kanthi.map}}
|caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kanthi Lok Sabha Constituency
|Existence = 1951-present
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty =[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|CurrentMP = [[Sisir Adhikari]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Chandipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandipur]] [[Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patashpur]] [[Kanthi Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Uttar]] [[Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagabanpur]] [[Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khejuri]] [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]] [[Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramnagar]]
|Electorate = 1,490,409<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/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date= 2 July 2014 }}</ref>
}}
'''Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)''' (earlier known as '''Contai (Lok Sabha constituency)''') is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centres on [[Contai]] in [[West Bengal]]. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency) are in [[Purba Medinipur district]].

==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]]

As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] issued in 2006 in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following 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
|-
|211
|[[Chandipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandipur]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
| 212
|[[Patashpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patashpur]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|213
|[[Kanthi Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Uttar]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|214
|[[Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagabanpur]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|215
|[[Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khejuri]]
|SC
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|216
|[[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|217
|[[Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramnagar]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|}

Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 2010-10-01 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>[[Bhagabanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhagabanpur]] (assembly constituency no. 208), [[Khejuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khajuri (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 209), [[Kanthi Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Contai North]] (assembly constituency no. 210), [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Contai South]] (assembly constituency no. 211), [[Ramnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramnagar]] (assembly constituency no. 212), [[Egra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Egra]] (assembly constituency no. 213) and [[Mugberia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mugberia]] (assembly constituency no. 214)

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠč
|-
! {{verth|Lok Sabha}}!!{{verth|Duration}}!!{{verth|Constituency}}!!Member of Parliament
!colspan=2 |Party Affiliation
|-
|{{verth|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]]}}||{{verth|1952-57}}||{{verth|Contai}}||[[Basanta Kumar Das]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Indian National Congress}} |
|[[Indian National Congress]]<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>
|-
|{{verth|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]}}||{{verth|1957-62}}||||[[Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Praja Socialist Party}} |
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]<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>
|-
|{{verth|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]}}||{{verth|1962-67}}||||Basanta Kumar Das
| bgcolor={{party color|Indian National Congress}} |
|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>
|-
|{{verth|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]}}||{{verth|1967-71}}||||[[Samar Guha]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Praja Socialist Party}} |
|Praja Socialist Party<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/20140404203524/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |archive-date= 4 April 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|{{verth|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]]}} ||{{verth|1971-77}}||||Samar Guha
| bgcolor={{party color|Praja Socialist Party}} |
|Praja Socialist Party<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/20140404195218/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date= 4 April 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|[[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]}}||{{verth|1977-80}}||||Samar Guha
| bgcolor={{party color|Bharatiya Lok Dal}} |
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title=General Elections, 1977 - 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/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|[[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]}}||{{verth|1980-84}}||||[[Sudhir Kumar Giri]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1980>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title=General Elections, 1980 - 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/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|{{verth|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]}}||{{verth|1984-89}}||||[[Phulrenu Guha]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Indian National Congress}} |
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1984>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title=General Elections, 1984 - 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/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|[[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]}}||{{verth|1989-91}}||||Sudhir Kumar Giri
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1989>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title=General Elections, 1989 - 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/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|[[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]}}||{{verth|1991-96}}||||Sudhir Kumar Giri
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title=General Elections, 1991 - 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/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|[[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]}}||{{verth|1996-98}}||||Sudhir Kumar Giri
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|[[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]}}||{{verth|1998-99}}||||Sudhir Kumar Giri
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - 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/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| {{verth|[[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]}}||{{verth|1999-04}}||||[[Nitish Sengupta]]
| bgcolor={{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - 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/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|{{verth|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]}}||{{verth|2004-09}}||||[[Prasanta Pradhan]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} |
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|{{verth|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]}}||{{verth|2009-14}}||{{verth|Kanthi}}||[[Sisir Adhikari|Sisir Kumar Adhikari]]
| bgcolor={{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<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>
|-
| {{verth|[[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]}}||{{verth|2014-[[Incumbent|2019]]}}||||[[Sisir Kumar Adhikari]]
| bgcolor={{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}} |
|[[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>
|-
|{{verth|Seventeenth}}
|{{verth|2019- Incumbent}}
|
|[[Sisir Kumar Adhikari]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Kanthi]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sisir Adhikari]]|party=All India Trinamool Congress|votes=7,11,872|percentage=49.98|change= -3.82}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Debasish Samanta|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=6,00,204|percentage=42.14|change=+33.54}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Paritosh Pattyanayak|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=76,185|percentage=5.35|change=-29.37}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dipak Kumar Das|party=Indian National Congress|votes=16,851|percentage=1.18|change=-0.92}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,11,668
|percentage = 7.84
|change = -10.24
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 14,24,966
|percentage = 85.83
|change = -0.78
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Kanthi]]<ref name=loksabha2014/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sisir Adhikari|Sisir Kumar Adhikari]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 6,76,749
|percentage = 52.80
|change = -1.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Tapas Sinha
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 4,48,259
|percentage = 34.72
|change = -7.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Kamalendu Pahari
|votes = 1,11,082
|percentage = 8.60
|change = +5.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Kunal Banerjee
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 27,230
|percentage = 2.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ansar Ali Sk
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 8,298
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Manas Pradhan
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = 7,335
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sk Golam Nabi Ajad
|party = Independent (politics)
|votes = 3,260
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,28,490
|percentage = 18.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 12,90,811
|percentage = 86.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Kanthi]]<ref name=loksabha2009/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sisir Adhikari|Sisir Kumar Adhikari]]
|votes = 6,06,712
|percentage = 54.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Prasanta Pradhan]]
|votes = 4,77,609
|percentage = 42.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Amalesh Mishra
|votes = 31,952
|percentage = 2.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Rashbehari Patra
|votes = 8,174
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,29,103
|percentage = 12.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,24,454
|percentage = 89.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Contai]]<ref name=loksabha2004/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Prasanta Pradhan]]
|votes = 464,743
|percentage = 50.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Nitish Sengupta|Dr Nitish Sengupta]]
|votes = 405,553
|percentage = 44.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo
|votes = 26,010
|percentage = 2.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Jiban Das
|votes = 11,707
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Adhar Chandra Nahal
|votes = 9,676
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Asalata Majumdar
|votes = 9,085
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,21,634
|percentage = 85.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1951-2004===
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2 {{verth|Year}}
!colspan=2|Winner
!colspan=2|Runner-up
|-
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|{{verth|1951}}
|Basanta Kumar Dass
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay
|[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|{{verth|1957}}
|Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|Basanta Kumar Das
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|{{verth|1962}}
|Basanta Kumar Das
|Indian National Congress
|Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
|Praja Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|{{verth|1967}}
|[[Samar Guha]]
|Praja Socialist Party
|R. Pal
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|{{verth|1971}}
|Samar Guha
|Praja Socialist Party
|[[Abha Maiti]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|{{verth|1977}}
|Samar Guha
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|Sudhangshu Panda
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|{{verth|1980}}
|Sudhir Kumar Giri
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Pradip Sarkar
|Indian National Congress<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|{{verth|1984}}
|[[Phulrenu Guha]]
|Indian National Congress
|Sudhir Kumar Giri
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|{{verth|1989}}
|[[Sudhir Kumar Giri]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Abha Maiti
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|{{verth|1991}}
|Sudhir Kumar Giri
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Abha Maiti
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|{{verth|1996}}
|Sudhir Kumar Giri
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Nitish Sengupta
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|{{verth|1998}}
|Sudhir Kumar Giri
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Akhil Giri
|[[Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|{{verth|1999}}
|Nitish Sengupta
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|Sudhir Kumar Giri
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|{{verth|2004}}
|[[Prasanta Pradhan]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Nitish Sengupta
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|}

==See also==
* [[Contai]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{Purba Medinipur topics}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Medinipur district]]

Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

>PrimeBOT at 11:06, 8 December 2021