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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 Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Kanthi {{Small|WB-31}}
| map_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}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kanthi Lok Sabha Constituency
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| mp = [[Soumendu Adhikari]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| assembly_cons = [[Chandipur Assembly constituency|Chandipur]] [[Patashpur Assembly constituency|Patashpur]] [[Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency|Kanthi Uttar]] [[Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency|Bhagabanpur]] [[Khejuri Assembly constituency|Khejuri]] [[Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency|Kanthi Dakshin]] [[Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur Assembly constituency|Ramnagar]]
| electors =17,94,537<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/grfYnWoV4R.pdf | title=Voter turnout of 62.2% recorded in phase-5 of General Elections 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524040654/https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/grfYnWoV4R.pdf | archive-date=24 May 2024 }}</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]]. As per census 2011 Hindus form 89.7% of electors rest by Muslims, Sikhs and others.

==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 the order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] issued in 2006 in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in 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 sortable"
! No
! Name
! District
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
|211
|[[Chandipur Assembly constituency|Chandipur]]
|rowspan=7|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|Pijush Kanti Das
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=7}}
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| 212
|[[Patashpur Assembly constituency|Patashpur]]
|Tapan Maity
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|213
|[[Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency|Kanthi Uttar]]
|[[Sumita Sinha]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}}
|-
|214
|[[Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency|Bhagabanpur]]
|[[Santanu Pramanik]]
|-
|215
|[[Khejuri Assembly constituency|Khejuri]]
|Subrat Paik
|-
|216
|[[Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency|Kanthi Dakshin]]
|[[Arup Kumar Das]]
|-
|217
|[[Ramnagar, Purba Medinipur Assembly constituency|Ramnagar]]
|Dr. Chandra Sekhar Mondal
|-
|}

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 = ECI }}</ref>[[Bhagabanpur Assembly constituency|Bhagabanpur]] (assembly constituency no. 208), [[Khejuri Assembly constituency|Khajuri (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 209), [[Kanthi Uttar Assembly constituency|Contai North]] (assembly constituency no. 210), [[Kanthi Dakshin Assembly constituency|Contai South]] (assembly constituency no. 211), [[Ramnagar, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Ramnagar]] (assembly constituency no. 212), [[Egra Assembly constituency|Egra]] (assembly constituency no. 213) and [[Mugberia Assembly constituency|Mugberia]] (assembly constituency no. 214)

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2 |Party
|-
|1952||[[Basanta Kumar Das (Indian politician)|Basanta Kumar Das]]
| {{Full party name with color|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=ECI |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>
|-
|1957||[[Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay]]
| {{Full party name with color|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= ECI | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1962||[[Basanta Kumar Das (Indian politician)|Basanta Kumar Das]]
| {{Full party name with color|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>
|-
|1967||rowspan="3" |[[Samar Guha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}<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=ECI |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>
|-
|1971
|-
|1977
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party }}
|-
|1980||[[Sudhir Kumar Giri]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<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>
|-
|1984||[[Phulrenu Guha]]
|{{Full party name with color|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>
|-
|1989||rowspan="4" |[[Sudhir Kumar Giri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=4}}<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>
|-
|1991
|-
|1996
|-
|1998
|-
|1999||[[Nitish Sengupta]]
|{{Full party name with color|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>
|-
|2004||[[Prasanta Pradhan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<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>
|-
|2009||rowspan="3" |[[Sisir Adhikari|Sisir Kumar Adhikari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}<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>
|-
|2014
|-
|2019
|-
|2024||[[Soumendu Adhikari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|}

==Election results==
===General election 2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: Kanthi<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kanthi">{{cite news |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kanthi |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2531.htm |access-date=21 July 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250721042645/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2531.htm |archive-date=21 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Kanthi Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024">{{cite news |title=Kanthi Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/kanthi |access-date=21 July 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250721042827/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/kanthi |archive-date=21 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Soumendu Adhikari]]|votes=7,63,195|percentage=49.85|change={{up}}7.71}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Uttam Barik]]|votes=7,15,431|percentage=46.73|change={{down}}3.25}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Urbashi Banerjee|votes=31,122|percentage=2.03|change={{up}}0.85}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above (India)|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=8,134|percentage=0.53|change={{down}}0.08}}
{{Election box majority||votes=47,764|percentage=3.12|change={{down}}4.72}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=15,30,997|percentage=85.31|change={{down}}0.52}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Kanthi]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sisir Kumar Adhikari]]|party=All India Trinamool Congress|votes=711,872|percentage=49.98|change= -3.82}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Debasish Samanta|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=600,204|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 = 111,668
|percentage = 7.84
|change = -10.24
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,424,966
|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>{{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>}}
{{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 = 53.95
|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 sortable"
|-
!rowspan=2 {{verth|Year}}
!colspan=2|Winner
!colspan=2|Runner-up
|-
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|{{verth|1951}}
|Basanta Kumar Das
|[[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>{{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|1977}}
|Samar Guha
|[[Janata Party ]]
|Sudhangshu Panda
|Indian National Congress<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|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>{{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|1996}}
|Sudhir Kumar Giri
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Nitish Sengupta
|Indian National Congress<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|1998}}
|Sudhir Kumar Giri
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Akhil Giri
|[[Trinamool Congress]]<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|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}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency}}
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[[Category:Politics of Purba Medinipur district]]

Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency-287510 - Revision history

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