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Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Contai Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 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

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:[1]

No Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
211 Chandipur Purba Medinipur Pijush Kanti Das Template:Party name with color Template:Party name with color
212 Patashpur Tapan Maity Template:Party name with color
213 Kanthi Uttar Sumita Sinha Template:Party name with color
214 Bhagabanpur Santanu Pramanik
215 Khejuri Subrat Paik
216 Kanthi Dakshin Arup Kumar Das
217 Ramnagar Dr. Chandra Sekhar Mondal

Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]Bhagabanpur (assembly constituency no. 208), Khajuri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 209), Contai North (assembly constituency no. 210), Contai South (assembly constituency no. 211), Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 212), Egra (assembly constituency no. 213) and Mugberia (assembly constituency no. 214)

Members of Parliament

Year Name Party
1952 Basanta Kumar Das Template:Full party name with color[3]
1957 Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay Template:Full party name with color[4]
1962 Basanta Kumar Das Template:Full party name with color[5]
1967 Samar Guha Template:Full party name with color[6]
1971
1977 Template:Full party name with color
1980 Sudhir Kumar Giri Template:Full party name with color[7]
1984 Phulrenu Guha Template:Full party name with color[8]
1989 Sudhir Kumar Giri Template:Full party name with color[9]
1991
1996
1998
1999 Nitish Sengupta Template:Full party name with color[10]
2004 Prasanta Pradhan Template:Full party name with color[11]
2009 Sisir Kumar Adhikari Template:Full party name with color[12]
2014
2019
2024 Soumendu Adhikari Template:Full party name with color

Election results

General election 2024

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General election 2019

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General election 2014

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General election 2009

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General election 2004

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General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

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Candidate Party Candidate Party
Template:Verth Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[3]
Template:Verth Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay Praja Socialist Party Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress[4]
Template:Verth Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Praja Socialist Party[5]
Template:Verth Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party R. Pal Indian National Congress[6]
Template:Verth Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party Abha Maiti Indian National Congress (Organisation)[13]
Template:Verth Samar Guha Janata Party Sudhangshu Panda Indian National Congress[14]
Template:Verth Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Pradip Sarkar Indian National Congress[7]
Template:Verth Phulrenu Guha Indian National Congress Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
Template:Verth Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abha Maiti Indian National Congress[9]
Template:Verth Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abha Maiti Indian National Congress[15]
Template:Verth Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nitish Sengupta Indian National Congress[16]
Template:Verth Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Akhil Giri Trinamool Congress[17]
Template:Verth Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Template:Verth Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Delimitation Commission Order No. 18. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  2. ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha. ECI. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. ECI. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. ECI. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. ECI. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ↑ General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. ↑ General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ↑ General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ↑ General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. ↑ General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  17. ↑ General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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