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Template:Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Midnapore in West Bengal. Six of the seven assembly segments of No. 34 Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Paschim Medinipur district and one is in Purba Medinipur district.

Vidhan Sabha 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 order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 34 Medinipur is composed of the following segments:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
218 Egra None Purba Medinipur
219 Dantan None Paschim Medinipur
223 Keshiary ST Paschim Medinipur
224 Kharagpur Sadar None Paschim Medinipur
225 Narayangarh None Paschim Medinipur
228 Kharagpur None Paschim Medinipur
236 Medinipur None Paschim Medinipur

Prior to delimitation, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]Patashpur (assembly constituency no. 215), Midnapore (assembly constituency no. 223), Kharagpur Town (assembly constituency no. 224), Kharagpur Rural (assembly constituency no. 225), Keshiari (ST) (assembly constituency no. 226), Narayangarh (assembly constituency no. 227) and Dantan (assembly constituency no. 228)

Members of Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 Tudu Bharat Lal (Died mid-term)

Seat named : Midnapore - Jhargram

Indian National Congress[3]
(two winners) Durga Charan Banerjee Bharatiya Jana Sangh[3]
^1952 Bye-Poll^ 1952-57 Subodh Chandra Hansda (bye-poll to replace Lal) [4] Indian National Congress
Second 1957-62 Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb (NMUS Deb)

Seat named 'Midnapore' from 1957

Indian National Congress[5]
(two-members seat) Subodh Hansda Indian National Congress[5]
Third 1962-67 Gobinda Kumar Singhu Indian National Congress [6]
Fourth 1967-69 Sachindra Nath Maity Bangla Congress[7]
Bye-poll 1969-71 V K Krishna Menon Bangla Congress
Fifth 1971-77 Subodh Chandra Hansda Indian National Congress[8]
Sixth 1977-80 Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Bharatiya Lok Dal[9]
Seventh 1980-84 Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India[10]
Eighth 1984-89 Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India[11]
Ninth 1989-91 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India [12]
Tenth 1991-96 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India [13]
Eleventh 1996-98 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India [14]
Twelfth 1998-99 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India [15]
Thirteenth 1999-01^ Indrajit Gupta (Died in 2001) Communist Party of India[16]
By Polls 2001 ^2001-04 Prabodh Panda Communist Party of India[17]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Prabodh Panda Communist Party of India[18]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Prabodh Panda

Seat named Medinipur from 2009

Communist Party of India[19]
Sixteenth 2014-2019 Sandhya Roy All India Trinamool Congress[20]
Seventeenth 2019-incumbent Dilip Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party[21]

Election results

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 election 1999

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By-election 2001

A by-election was held in this constituency in 2001 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP Indrajit Gupta. In the by-election, Prabodh Panda of Communist Party of India defeated his nearest rival Manorajnan Dutta of Trinamool Congress.

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General election 1998

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General election 1996

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General election 1991

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General elections 1951-2004

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

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1951* Durga Charan Bandopahyay Bharatiya Jana Sangh Atul Chandra Basu Indian National Congress
Bishnupada Hazra Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[3]
Bharat Lal Tudu Indian National Congress Subodh Hansda Kisan Mazoor Praja Party[3]
1957* Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb Indian National Congress Rabindra Nath Mitra Communist Party of India[5]
Subodh Hansda Indian National Congress Chandra Mohan Saren Praja Socialist Party[5]
1962 Gobinda Kumar Singha Indian National Congress Saroj Roy Communist Party of India[6]
1967 Sachindra Nath Maity Bangla Congress G.K.Singha Indian National Congress[7]
1969 V. K. Krishna Menon Bangla Congress (supported

by Communist-led United Front)

Krishnadas Roy Indian National Congress[22][23]
1971 Subodh Chandra Hansda Indian National Congress Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India[8]
1977 Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Bharatiya Lok Dal Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India[9]
1980 Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Indian National Congress (I)[10]
1984 Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India Ajit Kumar Khanra Indian National Congress[11]
1989 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India Gouri Choubey Indian National Congress[12]
1991 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India Birendra Bijoy Malladev Indian National Congress[13]
1996 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India D P Roy Indian National Congress[14]
1998 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India Manoranjon Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party[15]
1999 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India Manoranjon Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party[16]
2001 Prabodh Panda Communist Party of India Manoranjon Dutta All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2004 Prabodh Panda Communist Party of India Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party[18]
  • In 1951 Midnapore-Jhargram constituency and in 1957 Midnapur constituency, both the constituencies had two seats, with one seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The results here are shown separately.

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. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Members Biographical Sketches, Fourth Lok Sabha. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. 8.0 8.1 General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. 9.0 9.1 General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. 10.0 10.1 General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. 11.0 11.1 General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. 12.0 12.1 General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. 13.0 13.1 General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. 14.0 14.1 General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. 15.0 15.1 General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. 16.0 16.1 General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Medinipur Parliamentary Constituency - Map and Electoral Results. Maps of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  18. 18.0 18.1 General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  19. General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  20. General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  21. General Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  22. Members : Lok Sabha. 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  23. Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995 (Excel File). Election Commission of India.

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