Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency

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Diamond Harbour
WB-21
Lok Sabha constituency
Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Diamond Harbour
Falta
Satgachhia
Bishnupur
Maheshtala
Budge Budge
Metiaburuz
Established1952–Present
Total electors1,712,612 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Abhishek Banerjee at N24 parganas Yuva Convention.jpg
Incumbent
Party  AITC
Alliance  INDIA
Elected year 2024

Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district.

Contents

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 Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
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 in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009: [2]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
143 Diamond Harbour South 24 Parganas Pannalal Halder Trinamool Congress Trinamool Congress
144 Falta Shankar Kumar Naskar
145 Satgachhia Mohan Chandra Naskar
146 Bishnupur (SC) Dilip Mondal
155 Maheshtala Dulal Chandra Das
156 Budge Budge Ashok Kumar Deb
157 Metiaburuz Abdul Khaleque Molla

Members of Parliament

YearNameParty
1952 Kamal Basu Communist Party of India
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress [3]
1957 Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress
Kansari Halder Communist Party of India
1962 Sudhansu Bhushan Das Indian National Congress
1967 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
1977
1980
1982^ Amal Datta
1984
1989
1991
1996 Samik Lahiri
1998
1999
2004
2009 Somen Mitra Trinamool Congress
2014 Abhishek Banerjee
2019
2024

^ by-poll

Election Results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Diamond Harbour [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Abhishek Banerjee 1,048,230 68.48 Increase2.svg12.33
BJP Abhijit Das (Bobby)337,30022.03Decrease2.svg11.36
CPI(M) Pratikur Rahaman86,9535.68Decrease2.svg0.99
ISF Majnu Laskar21,1391.38Increase2.svg1.38
NOTA None of the above10,188
Majority 7,10,930
Turnout 15,30,817
AITC hold Swing

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Diamond Harbour
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Abhishek Banerjee 791,127 56.15 +15.82
BJP Nilanjan Roy470,53333.39+17.46
CPI(M) Dr. Fuad Halim93,9416.67−28.00
INC Soumya Aich Roy19,8281.41−3.6
BSP Md. Goribulla Molla2,9110.21
SUCI(C) Ajay Ghosh1,8460.13
NOTA None of the above16,2471.15
Majority 320,59422.76
Turnout 1,409,37381.98
AITC hold Swing

General Election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Abhishek Banerjee 508,481 40.31 −13.25
CPI(M) Dr. Abul Hasnat 437,18734.66−4.51
BJP Abhijit Das (Bobby)200,85815.92+12.36
INC Md. Qamaruzzaman Qamar63,0475.00+5.00
Independent Ranu Mondal 8,740
Independent Nirapada Sardar 6,634
Independent Moly Mondal 6,633
Independent Sk Samim 3,607
WPOI Nazma Yasmeen 3,272
BSP Dilip Kumar Mondal 2,892
SUCI(C) Ajay Ghosh2,529
IUML Jaynal Abedin Mondal 1,856
PDS Samir Putatunda 1,322
RJP Habibur Rahman Molla 1,260
Independent Alok Sen 977
None of the Above None Of The Above10,6570.84−−−
Majority 71,2985.65−8.74
Turnout 12,61,29681.06
AITC hold Swing

General Election 2009

General Election, 2009: Diamond Harbour [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Somen Mitra 564,612 53.56 +20.36
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 412,92339.17−12.43
BJP Abhijit Das (Bobby)37,5422.88
Independent Ranu Mondal 9,9660.77
SP Sk Nasiruddin 7,4860.57
NCP Harunal Rashid Kaji 7,1870.55
BSP R.N. Chaudhury 4,9890.38
Independent Jahangir Sk 4,2820.32
ABP Shyamal Mondal 2,6640.20
Independent Mohan Chandra Naskar 2,5350.19
Majority 151,68914.39
Turnout 1,054,11280.94
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General Election 2004

General Election, 2004: Diamond Harbour [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 430,590 51.60
AITC Sougata Roy 277,10633.20
INC Maya Ghosh 92,80711.10
Independent Nabakumar Betal 84271.00
NCP Somashree Betal 55590.70
INL Palas Karmakar 49890.50
Independent Ranu Mondal 55590.50
BSP Moly Mondal 44550.40
Independent Bipro Das Adhikari 40010.40
Bangla Congress Mala Banerjee 36630.30
SP Sheikh Nazrul Islam 34110.30
Independent Sk Samim 25920.20
Majority 153,78418.4%
Turnout 8,35,47575.8%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General Election 1999

General Election, 1999: Diamond Harbour [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 402,761 47.10
AITC Sardar Amjad Ali 331,59839.27
INC Daulat Ali Sheikh106,34412.59
Independent Ranu Mondal 11650.14
Independent Bhola Sardar 10880.13
Independent Somashree Betal 8140.10
Independent Moly Gomes 5720.07
Majority 71,1638.3%
Turnout 8,58,20975.5%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General Election 1998

General Election, 1998: Diamond Harbour [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 405,048 45.97
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 344,09239.05
INC Maya Ghosh 124,33514.11
Independent Shahadat Hossain Jamadar 32100.36
Independent Ranu Mondal 22290.25
Independent Ranendra Kumar Gupta 15500.18
Independent Sambhu Mondal 6400.07
Majority 60,9566.8%
Turnout 8,96,05279.8%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General Election 1996

General Election, 1996: Diamond Harbour [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 411,844 47.37
INC Sardar Amjad Ali 389,31844.77
BJP Dulal Chaudhuri55,5186.38
MUL Ruhulamine Mollick 43650.50
SS Arjun Kapoor 33810.39
Independent Gyanananda Samanta 21390.25
Independent Samima Sk 20100.23
Majority 22,5262.5%
Turnout 8,89,73580.5%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General Elections 1951-2004

Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency was a double-member constituency in 1951 and 1957. Since then it is a single-member constituency. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

YearWinnerRunner-up
PartyCandidateParty
1951 Kamal Basu Communist Party of India
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress Mahabir Prosad Indian National Congress [3]
1957 Kansari Halder Communist Party of India
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress Kamal Basu Communist Party of India [12]
1962 Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress Kamal Basu Communist Party of India [13]
1967 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress [14]
1971 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amar Prosad Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress [15]
1977 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Biren Mahanti Indian National Congress [16]
1980 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) A K M Ishaque Indian National Congress [17]
1984 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudhendu Mundle Indian National Congress [18]
1989 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Maya Ghosh Indian National Congress [19]
1991 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Maya Ghosh Indian National Congress [20]
1996 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amjad Ali Sardar Indian National Congress [11]
1998 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar All India Trinamool Congress [10]
1999 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amjad Ali Sardar All India Trinamool Congress [9]
2004 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Saugata Roy All India Trinamool Congress [8]

See also

References

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