Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency

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Ghatal
WB-32
Lok Sabha constituency
Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Panskura Paschim
Sabang
Pingla
Debra
Daspur
Ghatal
Keshpur
Established1951-1977
2009-current
Total electors19,39,945 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
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Incumbent
Party Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2024

Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency is based on Ghatal in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 32 Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district, one segment is in Purba Medinipur district. As per the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Panskura Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist; and a new Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency came into being. [2] The Ghatal constituency existed earlier from 1951 to 1977.

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

Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 32) is composed of the following assembly segments: [3]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
205 Panskura Paschim Purba Medinipur Firoja Bibi Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Janata Party
226 Sabang Manas Bhunia Trinamool Congress
227 Pingla Ajit Maity
229 Debra Humayun Kabir
230 Daspur Mamata Bhunia
231 Ghatal (SC) Sital Kapat Bharatiya Janata Party
235 Keshpur (SC) Seuli Saha Trinamool Congress

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First 1952-57GhatalNikunja Behari Chowdhury Communist Party of India [4]
Second 1957-62Nikunja Behari Maity Indian National Congress [5]
Third 1962-67 Sachindra Chaudhuri [6]
Fourth 1967-71 Parimal Ghosh [7] [8]
Fifth 1971-77Jagadish Bhattachaya Communist Party of India (Marxist) [9] [10]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Gurudas Dasgupta Communist Party of India
Sixteenth 2014-19 Deepak Adhikari (Dev) Trinamool Congress [11]
Seventeenth 2019-2024
Eighteenth 2024-Incumbent

For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

18th Lok Sabha: 2024 General Elections

2024 Indian general elections:Ghatal [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Deepak Adhikari (Dev) 837,990 52.36 Increase2.svg4.14
BJP Hiranmoy Chatterjee (Hiran) 655,12240.93Increase2.svg0.04
CPI Tapan Ganguly74,9084.68Decrease2.svg0.88
NOTA None of the Above 12,9660.81Decrease2.svg0.12
BSP Soumen Madraji7,9410.50Steady2.svg
Independent Gopal Mondal4,2440.27N/A
SUCI(C) Dinesh Maikap4,1580.26Decrease2.svg0.14
Independent Saheb Chowdhury3,2370.20N/A
Majority182,86811.43Increase2.svg4.18
Turnout 1,600,55682.51Decrease2.svg0.23
AITC hold Swing

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections

2019 Indian general elections: Ghatal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Deepak Adhikari (Dev) 717,959 48.22 −2.48
BJP Bharati Ghosh609,98640.97+34.04
CPI Tapan Ganguly97,0626.56−24.88
INC Khandakar Mohammad Saifullah32,7932.21−6.78
NOTA None of the Above 13,7960.93N/A
Majority107,9737.25−11.85
Turnout 1,489,33882.74
AITC hold Swing -15.78

16th Lok Sabha  : General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Ghatal [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Dipak Adhikari (Dev) 685,696 50.70 +9.78
CPI Santosh Rana 424,80531.40−22.16
INC Manas Bhunia 122,9288.99
BJP Md. Alam94,8426.93+3.94
SUCI(C) Anjan Jana8,080
AMB Goutam Kouri5,547
Independent Gopal Mondal4,498
Jharkhand Anushilan PartyGopal Murmu2,154
RJSP Gobardhan Ghosh1,983
PDS Gangaram Sasmal1,758
Majority260,89119.10
Turnout 1,366,90984.88
AITC gain from CPI Swing

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Ghatal [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Gurudas Dasgupta 625,92353.50−8.42
AITC Noor Alam Chowdhury 478,73940.92+10.82
BJP Matilal Khatua34,9972.99
BSP Narayan Chandra Samat12,0641.03
IJP Liyakat Khan9,3550.80
JMM Arun Kumar Das5,3330.46
RDMPAhitosh Maity3,5150.30
Majority147,18412.80
Turnout 11,69,93486.35
CPI hold Swing

For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Lok Sabha constituency

General election 1971

General Election, 1971: Ghatal [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Jagadish Bhattacharyya128,36635.71
INC Parimal Ghosh127,04435.34
CPI Prabhat Kar62,82417.48
BBC Surendra Nath Ghorai20,5135.71
NCORamdas Ramanuj Das Mahanta16,4034.56
Independent Gobardhan Dey4,3061.20
Majority1,3220.4
Turnout 3,59,45673.12%
CPI gain from INC Swing

General election 1967

General Election, 1967: Ghatal [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Parimal Ghosh138,57241.59%
CPI Prabhat Kar109,66232.91%
CPI(M) Nikunja Chowdhury84,94525.50%
Majority28,910
Turnout 3,33,17973.27%
INC hold Swing

General election 1962

General Election, 1962: Ghatal [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sachindra Nath Chowdhury179,04552.50%
CPI Manoranjan Roy148,20743.40%
ABHM Basanta kumar Chakraborty7,0492.10
Majority30,838(9.0%)
Turnout 3,34,301(63.8%)
INC hold Swing

General election 1957

General Election, 1957: Ghatal [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Nikunja Behari Maity165,59759.65%
CPI Manoranjan Roy112,02540.35%
Majority53,572(9.0%)
Turnout 277,622(62.6%)
INC gain from CPI Swing

General election 1952

General Election, 1952: Ghatal [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Nikunja Behari Chowdhury73,43540.70%
INC Maitayee Basu 68,91638.20%
Independent Satcori Pati Roy38,02821.10
Majority4,519
Turnout 1,80,379(49.9%)
CPI win (new seat)

General elections 1951-1971

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

YearWinnerPartyRunner-upParty
1951Nikunja Behari Chowdhury CPI Maitreyee Basu Indian National Congress [4]
1957Nikunja Behari Maity Indian National Congress Nikunja Behari ChwdhuryCommunist Party of India [5]
1962 Sachindra Chaudhuri Indian National CongressManoranjan RoyCommunist Party of India [6]
1967Parimal GhoshIndian National CongressP.KarCommunist Party of India [7] [8]
1971Jagadish Bhattacharyya Communist Party of India (Marxist) Parimal GhoshIndian National Congress [9]

See also

References

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