Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency

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Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Chandipur
Patashpur
Kanthi Uttar
Bhagabanpur
Khejuri
Kanthi Dakshin
Ramnagar
Established1951
Total electors17,94,537 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party logo.svg Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

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.

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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 issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following segments: [2]

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA
211 Chandipur None Purba Medinipur TMC Soham Chakraborty
212 Patashpur None Purba Medinipur TMC Uttam Barik
213 Kanthi Uttar None Purba Medinipur BJP Sumita Sinha
214 Bhagabanpur None Purba Medinipur BJP Rabindranath Maity
215 Khejuri SC Purba Medinipur BJP Santanu Pramanik
216 Kanthi Dakshin None Purba Medinipur BJP Arup Kumar Das
217 Ramnagar None Purba Medinipur TMC Akhil Giri

Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [3] 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

YearConstituencyNameParty
1952Kanthi Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress [4]
1957 Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay Praja Socialist Party [5]
1962Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress [6]
1967 Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party [7]
1971
1977 Janata Party
1980 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1984 Phulrenu Guha Indian National Congress [9]
1989 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
1991
1996
1998
1999 Nitish Sengupta Trinamool Congress [11]
2004 Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
2009 Sisir Kumar Adhikari Trinamool Congress [13]
2014
2019
2024 Soumendu Adhikari Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kanthi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Soumendu Adhikari 763,195 49.85 Increase2.svg7.71
AITC Uttam Barik7,15,43146.73Decrease2.svg3.25
INC Urbashi Banerjee31,1222.03Increase2.svg0.85
NOTA None of the above 8,1340.53Decrease2.svg0.08
Majority47,7643.12Decrease2.svg4.72
Turnout 15,30,99785.31Decrease2.svg0.52
BJP gain from AITC Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kanthi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Sisir Adhikari 711,872 49.98 -3.82
BJP Dr. Debasish Samanta600,20442.14+33.54
CPI(M) Paritosh Pattyanayak76,1855.35-29.37
INC Dipak Kumar Das16,8511.18-0.92
Majority111,6687.84-10.24
Turnout 1,424,96685.83-0.78
AITC hold Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kanthi [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari 6,76,74952.80-1.54
CPI(M) Tapas Sinha4,48,25934.72-7.75
BJP Kamalendu Pahari1,11,0828.60+5.76
INC Kunal Banerjee27,2302.10
BSP Ansar Ali Sk8,298
SUCI(C) Manas Pradhan7,335
Independent Sk Golam Nabi Ajad3,260
Majority2,28,49018.08
Turnout 12,90,81186.61
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kanthi [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari 6,06,71254.95
CPI(M) Prasanta Pradhan 4,77,60942.47
BJP Amalesh Mishra31,9522.84
BSP Rashbehari Patra8,174
Majority1,29,10312.48
Turnout 11,24,45489.97
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Contai [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Prasanta Pradhan 464,74350.04
AITC Dr Nitish Sengupta 405,55344.00
INC Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo26,0102.8
Independent Jiban Das11,7071.30
Independent Adhar Chandra Nahal9,6761.0
BSP Asalata Majumdar9,0851.0
Turnout 9,21,63485.3
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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

Year
WinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951
Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party [4]
1957
Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay Praja Socialist Party Basanta Kumar DasIndian National Congress [5]
1962
Basanta Kumar DasIndian National CongressPrafulla Chandra GhoshPraja Socialist Party [6]
1967
 Samar Guha Praja Socialist PartyR. PalIndian National Congress [7]
1971
Samar GuhaPraja Socialist Party Abha Maiti Indian National Congress (Organisation) [15]
1977
Samar Guha Janata Party Sudhangshu PandaIndian National Congress [16]
1980
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Pradip SarkarIndian National Congress [8]
1984
 Phulrenu Guha Indian National CongressSudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
1989
 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)Abha MaitiIndian National Congress [10]
1991
Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Abha MaitiIndian National Congress [17]
1996
Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Nitish SenguptaIndian National Congress [18]
1998
Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Akhil Giri Trinamool Congress [19]
1999
Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
2004
 Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India (Marxist)Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress [12]

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