Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency

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Lok Sabha constituency
Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Egra
Dantan
Keshiary
Kharagpur Sadar
Narayangarh
Kharagpur
Medinipur
Established1951
Total electors1,499,673 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2019

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.

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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 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. 34 Medinipur is composed of the following segments: [2]

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictParty
(as of 2021)
218 Egra None Purba Medinipur TMC
219 Dantan None Paschim Medinipur TMC
223 Keshiary ST Paschim Medinipur TMC
224 Kharagpur Sadar None Paschim Medinipur BJP
225 Narayangarh None Paschim Medinipur TMC
228 Kharagpur None Paschim Medinipur TMC
236 Medinipur None Paschim Medinipur TMC

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

Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First 1952-57Tudu Bharat Lal Indian National Congress [4]
Durga Charan Banerjee Bharatiya Jana Sangh [4]
1952-57^ Subodh Chandra Hansda [5] Indian National Congress
Constituency renamed from Midnapore-Jhargram to Midnapore
Second 1957-62 Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb [6] Indian National Congress
Subodh Hansda [6]
Third 1962-67Gobinda Kumar Singhu [7]
Fourth 1967-69Sachindra Nath Maity Bangla Congress [8]
1969-71^ V. K. Krishna Menon
Fifth 1971-77 Subodh Chandra Hansda Indian National Congress [9]
Sixth 1977-80 Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Janata Party [10]
Seventh 1980-84 Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India [11] [12]
Eighth 1984-89
Ninth 1989-91 Indrajit Gupta [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-01
2001-04^ Prabodh Panda [18] [19]
Fourteenth 2004-09
Constituency renamed from Midnapore to Medinipur
Fifteenth 2009-14 Prabodh Panda [20] Communist Party of India
Sixteenth 2014-2019 Sandhya Roy All India Trinamool Congress [21]
Seventeenth 2019-incumbent Dilip Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party [22]

^By poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Medinipur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Agnimitra Paul
AITC June Malia
CPI Biplab Bhatta
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Medinipur [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dilip Ghosh 685,433 48.62 +34.36
AITC Manas Bhunia 5,96,48142.31-4.19
CPI Biplab Bhatta62,3194.42-26.94
INC Sambhunath Chattopadhay20,8071.48-2.39
NOTA None of the above14,7581.05
Majority88,9526.31
Turnout 14,10,32184.24+0.22
BJP gain from AITC Swing +19.28

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Medinipur [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Sandhya Roy 5,81,86046.50+3.33
CPI Prabodh Panda 3,95,19431.36-15.93
BJP Prabhakar Tiwari1,80,07114.26+9.30
INC Dr. Bimal Raj48,9143.87N/A
NOTA None of the above13,6161.08N/A
Majority1,86,66614.70+10.04
Turnout 12,60,74884.02+1.48
AITC gain from CPI Swing -4.63

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Medinipur [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Prabodh Panda 4,96,02147.29-5.54
AITC Dipak Kumar Ghosh4,45,00442.68N/A
BJP Pradip Patnaik52,0614.99-30.15
BSP Asok Kumar Golder12,2161.17+0.14
IND Sanjay Kumar Mishra11,0921.06N/A
JMM Nepal Das10,3240.99N/A
Majority48,0174.61-13.08
Turnout 10,42,49682.54
CPI hold Swing -5.54

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Midnapore [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Prabodh Panda 480,03453.56
BJP Rahul Bishwajit Sinha319,27435.14
INC Narayan Chandra Paria68,3387.52
JP Panchanan Pradhan10,2431.12
NCP Madhumanti Sengupta9,9011.08
BSP Mrityunjoy Chakraborty9,4401.03
Independent Asit Kumar Khatua7,2490.79
Independent Lalit Kumar Jaiswal4,0200.44
Majority160,76017.69
Turnout 908,499
CPI hold Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Midnapore [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 446,54548.60-4.90
BJP Manoranjan Dutta385,77245.30
INC Samir Roy47,0137.52
Independent Akshay Kumar Khan4,5120.05
Independent Mritunjoy Chakraborty6500.01
Majority60,7733.3%
Turnout 8,62,56778.5%
CPI hold Swing

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.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2001: Midnapore constituency
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Prabodh Panda 448,237
AITC Manoranjan Dutta354,044
BJP Debasish Chattopadhyay157,543
NCP Amal Mazumder87,983
JD(S) Bijoy Bandyopadhyay25,114
Independent Rabikanta Santra5,112
RJP Ashok Kumar Bera3,871
Majority94,193
Turnout 8,77,21377.1-6.7
CPI hold Swing +21.27

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Midnapore [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 452,67153.50-2.80
BJP Manoranjan Dutta177,15220.60
Trinamool Congress Dr. Nitish Sengupta 131,35215.32
INC Satish Chandra Jana90,73710.60
Independent Sheikh Abu Bakar3,4480.40
Jharkhand Party Kalipada Tudu1,7020.40
Independent Gajen Nayak1,1480.10
Majority2,75,51931.5
Turnout 8,74,53180.8
CPI hold Swing

General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Midnapore [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 488,56956.30
INC Debaprasad Roy277,92032.00
BJP Manoranjan Dutta58,7516.80
Independent Sudeb Banprasthi9,2901.00
AMB Naba Kumar Shaw7,8280.90
Independent Dilip Maiti7,2860.80
Jharkhand Party (Naren) Jatin Pratihar7,0080.80
Independent Debashish Konar2,3130.30
JP Shachin Mahato2,3050.30
IUML Sarif Mollick1,8310.20
Jharkhand Party Prabhakar Mahato1,7210.20
Samata Party Padma Lochan Roy1,0460.10
Independent Ajit Kumar Maity7720.10
Independent Vivek Kumar Baderia7420.10
Independent Sushil Kumar2940.00
Independent Satyanarayan Kothoyala2600.00
Majority210,64923.7
Turnout 8,89,18884.5
CPI hold Swing

General election 1991

General Election, 1991: Midnapore [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 396,28154.82
INC Birendra Bijoy Malladev232,75831.70
BJP Manoranjan Dutta68,7729.40
Independent Dilip Maity6,3720.90
Jharkhand Party Mirza Ohidur Rahaman5,5500.80
Independent Padma Lochan Roy4,7170.60
Jharkhand Party (Naren) Chandra Mohan Hansda4,5260.60
BSP Satish Chandra Biswas1,8520.30
Doordarshi Party Satya Naraiyan Kotwala1,3350.20
Independent Sushil Kumar6780.20
Majority163,52322.3
Turnout 7,34,49976.5
CPI hold Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951*Durga Charan Bandopahyay Bharatiya Jana Sangh Atul Chandra Basu Indian National Congress
Bishnupada Hazra Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party [4]
Bharat Lal TuduIndian National CongressSubodh HansdaKisan Mazoor Praja Party [4]
1957*Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda DebIndian National CongressRabindra Nath Mitra Communist Party of India [6]
Subodh HansdaIndian National CongressChandra Mohan Saren Praja Socialist Party [6]
1962Gobinda Kumar SinghaIndian National CongressSaroj RoyCommunist Party of India [7]
1967Sachindra Nath Maity Bangla Congress G.K.SinghaIndian National Congress [8]
1969 V. K. Krishna Menon Bangla Congress (supported

by Communist-led United Front)

Krishnadas RoyIndian National Congress [23] [24]
1971Subodh Chandra HansdaIndian National CongressNarayan ChoubeyCommunist Party of India [9]
1977 Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Janata Party Narayan ChoubeyCommunist Party of India [10]
1980Narayan ChoubeyCommunist Party of IndiaSudhir Kumar Ghosal Indian National Congress (I) [11]
1984Narayan ChoubeyCommunist Party of IndiaAjit Kumar KhanraIndian National Congress [12]
1989Indrajit GuptaCommunist Party of IndiaGouri ChoubeyIndian National Congress [13]
1991Indrajit GuptaCommunist Party of IndiaBirendra Bijoy MalladevIndian National Congress [14]
1996Indrajit GuptaCommunist Party of IndiaD P RoyIndian National Congress [15]
1998Indrajit GuptaCommunist Party of IndiaManoranjon Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party [16]
1999Indrajit GuptaCommunist Party of IndiaManoranjon DuttaBharatiya Janata Party [17]
2001 Prabodh Panda Communist Party of IndiaManoranjon Dutta All India Trinamool Congress [18]
2004Prabodh PandaCommunist Party of IndiaRahul (Biswajit) SinhaBharatiya Janata Party [19]

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