Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)
Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies 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.
| Ghatal | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Incumbent | Deepak Adhikari Dev |
| Parliamentary Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1951-1977 2009-Incumbent |
| Reservation | None |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,610,489[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | Panskura Paschim Sabang Pingla Debra Daspur Ghatal (SC) Keshpur (SC) |
As per 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
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
Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 32) is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]
- Panskura Paschim (assembly constituency no. 205)
- Sabang (assembly constituency no. 226)
- Pingla (assembly constituency no. 227)
- Debra (assembly constituency no. 229)
- Daspur (assembly constituency no. 230)
- Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 231)
- Keshpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 235)
Members of Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | Ghatal | Nikunja Behari Chowdhury | Communist Party of India [4] |
| Second | 1957-62 | Nikunja Behari Maity | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| Third | 1962-67 | Sachindra Chaudhuri | Indian National Congress[6] | |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress[7][8] | |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Jagadish Bhattachaya | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India[10] | |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Dipak Adhikari aka Dev | All India Trinamool Congress[11] | |
| Seventeenth | 2019-incumbent | Dipak Adhikari aka Dev | All India Trinamool Congress |
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)
Election results
17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | 7,17,959 | 48.22 | -2.48 | |
| BJP | Bharati Ghosh | 6,09,986 | 40.97 | +34.04 | |
| CPI | Tapan Ganguly | 97,062 | 6.56 | -24.88 | |
| INC | Khandakar Mohammad Saifullah | 32,793 | 2.21 | -6.78 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 13,796 | 0.93 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,07,973 | 7.25 | -11.85 | ||
| Turnout | 14,89,338 | 82.74 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | -15.78 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage | Vote change % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 22 |  12 |
43.00 |  4 | |
| BJP | 18 | 16 |
40.00 | 23 | |
| INC | 2 | 2 |
6.29 | 4 | |
| Left | 0 | 2 |
7.57 | 24 | |
Source: Election Results 2019
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dev | 685,696 | 50.70 | +9.78 | |
| CPI | Santosh Rana | 424,805 | 31.40 | -22.16 | |
| INC | Manas Bhunia | 122,928 | 8.99 | ||
| BJP | Md. Alam | 94,842 | 6.93 | +3.94 | |
| SUCI(C) | Anjan Jana | 8,080 | |||
| Amra Bangalee | Goutam Kouri | 5,547 | |||
| Independent | Gopal Mondal | 4,498 | |||
| Jharkhand Anushilan Party | Gopal Murmu | 2,154 | |||
| RJSP | Gobardhan Ghosh | 1,983 | |||
| PDS | Gangaram Sasmal | 1,758 | |||
| Majority | 260,891 | 19.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,366,909 | 84.88 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 | 15 |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | 7 |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2 |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 2 |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 2 |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 1 |
0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Gurudas Dasgupta | 625,923 | 53.50 | -8.42 | |
| AITC | Noor Alam Chowdhury | 478,739 | 40.92 | +10.82 | |
| BJP | Matilal Khatua | 34,997 | 2.99 | ||
| BSP | Narayan Chandra Samat | 12,064 | 1.03 | ||
| IJP | Liyakat Khan | 9,355 | 0.80 | ||
| JMM | Arun Kumar Das | 5,333 | 0.46 | ||
| RDMP | Ahitosh Maity | 3,515 | 0.30 | ||
| Majority | 147,184 | 12.80 | |||
| Turnout | 11,69,934 | 86.35 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)
General election 1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | Jagadish Bhattacharyya | 128,366 | 35.71 | ||
| INC | Parimal Ghosh | 127,044 | 35.34 | ||
| CPI | Prabhat Kar | 62,824 | 17.48 | ||
| BBC | Surendra Nath Ghorai | 20,513 | 5.71 | ||
| NCO | Ramdas Ramanuj Das Mahanta | 16,403 | 4.56 | ||
| Independent | Gobardhan Dey | 4,306 | 1.20 | ||
| Majority | 1,322 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,59,456 | 73.12% | |||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Parimal Ghosh | 138,572 | 41.59% | ||
| CPI | Prabhat Kar | 109,662 | 32.91% | ||
| CPI (M) | Nikunja Chowdhury | 84,945 | 25.50% | ||
| Majority | 28,910 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,33,179 | 73.27% | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sachindra Nath Chowdhury | 179,045 | 52.50% | ||
| CPI | Manoranjan Roy | 148,207 | 43.40% | ||
| ABHM | Basanta kumar Chakraborty | 7,049 | 2.10 | ||
| Majority | 30,838 | (9.0%) | |||
| Turnout | 3,34,301 | (63.8%) | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nikunja Behari Maity | 165,597 | 59.65% | ||
| CPI | Manoranjan Roy | 112,025 | 40.35% | ||
| Majority | 53,572 | (9.0%) | |||
| Turnout | 277,622 | (62.6%) | |||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
General election 1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Nikunja Behari Chowdhury | 73,435 | 40.70% | ||
| INC | Maitayee Basu | 68,916 | 38.20% | ||
| Independent | Satcori Pati Roy | 38,028 | 21.10 | ||
| Majority | 4,519 | ||||
| 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:
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Nikunja Behari Chowdhury | CPI | Maitreyee Basu | Indian National Congress[4] |
| 1957 | Nikunja Behari Maity | Indian National Congress | Nikunja Behari Chwdhury | Communist Party of India[5] |
| 1962 | Sachindra Chaudhuri | Indian National Congress | Manoranjan Roy | Communist Party of India[6] |
| 1967 | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress | P.Kar | Communist Party of India[7][8] |
| 1971 | Jagadish Bhattacharyya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress[9] |
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