Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

Kanthi
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentSisir Adhikari
Parliamentary PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1951-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,490,409[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesChandipur
Patashpur
Kanthi Uttar
Bhagabanpur
Khejuri (SC)
Kanthi Dakshin
Ramnagar

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

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]

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

Lok Sabha
Duration
Constituency
Member of Parliament Party Affiliation
1952-57
Contai
Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress[4]
1957-62
Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay Praja Socialist Party[5]
1962-67
Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress[6]
1967-71
Samar Guha Praja Socialst Party[7]
1971-77
Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party[8]
1977-80
Samar Guha Bharatiya Lok Dal[9]
1980-84
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1984-89
Phulrenu Guha Indian National Congress[11]
1989-91
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
1991-96
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
1996-98
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
1998-99
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
1999-04
Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2004-09
Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
2009-14
Kanthi
Sisir Kumar Adhikari All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2014-2019
Sisir Kumar Adhikari All India Trinamool Congress[19]
Seventeenth
2019- Incumbent
Sisir Kumar Adhikari All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kanthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari 7,11,872 49.98 -3.82
BJP Dr. Debasish Samanta 6,00,204 42.14 +33.54
CPI (M) Paritosh Pattyanayak 76,185 5.35% -29.37
INC Dipak Kumar Das 16,851 1.18%
Majority 1,11,668
Turnout 14,24,966 85.83
AITC hold Swing
 2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
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

2014 Indian general elections: Kanthi [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari 6,76,749 52.80 -1.54
CPI (M) Tapas Sinha 4,48,259 34.72
BJP Kamalendu Pahari 1,11,082 8.60
INC Kunal Banerjee 27,230
BSP Ansar Ali Sk 8,298
SUCI(C) Manas Pradhan 7,335
Independent Sk Golam Nabi Ajad 3,260
Majority
Turnout 12,90,811 86.61
AITC hold Swing
 2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
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

2009 Indian general elections: Kanthi [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari 6,06,712 54.95
CPI (M) Prasanta Pradhan 4,77,609
BJP Amalesh Mishra 31,952
BSP Rashbehari Patra 8,174
Majority
Turnout 11,24,454 89.97
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Contai[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Prasanta Pradhan 464,743 50.04
AITC Dr Nitish Sengupta 405,553 44.00
INC Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo 26,010 2.8
Independent Jiban Das 11,707 1.30
Independent Adhar Chandra Nahal 9,676 1.0
BSP Asalata Majumdar 9,085 1.0
Turnout 9,21,634 85.3
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
Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1951
Basanta Kumar Dass Indian National Congress Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[4]
1957
Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay Praja Socialist Party Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress[5]
1962
Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Praja Socialist Party[6]
1967
Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party R. Pal Indian National Congress[7]
1971
Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party Abha Maiti Indian National Congress (Organisation)[8]
1977
Samar Guha Bharatiya Lok Dal Sudhangshu Panda Indian National Congress[9]
1980
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Pradip Sarkar Indian National Congress[10]
1984
Phulrenu Guha Indian National Congress Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
1989
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abha Maiti Indian National Congress[12]
1991
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abha Maiti Indian National Congress[13]
1996
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nitish Sengupta Indian National Congress[14]
1998
Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Akhil Giri Trinamool Congress[15]
1999
Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
2004
Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress[17]

See also

  • Contai
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

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