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Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency

{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

| name = Kanthi
{{Small|WB-31}}

| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Kanthi.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kanthi Lok Sabha Constituency

| established = 1951

| reservation = None

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| mp = Soumendu Adhikari

| latest_election_year = 2024

| state = West Bengal

| assembly_cons = Chandipur
Patashpur
Kanthi Uttar
Bhagabanpur
Khejuri
Kanthi Dakshin
Ramnagar

| electors =17,94,537https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/grfYnWoV4R.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524040654/https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/grfYnWoV4R.pdf |date=24 May 2024 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}

}}

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.

Assembly segments

File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg

As per the order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following segments:{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2009-05-27 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! No

! Name

! District

! Member

! colspan="2" |Party

! colspan="2" |2024 Lead

211

|Chandipur

|rowspan=7|Purba Medinipur

|Soham Chakraborty

|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

212

|Patashpur

|Uttam Barik

|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}

213

|Kanthi Uttar

|Sumita Sinha

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}}

214

|Bhagabanpur

|Rabindranath Maity

215

|Khejuri

|Santanu Pramanik

216

|Kanthi Dakshin

|Arup Kumar Das

217

|Ramnagar

|Akhil Giri

|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}

Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 2010-10-01 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = ECI }}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

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Name

!colspan=2 |Party

1952Basanta Kumar Das

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=ECI |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date= 8 October 2014 }}

1957Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay

| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= ECI | access-date = 2 June 2014}}

1962Basanta Kumar Das

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}

1967rowspan="3" |Samar Guha

| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=ECI |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203524/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |archive-date= 4 April 2014 }}

1971
1977

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party }}

1980Sudhir Kumar Giri

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title=General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}

1984Phulrenu Guha

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title=General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}

1989rowspan="4" |Sudhir Kumar Giri

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=4}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title=General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}

1991
1996
1998
1999Nitish Sengupta

|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}

2004Prasanta Pradhan

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}

2009rowspan="3" |Sisir Kumar Adhikari

|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2014 }}

2014
2019
2024Soumendu Adhikari

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}

Election results

=General election 2024=

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general elections: Kanthi}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Soumendu Adhikari|votes=7,63,195|percentage=49.85|change={{up}}7.71}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trinamool Congress|candidate=Uttam Barik|votes=7,15,431|percentage=46.73|change={{down}}3.25}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Urbashi Banerjee|votes=31,122|percentage=2.03|change={{up}}0.85}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above (India)|candidate=None of the above|votes=8,134|percentage=0.53|change={{down}}0.08}}

{{Election box majority||votes=47,764|percentage=3.12|change={{down}}4.72}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=15,30,997|percentage=85.31|change={{down}}0.52}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Trinamool Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General election 2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Kanthi}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Sisir Kumar Adhikari|party=All India Trinamool Congress|votes=711,872|percentage=49.98|change= -3.82}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Debasish Samanta|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=600,204|percentage=42.14|change=+33.54}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Paritosh Pattyanayak|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=76,185|percentage=5.35|change=-29.37}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dipak Kumar Das|party=Indian National Congress|votes=16,851|percentage=1.18|change=-0.92}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 111,668

|percentage = 7.84

|change = -10.24

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,424,966

|percentage = 85.83

|change = -0.78

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General election 2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Kanthi{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 19 June 2016 }}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Sisir Kumar Adhikari

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|votes = 6,76,749

|percentage = 52.80

|change = -1.54

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Tapas Sinha

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|votes = 4,48,259

|percentage = 34.72

|change = -7.75

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Kamalendu Pahari

|votes = 1,11,082

|percentage = 8.60

|change = +5.76

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Kunal Banerjee

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 27,230

|percentage = 2.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Ansar Ali Sk

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 8,298

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Manas Pradhan

|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)

|votes = 7,335

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Sk Golam Nabi Ajad

|party = Independent (politics)

|votes = 3,260

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,28,490

|percentage = 18.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 12,90,811

|percentage = 86.61

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General election 2009=

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general elections: Kanthi}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Sisir Kumar Adhikari

|votes = 6,06,712

|percentage = 53.95

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = Prasanta Pradhan

|votes = 4,77,609

|percentage = 42.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Amalesh Mishra

|votes = 31,952

|percentage = 2.84

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Rashbehari Patra

|votes = 8,174

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,29,103

|percentage = 12.48

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 11,24,454

|percentage = 89.97

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = All India Trinamool Congress

|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General election 2004=

{{Election box begin | title=General Election, 2004: Contai}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = Prasanta Pradhan

|votes = 464,743

|percentage = 50.04

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Dr Nitish Sengupta

|votes = 405,553

|percentage = 44.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo

|votes = 26,010

|percentage = 2.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent (politician)|Independent

|candidate = Jiban Das

|votes = 11,707

|percentage = 1.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent (politician)|Independent

|candidate = Adhar Chandra Nahal

|votes = 9,676

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Asalata Majumdar

|votes = 9,085

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 9,21,634

|percentage = 85.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|loser = All India Trinamool Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General elections 1951-2004=

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

class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan=2 {{verth|Year}}

!colspan=2|Winner

!colspan=2|Runner-up

Candidate

!Party

!Candidate

!Party

{{verth|1951}}

|Basanta Kumar Das

|Indian National Congress

|Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay

|Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party

{{verth|1957}}

|Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay

|Praja Socialist Party

|Basanta Kumar Das

|Indian National Congress

{{verth|1962}}

|Basanta Kumar Das

|Indian National Congress

|Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

|Praja Socialist Party

{{verth|1967}}

|Samar Guha

|Praja Socialist Party

|R. Pal

|Indian National Congress

{{verth|1971}}

|Samar Guha

|Praja Socialist Party

|Abha Maiti

|Indian National Congress (Organisation){{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404195218/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date= 4 April 2014 }}

{{verth|1977}}

|Samar Guha

|Janata Party

|Sudhangshu Panda

|Indian National Congress{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}

{{verth|1980}}

|Sudhir Kumar Giri

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|Pradip Sarkar

|Indian National Congress

{{verth|1984}}

|Phulrenu Guha

|Indian National Congress

|Sudhir Kumar Giri

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

{{verth|1989}}

|Sudhir Kumar Giri

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|Abha Maiti

|Indian National Congress

{{verth|1991}}

|Sudhir Kumar Giri

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|Abha Maiti

|Indian National Congress{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title=General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}

{{verth|1996}}

|Sudhir Kumar Giri

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|Nitish Sengupta

|Indian National Congress{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}

{{verth|1998}}

|Sudhir Kumar Giri

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|Akhil Giri

|Trinamool Congress{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}

{{verth|1999}}

|Nitish Sengupta

|All India Trinamool Congress

|Sudhir Kumar Giri

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

{{verth|2004}}

|Prasanta Pradhan

|Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|Nitish Sengupta

|All India Trinamool Congress

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/west_bengal/kanthi/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Kanthi lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

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