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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|name = Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency
|image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Tamluk.map}}
|caption = Interactive Map Outlining Tamluk Lok Sabha Constituency
|Existence = 1951-present
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|CurrentMP = [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
|ElectedByYear = 2019
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]] [[Panskura Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panskura Purba]] [[Moyna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moyna]] [[Nandakumar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandakumar]] [[Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahisadal]] [[Haldia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haldia]] [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]]
|Electorate = 1,527,273<ref name=turnout>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |title = Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
}}
'''Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. All the seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are in [[Purba Medinipur district]].

==Vidhan Sabha segments==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''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. 30 Tamluk is composed of the following segments:<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 27 May 2009 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|203
|[[Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
| 204
|[[Panskura Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panskura Purba]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|206
|[[Moyna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moyna]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|207
|[[Nandakumar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandakumar]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|208
|[[Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahisadal]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|209
|[[Haldia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haldia]]
|SC
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|210
|[[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]]
|None
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|-
|}

Prior to delimitation Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{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 = 1 October 2010 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref> [[Panskura Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panskura East]] (assembly constituency no. 201), [[Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]] (assembly constituency no. 202), [[Moyna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Moyna]] (assembly constituency no. 203), [[Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahisadal]] (assembly constituency no. 204), [[Sutahata (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sutahata (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 205), [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]] (assembly constituency no. 206) and [[Narghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narghat]] (assembly constituency no. 207).

==Members of Lok Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠč
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]]||1952-57||Tamluk||[[Satish Chandra Samanta]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1952>{{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= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]||1957-62||||Satish Chandra Samanta||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1957>{{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= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-67||||Satish Chandra Samanta||Indian National Congress <ref name=loksabha1962>{{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}}</ref>
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||||Satish Chandra Samanta||[[Bangla Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1967>{{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= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-77||||Satish Chandra Samanta||Bangla Congress<ref name=loksabha1971>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-80||||[[Sushil Kumar Dhara]]||[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]<ref name=loksabha1977>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-84||||[[Satyagopal Mishra]]|| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name =loksabha1980>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-89||||Satyagopal Mishra||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1984>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-91||||Satyagopal Mishra||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref name=loksabha1989>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-96||||Satyagopal Mishra ||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1991>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-98||||[[Jayanta Bhattacharya]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1996>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-99||||[[Lakshman Chandra Seth]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1998>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-04||||Lakhsman Chandra Seth||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1999>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-09||||Lakhsman Chandra Seth||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha2004>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||||[[Suvendu Adhikari]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha2009>{{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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-16||||Suvendu Adhikari (Resigned in 2016)||All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha2014>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|By Poll]]||2016-[[incumbent|2019]]||||[[Dibyendu Adhikari]]||All India Trinamool Congress
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]
|2019-[[Incumbent]]
|
|[[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Tamluk]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate=[[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
|party=All India Trinamool Congress
|votes=7,24,433
|percentage=50.08
|change=-3.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Siddharth Naskar
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 5,34,268
|percentage = 36.94
|change = +30.54
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sk. Ibrahim Ali
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 1,36,129
|percentage = 9.41
|change = -25.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate= [[Lakshman Chandra Seth]]
|party=Indian National Congress
|votes=16,001
|percentage=1.11
|change=-1.09
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,90,165
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 14,46,940
|percentage = 85.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==== 2016 by-election ====
{{Election box begin
|title=By-election 2016 : Tamluk}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]
|votes = 7,79,594
|percentage = 59.76
|change = +6.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Mandira Panda
|votes = 2,82,066
|percentage = 21.62
|change = -13.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Prof. Ambujaksha Mahanti
|votes = 1,96,450
|percentage = 15.06
|change = +8.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Batabyal Partha
|votes = 19,851
|percentage = 1.52
|change = -0.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Dilip Maiti
|votes = 10,179
|percentage = 0.78
|change = -0.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dhananjoy Dalai
|votes = 3,859
|percentage = 0.30
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Party of Democratic Socialism (India)
|candidate = Subhrajit Bhaduri
|votes = 2,718
|percentage = 0.21
|'''change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 9,801
|percentage = 0.75
|change = -0.12
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 497,528
|percentage = 38.14
|change = +19.74
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,04,518
|percentage = 82.04
|change = -5.56
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,590,004
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Tamluk]]<ref name=loksabha2014/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 7,16,928
|percentage = 53.60
|change = -1.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sk. Ibrahim Ali
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 4,70,447
|percentage = 35.20
|change = -5.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Badsha Alam
|votes = 86,265
|percentage = 6.40
|change = +4.61
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sk. Anwar Ali
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 29,645
|percentage = 2.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Vivekananda Roy
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = 10,197
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Rajyasree Chaudhuri
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 3,609
|percentage = 0.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Kamal Bag
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 3,110
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Kalisankar Jana
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 2,658
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Abdur Rezak Sk
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 1,682
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Manick Chandra Mondal
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|votes = 1,500
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 11,643
|percentage = 0.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 246,481
|percentage = 18.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,37,684
|percentage = 87.60
|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]]: [[Tamluk]]<ref name=loksabha2009/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
|votes = 6,37,664
|percentage = 55.54
|change = +11.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Lakshman Chandra Seth]]
|votes = 4,64,706
|percentage = 40.50
|change = - 8.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rajyashree Chaudhuri
|votes = 20,573
|percentage = 1.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Assam United Democratic Front
|candidate = Jahed Sek
|votes = 8,486
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Manoranjan Mandal
|votes = 5,891
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Sheikh Nurul Islam
|votes = 5,401
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Manik Chandra Mondal
|votes = 2,044
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Bhakti Adhikary
|votes = 1,985
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Abdur Rejak Seikh
|votes = 1,456
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 172,958
|percentage = 15.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,48,206
|percentage = 90.32
|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=[[2004 Indian general elections|General Election, 2004]]: [[Tamluk]]<ref name=loksabha2009/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Lakshman Chandra Seth]]
|votes = 507,228
|percentage = 49.20
|change = -0,84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
|votes = 449,848
|percentage = 43.60
|change = +0.10
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sudarsan Panja
|votes = 34,794
|percentage = 3.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ajit Das
|votes = 14,087
|percentage = 1.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Manab Bera
|votes = 13,339
|percentage = 1.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Hossain Mahmud Sheikh
|votes = 6,239
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Trilochan Kuila
|votes = 6,082
|percentage = 0.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Bhakti Adhikary
|votes = 3,652
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 57,380
|percentage = 5.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 10,30,848
|percentage = 86.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: [[Tamluk]]<ref name=loksabha1999/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Lakshman Chandra Seth]]
|votes = 455,168
|percentage = 50.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee
|votes = 400,342
|percentage = 43.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Manik Bhowmik
|votes = 44,622
|percentage = 4.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Srikesh Pramanik
|votes = 7,623
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Buddhadeb Jana
|votes = 1,105
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Bhakti Adhikari
|votes = 822
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 54,826
|percentage = 6.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,19,886
|percentage = 83.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: [[Tamluk]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Lakshman Chandra Seth]]
|votes = 477,516
|percentage = 51.10%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee
|votes = 389,564
|percentage = 41.30%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Jayanta Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 56,538
|percentage = 6.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Ashutosh Samanta
|votes = 7,542
|percentage = 0.80%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Ananata Kumar Paul
|votes = 837
|percentage = 0.10%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 87,952
|percentage = 9.30%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,42,965
|percentage = 86.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = West Bengal Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election|General Election, 1996]]: [[Tamluk]]<ref name=loksabha1996/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Jayanta Bhattacharya]]
|votes = 450,473
|percentage = 48.67%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Lakshman Chandra Seth]]
|votes = 442,563
|percentage = 47.82%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Saswati Bag
|votes = 19,475
|percentage = 2.10%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Ashutosh Samanta
|votes = 10,330
|percentage = 1.12%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Ananta Kumar Das
|votes = 1,029
|percentage = 0.11%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Muktinath Bag
|votes = 976
|percentage = 0.11%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Shishir Kumar Panda
|votes = 669
|percentage = 0.07%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,910
|percentage = 3.31%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,25,515
|percentage = 89.80%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|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"
|-
!Year
!Winner
|
!Runner-up
|
|-
|
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|1951
|[[Satish Chandra Samanta]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Tripati Hrishikesh
|[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]<ref name=loksabha1952/><ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.travelindia-guide.com/elections-indian-lok-sabha/election-results/wb/tamluk.php | title = Election results for Tamluk| access-date = 22 August 2009 }}</ref>
|-
|1957
|Satish Chandra Samanta
|Indian National Congress
|Gobinda Chandra. Bhowmick
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|1962
|Satish Chandra Samanta
|Indian National Congress
|Govinda Chandra. Bhowmick
|All India Forward Bloc<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1967
|Satish Chandra Samanta
|[[Bangla Congress]]
|G. Bhowmick
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1971
|Satish Chandra Samanta
|Bangla Congress
|[[Aruna Asaf Ali]]
|[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|[[Sushil Kumar Dhara]]
|[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]
|Satish Chandra Samanta
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|1980
|Satyagopal Mishra
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Shyam Das Bhattacharya
|Indian National Congress<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|1984
|Satyagopal Mishra
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Saradindu Samanta
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|1989
|Satyagopal Mishra
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Jayanta Bhattacharya
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|Satyagopal Mishra
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Jayanta Bhattacharya
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|Jayanta Bhattacharya
|Indian National Congress
|[[Lakshman Chandra Seth]]
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|Lakshman Chandra Seth
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|Lakshman Chandra Seth
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee
|All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|Lakshman Chandra Seth
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|[[Suvendu Adhikari]]
|All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{Purba Medinipur topics}}

{{coord missing|West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Medinipur district]]

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