Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency

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Kanthi
WB-31
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesChandipur
Patashpur
Kanthi Uttar
Bhagabanpur
Khejuri
Kanthi Dakshin
Ramnagar
Established1951
Total electors17,94,537[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2024

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[edit | edit source]

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 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:[2]

No Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
211 Chandipur Purba Medinipur Pijush Kanti Das BJP BJP
212 Patashpur Tapan Maity Trinamool Congress
213 Kanthi Uttar Sumita Sinha BJP
214 Bhagabanpur Santanu Pramanik
215 Khejuri Subrat Paik
216 Kanthi Dakshin Arup Kumar Das
217 Ramnagar Dr. Chandra Sekhar Mondal

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[edit | edit source]

Year Name Party
1952 Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress[4]
1957 Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay Praja Socialist Party[5]
1962 Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress[6]
1967 Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party[7]
1971
1977 Janata Party
1980 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India[8]
1984 Phulrenu Guha Indian National Congress[9]
1989 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India[10]
1991
1996
1998
1999 Nitish Sengupta Trinamool Congress[11]
2004 Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India[12]
2009 Sisir Kumar Adhikari Trinamool Congress[13]
2014
2019
2024 Soumendu Adhikari Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

General election 2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general elections: Kanthi[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Soumendu Adhikari 763,195 49.85 Increase7.71
AITC Uttam Barik 7,15,431 46.73 Decrease3.25
INC Urbashi Banerjee 31,122 2.03 Increase0.85
None of the above (India) None of the above 8,134 0.53 Decrease0.08
Majority 47,764 3.12 Decrease4.72
Turnout 15,30,997 85.31 Decrease0.52
BJP gain from Trinamool Congress Swing

General election 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Kanthi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari 711,872 49.98 −3.82
BJP Dr. Debasish Samanta 600,204 42.14 +33.54
CPI(M) Paritosh Pattyanayak 76,185 5.35 −29.37
INC Dipak Kumar Das 16,851 1.18 −0.92
Majority 111,668 7.84 −10.24
Turnout 1,424,966 85.83 −0.78
AITC hold Swing

General election 2014[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Kanthi[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari 6,76,749 52.80 −1.54
CPI(M) Tapas Sinha 4,48,259 34.72 −7.75
BJP Kamalendu Pahari 1,11,082 8.60 +5.76
INC Kunal Banerjee 27,230 2.10
BSP Ansar Ali Sk 8,298
SUCI(C) Manas Pradhan 7,335
Independent Sk Golam Nabi Ajad 3,260
Majority 2,28,490 18.08
Turnout 12,90,811 86.61
AITC hold Swing

General election 2009[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Kanthi[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sisir Kumar Adhikari 6,06,712 53.95
CPI(M) Prasanta Pradhan 4,77,609 42.47
BJP Amalesh Mishra 31,952 2.84
BSP Rashbehari Patra 8,174
Majority 1,29,103 12.48
Turnout 11,24,454 89.97
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing

General election 2004[edit | edit source]

General Election, 2004: Contai[12]
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[edit | edit source]

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

rowspan=2 Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[4]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay Praja Socialist Party Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress[5]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Praja Socialist Party[6]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party R. Pal Indian National Congress[7]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party Abha Maiti Indian National Congress (Organisation)[17]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Samar Guha Janata Party Sudhangshu Panda Indian National Congress[18]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Pradip Sarkar Indian National Congress[8]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Phulrenu Guha Indian National Congress Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abha Maiti Indian National Congress[10]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abha Maiti Indian National Congress[19]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nitish Sengupta Indian National Congress[20]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Akhil Giri Trinamool Congress[21]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Script error: No such module "Vertical header". Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress[12]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Voter turnout of 62.2% recorded in phase-5 of General Elections 2024" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. ECI. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. ECI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. ECI. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. ECI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kanthi". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Kanthi Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  19. ↑ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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