Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency

Kanthi
WB-31
Kanthi ; WB-31
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Kanthi Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Chandipur; Patashpur; Kanthi Uttar; Bhagabanpur; Khejuri; Kanthi Dakshin; Ramnagar
Established	1951
Total electors	17,94,537
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Soumendu Adhikari
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	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

**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]

#	Name	District	Member
211	Chandipur	Purba Medinipur	Pijush Kanti Das	BJP	BJP
212	Patashpur		Tapan Maity		AITC
213	Kanthi Uttar		Sumita Sinha		BJP
214	Bhagabanpur		Santanu Pramanik
215	Khejuri (SC)		Subrata Paik
216	Kanthi Dakshin		Arup Kumar Das
217	Ramnagar		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

Year	Member^[4]
1952	Basanta Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
1957	Pramathanath Banerjee	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Basanta Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
1967	Samar Guha	Praja Socialist Party
1971		Praja Socialist Party
1977		Janata Party
1980	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	Phulrenu Guha	Indian National Congress
1989	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996
1998
1999	Nitish Sengupta	Trinamool Congress
2004	Prasanta Pradhan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2009	Sisir Kumar Adhikari	Trinamool Congress
2014
2019
2024	Soumendu Adhikari	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			49.85%
2019			49.98%
2014			52.80%
2009			53.95%
2004			50.04%
1999			48.45%
1998			47.80%
1996			48.71%
1991			47.23%
1989			51.70%
1984			50.61%
1980			50.28%
1977			74.84%
1971			41.70%
1967			46.70%
1962			58.06%
1957			49.27%
1951			37.92%

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kanthi^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Soumendu Adhikari	763,195	49.85	7.71
	AITC	Uttam Barik	7,15,431	46.73	3.25
	INC	Urbashi Banerjee	31,122	2.03	0.85
	NOTA	None of the above	8,134	0.53	0.08
Majority			47,764	3.12	4.72
Turnout			15,30,997	85.31	0.52
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing

2019

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

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kanthi^[7]
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

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kanthi^[8]
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

2004

General Election, 2004: Contai^[9]
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

1999

1999 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Neetish Sengupta	395,048	48.45
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Giri	3,82,915	46.96
	INC	Ajit Khanra	34,070	4.18
	JD(S)	Sudarsan Manna	1,451	0.18
	NCP	Dr. B. Dev Roy	1,038	0.13
	Independent	Manabendra Mandal	636	0.08
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Mandal	290	0.04
Majority			12,133	1.49
Turnout			8,23,941	83.15
	Swing to AITC from CPI(M)		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Giri	394,017	47.80
	AITC	Akhil Giri	3,19,159	38.72
	INC	Sisir Kumar Adhikari	1,10,249	13.37
	AMB	Hrishikesh Das	924	0.11
Majority			74,858	9.08
Turnout			8,34,197	85.79
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Giri	397,028	48.71
	INC	Nitish Sengupta	3,72,986	45.76
	BJP	Amalesh Misra	32,924	4.04
	Independent	Nikhilesh Nanda	7,317	0.90
	Independent	Joytirmoy Maity	3,442	0.42
	Independent	Adhar Nahal	772	0.09
	Independent	Goutam Pahari	637	0.08
Majority			24,042	2.95
Turnout			8,29,074	89.03
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Giri	323,390	47.23
	INC	Abha Maiti	3,00,274	43.85
	BJP	Amelesh Misra	45,384	6.63
	Independent	Bimal Jana	4,946	0.72
	JP	Arabinda Manna	4,799	0.70
	Independent	Rana Santosh	3,503	0.51
	Doordarshi Party	Kahar Bateswar	1,239	0.18
	HM	Adhar Nahal	1,211	0.18
Majority			23,116	3.38
Turnout			6,96,283	80.02
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Giri	364,318	51.70
	INC	Abha Maiti	3,37,238	47.86
	Independent	Adhar Nahal	3,086	0.44
Majority			27,080	3.84
Turnout			7,12,006	82.89
	Swing to CPI(M) from INC		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Phulrenu Guha	282,065	50.61
	CPI(M)	Sudhi Kumar Giri	2,68,307	48.14
	Independent	Pramathes Gaunia	3,403	0.61
	Independent	Arabinda Manna	2,201	0.39
	Independent	Mandanlal Prasari	1,389	0.25
Majority			13,758	2.47
Turnout			5,64,583	80.99
	Swing to INC from CPI(M)		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Sudhir Kumar Giri	237,002	50.28
	INC(I)	Pradip Sarkar	1,47,228	31.23	7.56
	JP	Samar Guha	80,111	17.00	57.84
	Independent	Prasanta Kumar Gaunia	3,155	0.67
	JP(S)	Atal Kumar Giri	2,721	0.58
	Independent	Sasadhar Maity	1,161	0.25
Majority			89,774	19.05
Turnout			4,77,134	74.06
	Swing to CPI(M) from JP		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Samar Guha	284,509	74.84
	INC	Sudhangshu Panda	89,995	23.67	11.94
	Independent	Sushi Kumar Sahu	5,658	1.49
Majority			1,94,514	51.17	30.44
Turnout			3,88,122	66.70	0.81
	Swing to JP from PSP		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Samar Guha	141,540	41.70	5.00
	INC(O)	Abha Maity	71,181	20.97
	CPI(M)	Som Nath Bhattacharyya	61,082	18.00
	INC	Basanta Kumar Das	39,817	11.73	30.13
	Independent	Bimala Nanda Sasmal	25,768	7.59
Majority			70,359	20.73	15.89
Turnout			3,60,838	67.51	3.94
	PSP hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	G. Samar	165,472	46.70	15.08
	INC	R. Pal	1,48,303	41.86	16.02
	SSP	P. B. Sen	40,534	11.44
Majority			17,169	4.84	21.60
Turnout			3,66,246	71.45	6.80
	Swing to PSP from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Basanta Kumar Das	187,548	58.06	10.39
	PSP	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	1,02,140	31.62	17.65
	Independent	Pulin Sen	33,345	10.32
Majority			85,408	26.44	24.84
Turnout			3,32,199	64.65	3.15
	Swing to INC from PSP		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Pramatha Nath Bandopadhaya	133,853	49.27
	INC	Basanta K. Das	1,29,491	47.67	9.75
	Independent	Pulin Sen	8,304	3.06
Majority			4,362	1.60	1.54
Turnout			2,71,648	61.50	5.46
	Swing to PSP from INC		Swing

1951

1951 Indian general election: Contai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Basanta Kumar Dass	79,809	37.92
	KMPP	Promatha Nath Bandopadhya	79,682	37.86
	Socialist	Pulin Behari Sen	50,980	24.22
Majority			127	0.06
Turnout			2,10,471	56.04
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Voter turnout of 62.2% recorded in phase-5 of General Elections 2024" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2024.
↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
↑ "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.
↑ "Kanthi (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Kanthi Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kanthi". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
↑ "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.
↑ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
↑ "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.
↑ "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

External links

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[1] "Voter turnout of 62.2% recorded in phase-5 of General Elections 2024" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2024.

[delimitation-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] "Kanthi (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Kanthi Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Kanthi-5] "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kanthi". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.

[Kanthi_Constituency_Lok_Sabha_Election_Results_2014_-_2024-6] "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.

[loksabha2014-7] "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[loksabha2009-8] "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.

[loksabha2004-9] "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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