Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency
| Medinipur WB-34 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
Interactive Map Outlining Medinipur Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Egra Dantan Keshiary Kharagpur Sadar Narayangarh Kharagpur Medinipur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 18,11,243[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | NCPI |
| Alliance | NDA[2] |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Midnapore in West Bengal. Six of the seven assembly segments of No. 34 Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district and one is in Purba Medinipur district.
Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 34 Medinipur is composed of the following segments:[3]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 218 | Egra | Purba Medinipur | Dibyendu Adhikari | BJP | BJP | ||
| 219 | Dantan | Paschim Medinipur | Ajit Kumar Jana | AITC | |||
| 223 | Keshiary (ST) | Bhadra Hemram | |||||
| 224 | Kharagpur Sadar | Dilip Ghosh | BJP | ||||
| 225 | Narayangarh | Rama Prasad Giri | AITC | ||||
| 228 | Kharagpur | Dinen Roy | AITC | ||||
| 236 | Medinipur | Dr. Shankar Guchhait | BJP | ||||
Prior to delimitation, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[4]Patashpur (assembly constituency no. 215), Midnapore (assembly constituency no. 223), Kharagpur Town (assembly constituency no. 224), Kharagpur Rural (assembly constituency no. 225), Keshiari (ST) (assembly constituency no. 226), Narayangarh (assembly constituency no. 227) and Dantan (assembly constituency no. 228)
Members of Parliament
^By poll
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | June Malia | 702,192 | 47.40 | ||
| BJP | Agnimitra Paul | 675,001 | 45.56 | ||
| CPI | Biplab Bhatta | 57,785 | 3.90 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 12,424 | 0.84 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Anindita Jana | 9,791 | 0.66 | ||
| IND | Sanjib Dey | 8,711 | 0.59 | ||
| BSP | Anjan (Babalu) Mandal | 6,503 | 0.44 | ||
| IND | Kamalesh Mahata | 4,250 | 0.29 | ||
| IND | Sukesh Chandra Palmal | 2,762 | 0.19 | ||
| IND | Biswajit Das | 2,144 | 0.14 | ||
| Majority | 27,191 | 1.84 | |||
| Turnout | 1,481,563 | 81.80 | |||
| AITC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Ghosh | 685,433 | 48.62 | ||
| AITC | Manas Bhunia | 596,481 | 42.31 | ||
| CPI | Biplab Bhatta | 62,319 | 4.42 | ||
| INC | Sambhunath Chattapadhyay | 20,807 | 1.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 14,758 | 1.05 | ||
| AMB | Rabindra Nath Bera | 8,570 | 0.61 | ||
| BSP | Ramkrishna Sarkar | 7,568 | 0.54 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Tushar Jana | 6,603 | 0.47 | ||
| IND | Tapas Kumar Kar | 4,183 | 0.30 | ||
| SS | Ashoke Sarkar | 3,093 | 0.22 | ||
| Majority | 88,952 | 6.31 | |||
| Turnout | 1,410,321 | 84.24 | |||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sandhya Roy | 580,441 | 46.04 | ||
| CPI | Prabodh Panda | 395,313 | 31.36 | ||
| BJP | Prabhakar Tewari | 180,071 | 14.28 | ||
| INC | Bimal Kumar Raj | 48,914 | 3.88 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 13,616 | 1.08 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Tushar Jana | 9,800 | 0.78 | ||
| BSP | Kavita Rani | 8,640 | 0.69 | ||
| AMB | Ashok Bera | 7,881 | 0.63 | ||
| PDS | Soumen Samanta | 6,070 | 0.48 | ||
| JMM | Mukim Khan | 5,339 | 0.42 | ||
| IND | Ramkrisna Sarkar | 4,663 | 0.37 | ||
| Majority | 185,128 | 14.68 | |||
| Turnout | 1,260,748 | 84.02 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Prabodh Panda | 493,021 | 47.29 | ||
| AITC | Dipak Kumar Ghosh | 445,004 | 42.69 | ||
| BJP | Pradip Patnaik | 52,061 | 4.99 | ||
| BSP | Asok Kumar Golder | 12,216 | 1.17 | ||
| IND | Sanjay Mishra | 11,092 | 1.06 | ||
| JMM | Nepal Das | 10,324 | 0.99 | ||
| IND | Partha Addhya | 6,974 | 0.67 | ||
| IND | Amit Moitra | 4,290 | 0.41 | ||
| RDMP | Mukul Kumar Maiti | 4,016 | 0.39 | ||
| IND | De Sukumar | 3,498 | 0.34 | ||
| Majority | 48,017 | 4.60 | |||
| Turnout | 1,042,496 | 82.54 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Prabodh Panda | 480,034 | 52.84 | ||
| BJP | Rahul Sinha | 319,274 | 35.14 | ||
| INC | Narayan Chandra Paria | 68,338 | 7.52 | ||
| IND | Panchanan Pradhan | 10,243 | 1.13 | ||
| NCP | Madhumanti Sengupta | 9,901 | 1.09 | ||
| IND | Mritunjoy Chakraborty | 9,440 | 1.04 | ||
| JKP(N) | Asit Kumar Khatua | 7,249 | 0.80 | ||
| SS | Lalit Kumar Jaiswal | 4,020 | 0.44 | ||
| Majority | 160,760 | 17.70 | |||
| Turnout | 908,499 | ||||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
2001 by-election
A by-election was held in this constituency in 2001 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP Indrajit Gupta. In the by-election, Prabodh Panda of Communist Party of India defeated his nearest rival Manoranjan Dutta of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Prabodh Panda | 436,237 | 40.96 | ||
| AITC | Manoranjan Dutta | 349,044 | 32.78 | ||
| BJP | Debasish Chattopadhyay | 157,543 | 14.79 | ||
| NCP | Amal Mazumder | 87,983 | 8.26 | ||
| JD(S) | Bijoy Bandyopadhyay | 25,114 | 2.36 | ||
| IND | Rabikanta Santra | 5,112 | 0.48 | ||
| RJP | Ashok Kumar Bera | 3,871 | 0.36 | ||
| Majority | 87,193 | 8.18 | |||
| Turnout | 877,213 | 77.10 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 414,545 | 48.63 | ||
| BJP | Manoranjon Dutta | 385,772 | 45.25 | ||
| INC | Samir Roy | 47,013 | 5.51 | ||
| IND | Akshay Kumar Khan | 4,512 | 0.53 | ||
| IND | Mritunjoy Chakraborty | 650 | 0.08 | ||
| Majority | 28,773 | 3.38 | |||
| Turnout | 862,567 | 78.45 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 452,671 | 52.75 | ||
| BJP | Manoranjan Dutta | 177,152 | 20.64 | ||
| AITC | Dr. Nitish Sengupta | 131,352 | 15.31 | ||
| INC | Satish Chandra Jana | 90,737 | 10.57 | ||
| IND | Sheik Abu Bakar | 3,448 | 0.40 | ||
| JKP | Kalipada Tudu | 1,702 | 0.20 | ||
| AMB | Gajen Nayak | 1,148 | 0.13 | ||
| Majority | 275,519 | 32.11 | |||
| Turnout | 874,531 | 80.84 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 488,569 | 56.29 | ||
| INC | D. P. Roy | 277,920 | 32.02 | ||
| BJP | Manoranjan Datta | 58,751 | 6.77 | ||
| IND | Sudeb Banprasthi | 9,290 | 1.07 | ||
| AMB | Naba Kumar Shau | 7,828 | 0.90 | ||
| IND | Dilip Maiti | 7,286 | 0.84 | ||
| JKP(N) | Jatin Pratihar | 7,008 | 0.81 | ||
| IND | Debashish Konar | 2,313 | 0.27 | ||
| HJKP | Shachin Mahato | 2,305 | 0.27 | ||
| IUML | Sarif Mollick | 1,831 | 0.21 | ||
| JKP | Prabhakar Mahato | 1,721 | 0.20 | ||
| SAP | Padma Lochan Roy | 1,046 | 0.12 | ||
| IND | Ajit Kumar Maity | 772 | 0.09 | ||
| IND | Vivek Kumar Baderia | 742 | 0.09 | ||
| IND | Sushil Kumar | 294 | 0.03 | ||
| IND | Satyanarayan Kothoyala | 260 | 0.03 | ||
| Majority | 210,649 | 24.27 | |||
| Turnout | 889,188 | 84.54 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 396,281 | 54.82 | ||
| INC | Birendra Bijoy Malladev | 232,758 | 32.20 | ||
| BJP | Monoranjan Dutta | 68,772 | 9.51 | ||
| IND | Dilip Maity | 6,372 | 0.88 | ||
| JP | Mirza Ohidur Rahaman | 5,550 | 0.77 | ||
| IND | Padma Lochan Roy | 4,717 | 0.65 | ||
| HJP | Chandra Mohan Hansda | 4,526 | 0.63 | ||
| BSP | Satish Chandra Biswas | 1,852 | 0.26 | ||
| DDP | Satya Naraiyan Kotwala | 1,335 | 0.18 | ||
| IND | Sushil Kumar | 678 | 0.09 | ||
| Majority | 163,523 | 22.62 | |||
| Turnout | 734,499 | 76.46 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 428,260 | 57.15 | ||
| INC | Gouri Choubey | 295,940 | 39.49 | ||
| JKD | Dulal Chandra Murmu | 12,650 | 1.69 | ||
| IND | Dilip Maiti | 6,522 | 0.87 | ||
| BSP | Satish Chandra Biswas | 2,456 | 0.33 | ||
| AMB | Dinabandhu Mukherjee | 2,070 | 0.28 | ||
| IND | Sushil Kumar | 810 | 0.11 | ||
| DDP | Satyanarayan Kotwala | 708 | 0.09 | ||
| Majority | 132,320 | 17.66 | |||
| Turnout | 760,379 | 80.52 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Narayan Choubey | 318,511 | 53.15 | ||
| INC | Ajit Kumar Khanra | 261,514 | 43.64 | ||
| IND | Abdul Rahim | 5,677 | 0.95 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Dilip Maiti | 3,927 | 0.66 | ||
| IND | Bachneshwar Saha | 2,527 | 0.42 | ||
| IND | Gour Hari Bhattacharya | 1,868 | 0.31 | ||
| IND | Ashoke Chandra Dey | 1,550 | 0.26 | ||
| IND | Jitendra Nath De | 1,344 | 0.22 | ||
| IND | Indra Deo Das | 762 | 0.13 | ||
| IND | Sushil Kumar | 666 | 0.11 | ||
| IND | Tarak Das Dutta | 522 | 0.09 | ||
| IND | Mirza Ohidur Rahaman Beg | 424 | 0.07 | ||
| Majority | 56,997 | 9.51 | |||
| Turnout | 609,529 | 80.05 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Narayan Choubey | 276,144 | 57.59 | ||
| INC(I) | Sudhir Kumar Ghosal | 151,793 | 31.66 | ||
| JP | Narendra Das | 28,618 | 5.97 | ||
| INC(U) | Gyan Singh Sohanpal | 9,882 | 2.06 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Bhusan Mondal | 4,506 | 0.94 | ||
| JKD | Dulai Chandra Murmu | 4,305 | 0.90 | ||
| IND | Satya Ghosh | 3,134 | 0.65 | ||
| IND | Bhim Charan Tudu | 1,095 | 0.23 | ||
| Majority | 124,351 | 25.93 | |||
| Turnout | 490,282 | 73.36 | |||
| CPI gain from JP | Swing | ||||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Sudhir Kumar Ghosal | 180,061 | 55.23 | ||
| CPI | Choubey Narayan | 145,937 | 44.77 | ||
| Majority | 34,124 | 10.46 | |||
| Turnout | 338,254 | 58.44 | |||
| JP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Subodh Chandra Hansda | 140,326 | 40.28 | ||
| CPI | Choubey Narayan | 118,317 | 33.96 | ||
| CPI(M) | Subhendu Roy | 39,569 | 11.36 | ||
| INC(O) | Krishna Das Roy | 29,985 | 8.61 | ||
| BAC | Binoyendra Nath Dasgupta | 20,193 | 5.80 | ||
| Majority | 22,009 | 6.32 | |||
| Turnout | 364,697 | 68.85 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1969 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | V. K. Krishna Menon | 187,850 | 67.99 | ||
| INC | K. D. Roy | 81,083 | 29.35 | ||
| IND | P. Reazuddin | 7,376 | 2.67 | ||
| Majority | 106,767 | 38.64 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAC | S. N. Maity | 185,407 | 56.61 | ||
| INC | G. K. Singha | 142,124 | 43.39 | ||
| Majority | 43,283 | 13.22 | |||
| Turnout | 339,374 | 71.25 | |||
| Bangla Congress gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gobinda Kumar Singhu | 131,291 | 49.45 | ||
| CPI | Soroj Roy | 93,872 | 35.36 | ||
| PSP | Durga Prasanna Satpathi | 29,234 | 11.01 | ||
| ABJS | Satyendra Nath Bose | 6,110 | 2.30 | ||
| HM | Ranajit Singha Sahas Roy | 4,988 | 1.88 | ||
| Majority | 37,419 | 14.09 | |||
| Turnout | 274,849 | 54.48 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Narasingha Malla Deb | 194,817 | 26.57 | ||
| INC | Subodh Hansda | 160,252 | 21.86 | ||
| CPI | Rabindra Nath Mitra | 155,005 | 21.14 | ||
| PSP | Chandra Mohan Saren | 128,556 | 17.54 | ||
| ABJS | Amiya Krishna Khan | 62,171 | 8.48 | ||
| IND | Charu Chandra Besra | 32,284 | 4.40 | ||
| Turnout | 733,085 | 42.76 | |||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABJS | Durga Charan Banerjee | 151,494 | 26.61 | ||
| INC | Atul Chandra Basu | 105,986 | 18.62 | ||
| KMPP | Bishnupada Hazra | 91,171 | 16.02 | ||
| INC | Bharat Lal Tudu | 76,921 | 13.51 | ||
| KMPP | Subodh Hansda | 72,803 | 12.79 | ||
| FBL(MG) | Pran Krishna Mahato | 39,634 | 6.96 | ||
| IND | Mahendra Santlal | 31,198 | 5.48 | ||
| Turnout | 569,207 | 38.32 | |||
See also
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