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Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency

Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency is based on Ghatal in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 32 Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district, one segment is in Purba Medinipur district. As per the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Panskura Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist; and a new Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency came into being.[2] The Ghatal constituency existed earlier from 1951 to 1977.

Ghatal
WB-32
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesPanskura Paschim
Sabang
Pingla
Debra
Daspur
Ghatal
Keshpur
Established1951-1977
2009-current
Total electors19,39,945[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Assembly segments

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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

Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 32) is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party 2024 Lead
205 Panskura Paschim None Purba Medinipur TMC BJP
226 Sabang TMC TMC
227 Pingla TMC TMC
229 Debra TMC TMC
230 Daspur TMC TMC
231 Ghatal SC BJP TMC
235 Keshpur TMC TMC

Members of Parliament

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Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 Ghatal Nikunja Behari Chowdhury Communist Party of India[4]
Second 1957-62 Nikunja Behari Maity Indian National Congress[5]
Third 1962-67 Sachindra Chaudhuri[6]
Fourth 1967-71 Parimal Ghosh[7][8]
Fifth 1971-77 Jagadish Bhattachaya Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9][10]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Gurudas Dasgupta Communist Party of India
Sixteenth 2014-19 Deepak Adhikari (Dev) Trinamool Congress[11]
Seventeenth 2019-2024
Eighteenth 2024-Incumbent

For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

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18th Lok Sabha: 2024 General Elections

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2024 Indian general elections:Ghatal[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Deepak Adhikari (Dev) 837,990 52.36  4.14
BJP Hiranmoy Chatterjee (Hiran) 655,122 40.93  0.04
CPI Tapan Ganguly 74,908 4.68  0.88
NOTA None of the Above 12,966 0.81  0.12
BSP Soumen Madraji 7,941 0.50  
Independent Gopal Mondal 4,244 0.27 N/A
SUCI(C) Dinesh Maikap 4,158 0.26  0.14
Independent Saheb Chowdhury 3,237 0.20 N/A
Majority 182,868 11.43  4.18
Turnout 1,600,556 82.51  0.23
AITC hold Swing

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections

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2019 Indian general elections: Ghatal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Deepak Adhikari (Dev) 717,959 48.22 −2.48
BJP Bharati Ghosh 609,986 40.97 +34.04
CPI Tapan Ganguly 97,062 6.56 −24.88
INC Khandakar Mohammad Saifullah 32,793 2.21 −6.78
NOTA None of the Above 13,796 0.93 N/A
Majority 107,973 7.25 −11.85
Turnout 1,489,338 82.74
AITC hold Swing -15.78

16th Lok Sabha : General election 2014

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2014 Indian general election: Ghatal[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dipak Adhikari (Dev) 685,696 50.70 +9.78
CPI Santosh Rana 424,805 31.40 −22.16
INC Manas Bhunia 122,928 8.99
BJP Md. Alam 94,842 6.93 +3.94
SUCI(C) Anjan Jana 8,080
AMB Goutam Kouri 5,547
Independent Gopal Mondal 4,498
Jharkhand Anushilan Party Gopal Murmu 2,154
RJSP Gobardhan Ghosh 1,983
PDS Gangaram Sasmal 1,758
Majority 260,891 19.10
Turnout 1,366,909 84.88
AITC gain from CPI Swing

General election 2009

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General Election, 2009: Ghatal[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Gurudas Dasgupta 625,923 53.50 −8.42
AITC Noor Alam Chowdhury 478,739 40.92 +10.82
BJP Matilal Khatua 34,997 2.99
BSP Narayan Chandra Samat 12,064 1.03
IJP Liyakat Khan 9,355 0.80
JMM Arun Kumar Das 5,333 0.46
RDMP Ahitosh Maity 3,515 0.30
Majority 147,184 12.80
Turnout 11,69,934 86.35
CPI hold Swing

For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Lok Sabha constituency

General election 1971

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General Election, 1971: Ghatal[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Jagadish Bhattacharyya 128,366 35.71
INC Parimal Ghosh 127,044 35.34
CPI Prabhat Kar 62,824 17.48
BBC Surendra Nath Ghorai 20,513 5.71
NCO Ramdas Ramanuj Das Mahanta 16,403 4.56
Independent Gobardhan Dey 4,306 1.20
Majority 1,322 0.4
Turnout 3,59,456 73.12%
CPI gain from INC Swing

General election 1967

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General Election, 1967: Ghatal[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Parimal Ghosh 138,572 41.59%
CPI Prabhat Kar 109,662 32.91%
CPI(M) Nikunja Chowdhury 84,945 25.50%
Majority 28,910
Turnout 3,33,179 73.27%
INC hold Swing

General election 1962

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General Election, 1962: Ghatal[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sachindra Nath Chowdhury 179,045 52.50%
CPI Manoranjan Roy 148,207 43.40%
ABHM Basanta kumar Chakraborty 7,049 2.10
Majority 30,838 (9.0%)
Turnout 3,34,301 (63.8%)
INC hold Swing

General election 1957

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General Election, 1957: Ghatal[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nikunja Behari Maity 165,597 59.65%
CPI Manoranjan Roy 112,025 40.35%
Majority 53,572 (9.0%)
Turnout 277,622 (62.6%)
INC gain from CPI Swing

General election 1952

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General Election, 1952: Ghatal[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Nikunja Behari Chowdhury 73,435 40.70%
INC Maitayee Basu 68,916 38.20%
Independent Satcori Pati Roy 38,028 21.10
Majority 4,519
Turnout 1,80,379 (49.9%)
CPI win (new seat)

General elections 1951-1971

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

Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1951 Nikunja Behari Chowdhury CPI Maitreyee Basu Indian National Congress[4]
1957 Nikunja Behari Maity Indian National Congress Nikunja Behari Chwdhury Communist Party of India[5]
1962 Sachindra Chaudhuri Indian National Congress Manoranjan Roy Communist Party of India[6]
1967 Parimal Ghosh Indian National Congress P.Kar Communist Party of India[7][8]
1971 Jagadish Bhattacharyya Communist Party of India (Marxist) Parimal Ghosh Indian National Congress[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/grfYnWoV4R.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Press Note, Delimitation Commission" (PDF). Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal. Delimitation Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Combined List of Members". First Lok Sabha to Thirteenth Lok Sabha. Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  12. ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2532.htm [bare URL]
  13. ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  14. ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  15. ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  16. ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  17. ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  18. ^ "General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
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