Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency

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.

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[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Soumendu Adhikari
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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 order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA	2024 Lead
211	Chandipur	None	Purba Medinipur	TMC	Soham Chakraborty	BJP
212	Patashpur			TMC	Uttam Barik	TMC
213	Kanthi Uttar			BJP	Sumita Sinha	BJP
214	Bhagabanpur			BJP	Rabindranath Maity	BJP
215	Khejuri	SC		BJP	Santanu Pramanik	BJP
216	Kanthi Dakshin	None		BJP	Arup Kumar Das	BJP
217	Ramnagar			TMC	Akhil Giri	BJP

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	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 (Marxist)[8]
1984	Phulrenu Guha		Indian National Congress[9]
1989	Sudhir Kumar Giri		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1991
1996
1998
1999	Nitish Sengupta		Trinamool Congress[11]
2004	Prasanta Pradhan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
2009	Sisir Kumar Adhikari		Trinamool Congress[13]
2014
2019
2024	Soumendu Adhikari		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kanthi

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

General election 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

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kanthi^[14]

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

2009 Indian general elections: Kanthi^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sisir Kumar Adhikari	6,06,712	54.95
	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

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

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

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1951	Basanta Kumar Das	Indian National Congress	Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[4]
1957	Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay	Praja Socialist Party	Basanta Kumar Das	Indian National Congress[5]
1962	Basanta Kumar Das	Indian National Congress	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	Praja Socialist Party[6]
1967	Samar Guha	Praja Socialist Party	R. Pal	Indian National Congress[7]
1971	Samar Guha	Praja Socialist Party	Abha Maiti	Indian National Congress (Organisation)[15]
1977	Samar Guha	Janata Party	Sudhangshu Panda	Indian National Congress[16]
1980	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Pradip Sarkar	Indian National Congress[8]
1984	Phulrenu Guha	Indian National Congress	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1989	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Abha Maiti	Indian National Congress[10]
1991	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Abha Maiti	Indian National Congress[17]
1996	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Nitish Sengupta	Indian National Congress[18]
1998	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Akhil Giri	Trinamool Congress[19]
1999	Nitish Sengupta	All India Trinamool Congress	Sudhir Kumar Giri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
2004	Prasanta Pradhan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Nitish Sengupta	All India Trinamool Congress[12]

See also

• Contai
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

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