Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency

Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour in West Bengal. All seven legislative assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district.

Diamond Harbour WB-21
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Diamond Harbour Falta Satgachhia Bishnupur Maheshtala Budge Budge Metiaburuz
Established	1952–Present
Total electors	1,712,612[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Abhishek Banerjee
Party	AITC
Alliance	INDIA
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 in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
143	Diamond Harbour	South 24 Parganas	Pannalal Halder		AITC		AITC
144	Falta		Shankar Kumar Naskar
145	Satgachhia		Mohan Chandra Naskar
146	Bishnupur (SC)		Dilip Mondal
155	Maheshtala		Dulal Chandra Das
156	Budge Budge		Ashok Kumar Deb
157	Metiaburuz		Abdul Khaleque Molla

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Kamal Basu		Communist Party of India
	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar		Indian National Congress[3]
1957	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar		Indian National Congress
	Kansari Halder		Communist Party of India
1962	Sudhansu Bhushan Das		Indian National Congress
1967	Jyotirmoy Basu		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
1977
1980
1982^	Amal Datta
1984
1989
1991
1996	Samik Lahiri
1998
1999
2004
2009	Somen Mitra		Trinamool Congress
2014	Abhishek Banerjee
2019
2024

^ by-poll

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Diamond Harbour^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abhishek Banerjee	1,048,230	68.48	12.33
	BJP	Abhijit Das (Bobby)	337,300	22.03	11.36
	CPI(M)	Pratikur Rahaman	86,953	5.68	0.99
	ISF	Majnu Laskar	21,139	1.38	1.38
	NOTA	None of the above	10,188
Majority			7,10,930
Turnout			15,30,817
	AITC hold		Swing

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Diamond Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abhishek Banerjee	791,127	56.15	+15.82
	BJP	Nilanjan Roy	470,533	33.39	+17.46
	CPI(M)	Dr. Fuad Halim	93,941	6.67	−28.00
	INC	Soumya Aich Roy	19,828	1.41	−3.6
	BSP	Md. Goribulla Molla	2,911	0.21
	SUCI(C)	Ajay Ghosh	1,846	0.13
	NOTA	None of the above	16,247	1.15
Majority			320,594	22.76
Turnout			1,409,373	81.98
	AITC hold		Swing

General Election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Abhishek Banerjee	508,481	40.31	−13.25
	CPI(M)	Dr. Abul Hasnat	437,187	34.66	−4.51
	BJP	Abhijit Das (Bobby)	200,858	15.92	+12.36
	INC	Md. Qamaruzzaman Qamar	63,047	5.00	+5.00
	Independent	Ranu Mondal	8,740
	Independent	Nirapada Sardar	6,634
	Independent	Moly Mondal	6,633
	Independent	Sk Samim	3,607
	WPOI	Nazma Yasmeen	3,272
	BSP	Dilip Kumar Mondal	2,892
	SUCI(C)	Ajay Ghosh	2,529
	IUML	Jaynal Abedin Mondal	1,856
	PDS	Samir Putatunda	1,322
	RJP	Habibur Rahman Molla	1,260
	Independent	Alok Sen	977
	None of the Above	None Of The Above	10,657	0.84	−−−
Majority			71,298	5.65	−8.74
Turnout			12,61,296	81.06
	AITC hold		Swing

General Election 2009

General Election, 2009: Diamond Harbour^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Somen Mitra	564,612	53.56	+20.36
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	412,923	39.17	−12.43
	BJP	Abhijit Das (Bobby)	37,542	2.88
	Independent	Ranu Mondal	9,966	0.77
	SP	Sk Nasiruddin	7,486	0.57
	NCP	Harunal Rashid Kaji	7,187	0.55
	BSP	R.N. Chaudhury	4,989	0.38
	Independent	Jahangir Sk	4,282	0.32
	ABP	Shyamal Mondal	2,664	0.20
	Independent	Mohan Chandra Naskar	2,535	0.19
Majority			151,689	14.39
Turnout			1,054,112	80.94
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General Election 2004

General Election, 2004: Diamond Harbour^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	430,890	51.60	+ 3.90
	AITC	Sougata Roy	277,106	33.20
	INC	Daulat Ali Sheikh	92,807	11.10
	Independent	Nabakumar Betal	8427	1.00
	NCP	Somashree Betal	5559	0.70
	INL	Palas Karmakar	4989	0.50
	Independent	Ranu Mondal	5559	0.50
	BSP	Moly Mondal	4455	0.40
	Independent	Bipro Das Adhikari	4001	0.40
	Bangla Congress	Mala Banerjee	3663	0.30
	SP	Sheikh Nazrul Islam	3411	0.30
	Independent	Sk Samim	2592	0.20
Majority			153,784	18.4%
Turnout			8,35,475	75.8%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Election 1999

General Election, 1999: Diamond Harbour^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	402,761	47.10
	AITC	Sardar Amjad Ali	331,598	39.27
	INC	Daulat Ali Sheikh	106,344	12.59
	Independent	Ranu Mondal	1165	0.14
	Independent	Bhola Sardar	1088	0.13
	Independent	Somashree Betal	814	0.10
	Independent	Moly Gomes	572	0.07
Majority			71,163	8.3%
Turnout			8,58,209	75.5%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Election 1998

General Election, 1998: Diamond Harbour^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	405,048	45.97
	AITC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	344,092	39.05
	INC	Maya Ghosh	124,335	14.11
	Independent	Shahadat Hossain Jamadar	3210	0.36
	Independent	Ranu Mondal	2229	0.25
	Independent	Ranendra Kumar Gupta	1550	0.18
	Independent	Sambhu Mondal	640	0.07
Majority			60,956	6.8%
Turnout			8,96,052	79.8%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Election 1996

General Election, 1996: Diamond Harbour^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	411,844	47.37
	INC	Sardar Amjad Ali	389,318	44.77
	BJP	Dulal Chaudhuri	55,518	6.38
	MUL	Ruhulamine Mollick	4365	0.50
	SS	Arjun Kapoor	3381	0.39
	Independent	Gyanananda Samanta	2139	0.25
	Independent	Samima Sk	2010	0.23
Majority			22,526	2.5%
Turnout			8,89,735	80.5%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

General Elections 1951-2004

Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency was a double-member constituency in 1951 and 1957. Since then it is a single-member constituency. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Winner		Runner-up
		Party	Candidate	Party
1951	Kamal Basu	Communist Party of India
	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress	Mahabir Prosad	Indian National Congress[3]
1957	Kansari Halder	Communist Party of India
	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress	Kamal Basu	Communist Party of India[12]
1962	Sudhansu Bhusan Das	Indian National Congress	Kamal Basu	Communist Party of India[13]
1967	Jyotirmoy Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Sudhansu Bhusan Das	Indian National Congress[14]
1971	Jyotirmoy Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Amar Prosad Bandopadhyay	Indian National Congress[15]
1977	Jyotirmoy Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Biren Mahanti	Indian National Congress[16]
1980	Jyotirmoy Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	A K M Ishaque	Indian National Congress[17]
1984	Amal Datta	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Sudhendu Mundle	Indian National Congress[18]
1989	Amal Datta	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Maya Ghosh	Indian National Congress[19]
1991	Amal Datta	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Maya Ghosh	Indian National Congress[20]
1996	Samik Lahiri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Amjad Ali Sardar	Indian National Congress[11]
1998	Samik Lahiri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	All India Trinamool Congress[10]
1999	Samik Lahiri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Amjad Ali Sardar	All India Trinamool Congress[9]
2004	Samik Lahiri	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Saugata Roy	All India Trinamool Congress[8]

See also

• Diamond Harbour
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha