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.

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Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency

Assembly segments

Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency

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:

<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>District</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>211</td><td>Chandipur</td><td>Purba Medinipur</td><td>Soham Chakraborty</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>212</td><td>Patashpur</td><td>Uttam Barik</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>213</td><td>Kanthi Uttar</td><td>Sumita Sinha</td><td></td><td>BJP</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>214</td><td>Bhagabanpur</td><td>Rabindranath Maity</td></tr><tr><td>215</td><td>Khejuri</td><td>Santanu Pramanik</td></tr><tr><td>216</td><td>Kanthi Dakshin</td><td>Arup Kumar Das</td></tr><tr><td>217</td><td>Ramnagar</td><td>Akhil Giri</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr></tbody></table>

Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: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

Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Basanta Kumar Das</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay</td><td></td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Basanta Kumar Das</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Samar Guha</td><td></td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Phulrenu Guha</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Nitish Sengupta</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>Prasanta Pradhan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Sisir Kumar Adhikari</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Soumendu Adhikari</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

General election 2024

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Soumendu Adhikari</td><td>763,195</td><td>49.85</td><td>7.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Uttam Barik</td><td>7,15,431</td><td>46.73</td><td>3.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Urbashi Banerjee</td><td>31,122</td><td>2.03</td><td>0.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>8,134</td><td>0.53</td><td>0.08</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>47,764</td><td>3.12</td><td>4.72</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>15,30,997</td><td>85.31</td><td>0.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP gain from AITC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2019

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sisir Kumar Adhikari</td><td>711,872</td><td>49.98</td><td>−3.82</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Dr. Debasish Samanta</td><td>600,204</td><td>42.14</td><td>+33.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Paritosh Pattyanayak</td><td>76,185</td><td>5.35</td><td>−29.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dipak Kumar Das</td><td>16,851</td><td>1.18</td><td>−0.92</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>111,668</td><td>7.84</td><td>−10.24</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,424,966</td><td>85.83</td><td>−0.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2014

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sisir Kumar Adhikari</td><td>6,76,749</td><td>52.80</td><td>−1.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Tapas Sinha</td><td>4,48,259</td><td>34.72</td><td>−7.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Kamalendu Pahari</td><td>1,11,082</td><td>8.60</td><td>+5.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Kunal Banerjee</td><td>27,230</td><td>2.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Ansar Ali Sk</td><td>8,298</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Manas Pradhan</td><td>7,335</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sk Golam Nabi Ajad</td><td>3,260</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>2,28,490</td><td>18.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>12,90,811</td><td>86.61</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2009

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Sisir Kumar Adhikari</td><td>6,06,712</td><td>53.95</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Prasanta Pradhan</td><td>4,77,609</td><td>42.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Amalesh Mishra</td><td>31,952</td><td>2.84</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Rashbehari Patra</td><td>8,174</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>1,29,103</td><td>12.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,24,454</td><td>89.97</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2004

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Prasanta Pradhan</td><td>464,743</td><td>50.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Dr Nitish Sengupta</td><td>405,553</td><td>44.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Kshitindra Mohan Sahoo</td><td>26,010</td><td>2.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jiban Das</td><td>11,707</td><td>1.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Adhar Chandra Nahal</td><td>9,676</td><td>1.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Asalata Majumdar</td><td>9,085</td><td>1.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,21,634</td><td>85.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from AITC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General elections 1951-2004

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Runner-up</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Candidate</td><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Party</td></tr><tr><td>1951</td><td>Basanta Kumar Das</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay</td><td>Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay</td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td><td>Basanta Kumar Das</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Basanta Kumar Das</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Prafulla Chandra Ghosh</td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Samar Guha</td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td><td>R. Pal</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>Samar Guha</td><td>Praja Socialist Party</td><td>Abha Maiti</td><td>Indian National Congress (Organisation)</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Samar Guha</td><td>Janata Party</td><td>Sudhangshu Panda</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Pradip Sarkar</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Phulrenu Guha</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Abha Maiti</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Abha Maiti</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Nitish Sengupta</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Akhil Giri</td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Nitish Sengupta</td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td><td>Sudhir Kumar Giri</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>Prasanta Pradhan</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Nitish Sengupta</td><td>All India Trinamool Congress</td></tr></tbody></table>