Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency

Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. All seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district.

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Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency

Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. All seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district.

Assembly segments

Tamluk 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 order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 30 Tamluk 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>203</td><td>Tamluk</td><td>Purba Medinipur</td><td>Soumen Mahapatra</td><td></td><td>AITC</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>204</td><td>Panskura Purba</td><td>Biplab Roy Chowdhury</td></tr><tr><td>206</td><td>Moyna</td><td>Ashok Dinda</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>207</td><td>Nandakumar</td><td>Sukumar Dey</td><td></td><td>AITC</td></tr><tr><td>208</td><td>Mahishadal</td><td>Tilak Kumar Chakraborty</td></tr><tr><td>209</td><td>Haldia</td><td>Tapasi Mondal</td></tr><tr><td>210</td><td>Nandigram</td><td>Suvendu Adhikari</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr></tbody></table>

Prior to delimitation Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Panskura East (assembly constituency no. 201), Tamluk (assembly constituency no. 202), Moyna (assembly constituency no. 203), Mahisadal (assembly constituency no. 204), Sutahata (SC) (assembly constituency no. 205), Nandigram (assembly constituency no. 206) and Narghat (assembly constituency no. 207).

Members of Lok Sabha

Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Lok Sabha</th><th>Name of M.P.</th><th>Party affiliation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1952</td><td>Satish Chandra Samanta</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td></td><td>Bangla Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Sushil Kumar Dhara</td><td></td><td>Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Satyagopal Mishra</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Jayanta Bhattacharya</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Suvendu Adhikari</td><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>2016^</td><td>Dibyendu Adhikari</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Abhijit Gangopadhyay</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

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>Abhijit Gangopadhyay</td><td>765,584</td><td>48.54</td><td>11.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Debangshu Bhattacharya</td><td>687,851</td><td>43.61</td><td>6.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sayan Banerjee</td><td>85,389</td><td>5.41</td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>8,553</td><td>0.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>77,733</td><td>4.93</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>14,04,353</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP gain from AITC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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>Dibyendu Adhikari</td><td>724,433</td><td>50.08</td><td>−3.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Siddharth Naskar</td><td>534,268</td><td>36.94</td><td>+30.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sk. Ibrahim Ali</td><td>136,129</td><td>9.41</td><td>−25.79</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>16,001</td><td>1.11</td><td>−1.09</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>190,165</td><td>13.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,446,940</td><td>85.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016 by-election

<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>Dibyendu Adhikari</td><td>779,594</td><td>59.76</td><td>+6.16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Mandira Panda</td><td>2,82,066</td><td>21.62</td><td>−13.58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Prof. Ambujaksha Mahanti</td><td>1,96,450</td><td>15.06</td><td>+8.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Batabyal Partha</td><td>19,851</td><td>1.52</td><td>−0.68</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Dilip Maiti</td><td>10,179</td><td>0.78</td><td>−0.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dhananjoy Dalai</td><td>3,859</td><td>0.30</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDS</td><td>Subhrajit Bhaduri</td><td>2,718</td><td>0.21</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>9,801</td><td>0.75</td><td>−0.12</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>497,528</td><td>38.14</td><td>+19.74</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>13,04,518</td><td>82.04</td><td>−5.56</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,590,004</td><td></td><td></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>Suvendu Adhikari</td><td>716,928</td><td>53.60</td><td>−1.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sk. Ibrahim Ali</td><td>4,70,447</td><td>35.20</td><td>−5.30</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Badsha Alam</td><td>86,265</td><td>6.40</td><td>+4.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sk. Anwar Ali</td><td>29,645</td><td>2.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Vivekananda Roy</td><td>10,197</td><td>0.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rajyasree Chaudhuri</td><td>3,609</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Kamal Bag</td><td>3,110</td><td>0.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kalisankar Jana</td><td>2,658</td><td>0.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Abdur Rezak Sk</td><td>1,682</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>Manick Chandra Mondal</td><td>1,500</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>11,643</td><td>0.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>246,481</td><td>18.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>13,37,684</td><td>87.60</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>Suvendu Adhikari</td><td>637,664</td><td>55.54</td><td>+11.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>4,64,706</td><td>40.50</td><td>− 8.90</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Rajyashree Chaudhuri</td><td>20,573</td><td>1.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AUDF</td><td>Jahed Sek</td><td>8,486</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Manoranjan Mandal</td><td>5,891</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sheikh Nurul Islam</td><td>5,401</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LJP</td><td>Manik Chandra Mondal</td><td>2,044</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Bhakti Adhikary</td><td>1,985</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Abdur Rejak Seikh</td><td>1,456</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>172,958</td><td>15.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,48,206</td><td>90.32</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>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>507,228</td><td>49.20</td><td>−0,84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Suvendu Adhikari</td><td>449,848</td><td>43.60</td><td>+0.10</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sudarsan Panja</td><td>34,794</td><td>3.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Ajit Das</td><td>14,087</td><td>1.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NCP</td><td>Manab Bera</td><td>13,339</td><td>1.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Hossain Mahmud Sheikh</td><td>6,239</td><td>0.60</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Trilochan Kuila</td><td>6,082</td><td>0.60</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Bhakti Adhikary</td><td>3,652</td><td>0.40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>57,380</td><td>5.60</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>10,30,848</td><td>86.9</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 election 1999

<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>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>455,168</td><td>50.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AITC</td><td>Nirmalendu Bhattacharya</td><td>400,342</td><td>43.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Manik Bhowmik</td><td>44,622</td><td>4.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NCP</td><td>Srikesh Pramanik</td><td>7,623</td><td>0.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RJD</td><td>Buddhadeb Jana</td><td>1,105</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Bhakti Adhikari</td><td>822</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>54,826</td><td>6.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,19,886</td><td>83.8%</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 election 1998

<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>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>477,516</td><td>51.10</td><td>3.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Trinamool Congress</td><td>Nirmalendu Bhattacharya</td><td>389,564</td><td>41.30</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Jayanta Bhattacharya</td><td>56,538</td><td>6.00</td><td>42.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ashutosh Samanta</td><td>7,542</td><td>0.80</td><td>0.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ananata Kumar Paul</td><td>837</td><td>0.10</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>87,952</td><td>9.30</td><td>5.99</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,42,965</td><td>86.6</td><td>3.20</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.28</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 1996

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Jayanta Bhattacharya</td><td>450,473</td><td>48.67</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>442,563</td><td>47.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Saswati Bag</td><td>19,475</td><td>2.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ashutosh Samanta</td><td>10,330</td><td>1.12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ananta Kumar Das</td><td>1,029</td><td>0.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muktinath Bag</td><td>976</td><td>0.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shishir Kumar Panda</td><td>669</td><td>0.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>7,910</td><td>3.31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>9,25,515</td><td>89.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</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></th><th>Runner-up</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Candidate</td><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Party</td></tr><tr><td>1951</td><td>Satish Chandra Samanta</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Tripati Hrishikesh</td><td>Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>Satish Chandra Samanta</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Gobinda Chandra. Bhowmick</td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Satish Chandra Samanta</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Govinda Chandra. Bhowmick</td><td>All India Forward Bloc</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>Satish Chandra Samanta</td><td>Bangla Congress</td><td>G. Bhowmick</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>Satish Chandra Samanta</td><td>Bangla Congress</td><td>Aruna Asaf Ali</td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Sushil Kumar Dhara</td><td>Bharatiya Lok Dal</td><td>Satish Chandra Samanta</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Satyagopal Mishra</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Shyam Das Bhattacharya</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>Satyagopal Mishra</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Saradindu Samanta</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Satyagopal Mishra</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Jayanta Bhattacharya</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Satyagopal Mishra</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Jayanta Bhattacharya</td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Jayanta Bhattacharya</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Nirmalendu Bhattacharya</td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Nirmalendu Bhattacharya</td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>Lakshman Chandra Seth</td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td><td>Suvendu Adhikari</td><td>Trinamool Congress</td></tr></tbody></table>