Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1951-1977 2009-Incumbent |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,610,489[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | Panskura Paschim Sabang Pingla Debra Daspur Ghatal (SC) Keshpur (SC) |
Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies 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 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
Contents
Assembly segments
Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency) (parliamentary constituency no. 32) is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]
- Panskura Paschim (assembly constituency no. 205)
- Sabang (assembly constituency no. 226)
- Pingla (assembly constituency no. 227)
- Debra (assembly constituency no. 229)
- Daspur (assembly constituency no. 230)
- Ghatal (SC) (assembly constituency no. 231)
- Keshpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 235)
Members of Parliament
| 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 | Indian National Congress[6] | |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress[7][8] | |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Jagadish Bhattachaya | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India[10] | |
| Sixteenth | 2014-incumbent | Dev (actor) | All India Trinamool Congress[11] |
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)
Election results
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | Dev | 688696 | |||
| CPI | Santosh Rana | 715805 | |||
| INC | Manas Bhunia | 122928 | |||
| BJP | Md. Alam | 94842 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Anjan Jana | 8080 | |||
| Amra Bangalee | Goutam Kouri | 5547 | |||
| Independent | Gopal Mondal | 4498 | |||
| Jharkhand Anushilan Party | Gopal Murmu | 2154 | |||
| RJSP | Gobardhan Ghosh | 1983 | |||
| PDS | Gangaram Sasmal | 1758 | |||
| Turnout | 1,366,709[1] | 84.86 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 |  15 |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |  7 |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2 |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 2 |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 2 |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 1 |
0.7 |
Source: Party-wise trends in General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014
List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Gurudas Dasgupta | 6,25,923 | 53.50 | ||
| Trinamool Congress | Noor Alam Chowdhury | 4,78,523 | 40.92 | ||
| BJP | Matilal Khatua | 34,997 | 2.99 | ||
| BSP | Narayan Chandra Samat | 12,064 | 1.03 | ||
| Indian Justice Party | Liyakat Khan | 9,355 | 0.80 | ||
| JMM | Arun Kumar Das | 5,333 | 0.46 | ||
| RDMP | Ahitosh Maity | 3,515 | 0.30 | ||
| Majority | 1,47,018 | 12.58 | |||
| Turnout | 11,69,934 | 86.35 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
|}
General elections 1951-1971
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] |
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