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Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 22°24′N 87°18′E / 22.4°N 87.3°E / 22.4; 87.3
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Medinipur
WB-34
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Medinipur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesEgra
Dantan
Keshiary
Kharagpur Sadar
Narayangarh
Kharagpur
Medinipur
Established1951
Total electors18,11,243[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Midnapore in West Bengal. Six of the seven assembly segments of No. 34 Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district and one is in Purba Medinipur district.

Vidhan Sabha segments

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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. 34 Medinipur is composed of the following segments:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party 2024 Lead
218 Egra None Purba Medinipur TMC BJP
219 Dantan Paschim Medinipur TMC TMC
223 Keshiary ST TMC TMC
224 Kharagpur Sadar None BJP BJP
225 Narayangarh TMC TMC
228 Kharagpur TMC TMC
236 Medinipur Vacant TMC

Prior to delimitation, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Patashpur (assembly constituency no. 215), Midnapore (assembly constituency no. 223), Kharagpur Town (assembly constituency no. 224), Kharagpur Rural (assembly constituency no. 225), Keshiari (ST) (assembly constituency no. 226), Narayangarh (assembly constituency no. 227) and Dantan (assembly constituency no. 228)

Members of Parliament

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Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 Tudu Bharat Lal Indian National Congress[4]
Durga Charan Banerjee Bharatiya Jana Sangh[4]
1952-57^ Subodh Chandra Hansda[5] Indian National Congress
Constituency renamed from Midnapore-Jhargram to Midnapore
Second 1957-62 Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb[6] Indian National Congress
Subodh Hansda[6]
Third 1962-67 Gobinda Kumar Singhu[7]
Fourth 1967-69 Sachindra Nath Maity Bangla Congress[8]
1969-71^ V. K. Krishna Menon
Fifth 1971-77 Subodh Chandra Hansda Indian National Congress[9]
Sixth 1977-80 Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Janata Party[10]
Seventh 1980-84 Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India[11][12]
Eighth 1984-89
Ninth 1989-91 Indrajit Gupta[13][14][15][16][17]
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-01
2001-04^ Prabodh Panda[18][19]
Fourteenth 2004-09
Constituency renamed from Midnapore to Medinipur
Fifteenth 2009-14 Prabodh Panda[20] Communist Party of India
Sixteenth 2014-2019 Sandhya Roy Trinamool Congress[21]
Seventeenth 2019-2024 Dilip Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party[22]
Eighteenth 2024-Incumbent June Malia Trinamool Congress

^By poll

Election results

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General election 2024

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2024 Indian general elections: Medinipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC June Malia 702,192 47.40 Increase5.09
BJP Agnimitra Paul 675,001 45.56 Decrease3.06
CPI Biplab Bhatta 57,785 3.90 Decrease0.52
NOTA None of the above 12,424 0.84 Decrease0.21
Majority 27,191 1.84 Decrease4.47
Turnout 14,81,563 81.80 Decrease2.44
AITC gain from BJP Swing

General election 2019

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2019 Indian general elections: Medinipur[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dilip Ghosh 685,433 48.62 +34.36
AITC Manas Bhunia 596,481 42.31 −4.19
CPI Biplab Bhatta 62,319 4.42 −26.94
INC Sambhunath Chattopadhay 20,807 1.48 −2.39
NOTA None of the above 14,758 1.05
Majority 88,952 6.31
Turnout 1,410,321 84.24 +0.22
BJP gain from AITC Swing +19.28

General election 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Medinipur[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sandhya Roy 581,860 46.50 +3.33
CPI Prabodh Panda 3,95,194 31.36 −15.93
BJP Prabhakar Tiwari 1,80,071 14.26 +9.30
INC Dr. Bimal Raj 48,914 3.87 N/A
NOTA None of the above 13,616 1.08 N/A
Majority 1,86,666 14.70 +10.04
Turnout 12,60,748 84.02 +1.48
AITC gain from CPI Swing -4.63

General election 2009

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2009 Indian general elections: Medinipur[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Prabodh Panda 496,021 47.29 −5.54
AITC Dipak Kumar Ghosh 4,45,004 42.68 N/A
BJP Pradip Patnaik 52,061 4.99 −30.15
BSP Asok Kumar Golder 12,216 1.17 +0.14
IND Sanjay Kumar Mishra 11,092 1.06 N/A
JMM Nepal Das 10,324 0.99 N/A
Majority 48,017 4.61 −13.08
Turnout 10,42,496 82.54
CPI hold Swing -5.54

General election 2004

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General Election, 2004: Midnapore[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Prabodh Panda 480,034 53.56
BJP Rahul Bishwajit Sinha 319,274 35.14
INC Narayan Chandra Paria 68,338 7.52
JP Panchanan Pradhan 10,243 1.12
NCP Madhumanti Sengupta 9,901 1.08
BSP Mrityunjoy Chakraborty 9,440 1.03
Independent Asit Kumar Khatua 7,249 0.79
Independent Lalit Kumar Jaiswal 4,020 0.44
Majority 160,760 17.69
Turnout 908,499
CPI hold Swing

General election 1999

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General Election, 1999: Midnapore[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 446,545 48.60 −4.90
BJP Manoranjan Dutta 385,772 45.30
INC Samir Roy 47,013 7.52
Independent Akshay Kumar Khan 4,512 0.05
Independent Mritunjoy Chakraborty 650 0.01
Majority 60,773 3.3%
Turnout 8,62,567 78.5%
CPI hold Swing

By-election 2001

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A by-election was held in this constituency in 2001 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP Indrajit Gupta. In the by-election, Prabodh Panda of Communist Party of India defeated his nearest rival Manorajnan Dutta of Trinamool Congress.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2001: Midnapore constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Prabodh Panda 448,237
AITC Manoranjan Dutta 354,044
BJP Debasish Chattopadhyay 157,543
NCP Amal Mazumder 87,983
JD(S) Bijoy Bandyopadhyay 25,114
Independent Rabikanta Santra 5,112
RJP Ashok Kumar Bera 3,871
Majority 94,193
Turnout 8,77,213 77.1 −6.7
CPI hold Swing +21.27

General election 1998

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General Election, 1998: Midnapore[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 452,671 53.50 −2.80
BJP Manoranjan Dutta 177,152 20.60
Trinamool Congress Dr. Nitish Sengupta 131,352 15.32
INC Satish Chandra Jana 90,737 10.60
Independent Sheikh Abu Bakar 3,448 0.40
Jharkhand Party Kalipada Tudu 1,702 0.40
Independent Gajen Nayak 1,148 0.10
Majority 2,75,519 31.5
Turnout 8,74,531 80.8
CPI hold Swing

General election 1996

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General Election, 1996: Midnapore[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 488,569 56.30
INC Debaprasad Roy 277,920 32.00
BJP Manoranjan Dutta 58,751 6.80
Independent Sudeb Banprasthi 9,290 1.00
AMB Naba Kumar Shaw 7,828 0.90
Independent Dilip Maiti 7,286 0.80
Jharkhand Party (Naren) Jatin Pratihar 7,008 0.80
Independent Debashish Konar 2,313 0.30
JP Shachin Mahato 2,305 0.30
IUML Sarif Mollick 1,831 0.20
Jharkhand Party Prabhakar Mahato 1,721 0.20
Samata Party Padma Lochan Roy 1,046 0.10
Independent Ajit Kumar Maity 772 0.10
Independent Vivek Kumar Baderia 742 0.10
Independent Sushil Kumar 294 0.00
Independent Satyanarayan Kothoyala 260 0.00
Majority 210,649 23.7
Turnout 8,89,188 84.5
CPI hold Swing

General election 1991

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General Election, 1991: Midnapore[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Indrajit Gupta 396,281 54.82
INC Birendra Bijoy Malladev 232,758 31.70
BJP Manoranjan Dutta 68,772 9.40
Independent Dilip Maity 6,372 0.90
Jharkhand Party Mirza Ohidur Rahaman 5,550 0.80
Independent Padma Lochan Roy 4,717 0.60
Jharkhand Party (Naren) Chandra Mohan Hansda 4,526 0.60
BSP Satish Chandra Biswas 1,852 0.30
Doordarshi Party Satya Naraiyan Kotwala 1,335 0.20
Independent Sushil Kumar 678 0.20
Majority 163,523 22.3
Turnout 7,34,499 76.5
CPI hold Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1951* Durga Charan Bandopahyay Bharatiya Jana Sangh Atul Chandra Basu Indian National Congress
Bishnupada Hazra Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[4]
Bharat Lal Tudu Indian National Congress Subodh Hansda Kisan Mazoor Praja Party[4]
1957* Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb Indian National Congress Rabindra Nath Mitra Communist Party of India[6]
Subodh Hansda Indian National Congress Chandra Mohan Saren Praja Socialist Party[6]
1962 Gobinda Kumar Singha Indian National Congress Saroj Roy Communist Party of India[7]
1967 Sachindra Nath Maity Bangla Congress G.K.Singha Indian National Congress[8]
1969 V. K. Krishna Menon Bangla Congress (supported

by Communist-led United Front)

Krishnadas Roy Indian National Congress[23][24]
1971 Subodh Chandra Hansda Indian National Congress Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India[9]
1977 Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Janata Party Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India[10]
1980 Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India Sudhir Kumar Ghosal Indian National Congress (I)[11]
1984 Narayan Choubey Communist Party of India Ajit Kumar Khanra Indian National Congress[12]
1989 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India Gouri Choubey Indian National Congress[13]
1991 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India Birendra Bijoy Malladev Indian National Congress[14]
1996 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India D P Roy Indian National Congress[15]
1998 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India Manoranjon Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party[16]
1999 Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India Manoranjon Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party[17]
2001 Prabodh Panda Communist Party of India Manoranjon Dutta All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2004 Prabodh Panda Communist Party of India Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party[19]
  • In 1951 Midnapore-Jhargram constituency and in 1957 Midnapur constituency, both the constituencies had two seats, with one seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The results here are shown separately.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/grfYnWoV4R.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ^ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  6. ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Members Biographical Sketches, Fourth Lok Sabha" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ^ a b "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ^ a b c "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ^ a b c "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. ^ a b c "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  17. ^ a b c "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Medinipur Parliamentary Constituency - Map and Electoral Results". List of winning MP and Runner-up from 1957 to till date from Medinipur Parliamentary Constituency. Maps of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  19. ^ a b c "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  20. ^ a b "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  21. ^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  22. ^ a b "General Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  23. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  24. ^ "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995 (Excel File)". Election Commission of India.
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