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Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 22°11′28″N 88°11′26″E / 22.1910091°N 88.1904741°E / 22.1910091; 88.1904741
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Diamond Harbour
WB-21
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesDiamond Harbour
Falta
Satgachhia
Bishnupur
Maheshtala
Budge Budge
Metiaburuz
Established1952–Present
Total electors1,712,612[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

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

Legislative Assembly 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 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 Party Leading
(in 2024)
143 Diamond Harbour South 24 Parganas Pannalal Halder AITC AITC
144 Falta Sankar Kumar Naskar AITC AITC
145 Satgachhia Mohan Chandra Naskar AITC AITC
146 Bishnupur (SC) Dilip Mondal AITC AITC
155 Maheshtala Dulal Chandra Das AITC AITC
156 Budge Budge Ashok Kumar Deb AITC AITC
157 Metiaburuz Abdul Khaleque Molla AITC AITC

Members of Parliament

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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 Dutta
1984
1989
1991
1996 Samik Lahiri
1998
1999
2004
2009 Somen Mitra Trinamool Congress
2014 Abhishek Banerjee
2014
2024

^ by-poll

Election Results

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General Election 2024

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2024 Indian general elections: Diamond Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Abhishek Banerjee 1,048,230 68.48 Increase12.33
BJP Abhijit Das (Bobby) 337,300 22.03 Decrease11.36
CPI(M) Pratikur Rahaman 86,953 5.68 Decrease0.99
ISF Majnu Laskar 21,139 1.38 Increase1.38
NOTA None of the above 10,188
Majority 7,10,930
Turnout 15,30,817
AITC hold Swing

General Election 2019

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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

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2014 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour [4]
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

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General Election, 2009: Diamond Harbour[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Somen Mitra 564,612 53.56
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 412,923 39.17
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 15.4
Turnout 1,054,112 80.94
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General Election 2004

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General Election, 2004: Diamond Harbour[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 430,590 51.60
AITC Sougata Roy 277,106 33.20
INC Maya Ghosh 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

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General Election, 1999: Diamond Harbour[7]
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

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General Election, 1998: Diamond Harbour[8]
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

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General Election, 1996: Diamond Harbour[9]
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

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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[10]
1962 Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress Kamal Basu Communist Party of India[11]
1967 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress[12]
1971 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amar Prosad Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress[13]
1977 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Biren Mahanti Indian National Congress[14]
1980 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) A K M Ishaque Indian National Congress[15]
1984 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudhendu Mundle Indian National Congress[16]
1989 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Maya Ghosh Indian National Congress[17]
1991 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Maya Ghosh Indian National Congress[18]
1996 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amjad Ali Sardar Indian National Congress[9]
1998 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar All India Trinamool Congress[8]
1999 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amjad Ali Sardar All India Trinamool Congress[7]
2004 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Saugata Roy All India Trinamool Congress[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ^ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. ^ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. ^ a b "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. ^ a b "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. ^ a b "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  9. ^ a b "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  10. ^ "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  11. ^ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. ^ "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. ^ "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  14. ^ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  15. ^ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  16. ^ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  17. ^ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  18. ^ "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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