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
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2019

Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour in West Bengal. Six legislative assembly segments of this Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district, while one seat Metiaburuz belongs to Kolkata district.

Diamond Harbour Legislative Assembly is located partially in Kolkata district

Legislative Assembly Segments[edit]

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]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
143 Diamond Harbour None South 24 Parganas AITC Pannalal Halder
144 Falta None South 24 Parganas AITC Sankar Kumar Naskar
145 Satgachhia None South 24 Parganas AITC Mohan Chandra Naskar
146 Bishnupur SC South 24 Parganas AITC Dilip Mondal
155 Maheshtala None South 24 Parganas AITC Dulal Chandra Das
156 Budge Budge None South 24 Parganas AITC Ashok Kumar Deb
157 Metiaburuz None South 24 Parganas AITC Abdul Khaleque Molla

Members of Parliament[edit]

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-1957 Diamond Harbour Kamal Basu Communist Party of India[3]
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress[3]
Second 1957-1962 Purnendu Sekhar Naskar[4]
Kansari Halder Communist Party of India[4]
Third 1962-1967 Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress[5]
Fourth 1967-1971 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Fifth 1971-1977
Sixth 1977-1980
Seventh 1980-1982
1982-1984^ Amal Dutta
Eighth 1984-1989
Ninth 1989-1991
Tenth 1991-1996
Eleventh 1996-1998 Samik Lahiri
Twelfth 1998-1999
Thirteenth 1999-2004
Fourteenth 2004-2009
Fifteenth 2009-2014 Somen Mitra All India Trinamool Congress[18]
Sixteenth 2014-2019 Abhishek Banerjee[19]
Seventeenth 2019-Incumbent

^By poll

Election Results[edit]

General Election 2024[edit]

2024 Indian general elections: Diamond Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Abhishek Banerjee
CPI(M) Pratikur Rahaman
BJP Abhijit Das (Bobby)
ISF Majnu Laskar
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

General Election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Diamond Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Abhishek Banerjee 791,127 56.15 +15.82
BJP Nilanjan Roy 4,70,533 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 3,20,594 22.76
Turnout 14,09,373 81.98
AITC hold Swing

General Election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour [19]
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 200,858 15.92 +12.36
INC Md. Qamaruzzaman Qamar 63,047 5.00 +5.00
Independent Ranu Mondal 8,740
Independent Sougata Ghosh 6,634
Independent Sailen Sadhukhan 6,633
Independent Bechu Mondal 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
Independent Hero Alam 1,348
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[edit]

General Election, 2009: Diamond Harbour[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Somen Mitra 564,612 53.56
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 412,923 39.17
BJP Abhijit Das 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 Debajyoti Sengupta 4,282 0.32
ABP Shyamal Mondal 2,664 0.20
Independent Bechu Mondal 2,535 0.19
Majority 151,689 15.4
Turnout 1,054,112 80.94
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

General Election 2004[edit]

General Election, 2004: Diamond Harbour[17]
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 Sheikh Nasir Uddin 8427 1.00
NCP Abdur Rauf Baidya 5559 0.70
INL Zameerul Hassan 4989 0.50
Independent Ranu Mondal 5559 0.50
BSP Dhirendra Nath Mondal 4455 0.40
Independent Bechu Mondal 4001 0.40
Bangla Congress Mala Banerjee 3663 0.30
SP Sheikh Nazrul Islam 3411 0.30
Independent Amit Sundar Purkait 2592 0.20
Majority 153,784 18.4%
Turnout 8,35,475 75.8%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General Election 1999[edit]

General Election, 1999: Diamond Harbour[16]
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 Gopal Roy Safai 1088 0.13
Independent Bitan Mondal 814 0.10
Independent Bechu Mondal 572 0.07
Majority 71,163 8.3%
Turnout 8,58,209 75.5%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General Election 1998[edit]

General Election, 1998: Diamond Harbour[15]
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[edit]

General Election, 1996: Diamond Harbour[14]
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
SHS Sanjib Chatterjee 3381 0.39
Independent Jahar Biswas 2139 0.25
Independent Nemai Naskar 2010 0.23
Independent Ranu Mondal 936 0.11
Majority 22,526 2.5%
Turnout 8,89,735 80.5%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General Elections 1951-2004[edit]

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[4]
1962 Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress Kamal Basu Communist Party of India[5]
1967 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress[6]
1971 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amar Prosad Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress[7]
1977 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Biren Mahanti Indian National Congress[8]
1980 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) A K M Ishaque Indian National Congress[9]
1984 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudhendu Mundle Indian National Congress[11]
1989 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Maya Ghosh Indian National Congress[12]
1991 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Maya Ghosh Indian National Congress[13]
1996 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amjad Ali Sardar Indian National Congress[14]
1998 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar All India Trinamool Congress[15]
1999 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amjad Ali Sardar All India Trinamool Congress[16]
2004 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Saugata Roy All India Trinamool Congress[17]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.
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  5. ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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  10. ^ "Seventh Lok Sabha -State wise Details - West Bengal". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  11. ^ a b "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  12. ^ a b "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  13. ^ a b "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  14. ^ a b c "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  15. ^ 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 25 May 2014.
  16. ^ 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 25 May 2014.
  17. ^ a b c "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  18. ^ a b "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.
  19. ^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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