| Type: | LS |
| Kanthi | |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Mp: | Soumendu Adhikari |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| Assembly Cons: | Chandipur Patashpur Kanthi Uttar Bhagabanpur Khejuri Kanthi Dakshin Ramnagar |
| Electors: | 17,94,537[1] |
Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Contai Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Contai in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. As per census 2011 Hindus form 89.7% of electors rest by Muslims, Sikhs and others.
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following segments:[2]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party | MLA | 2024 Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | Chandipur | None | Purba Medinipur | TMC | Soham Chakraborty | BJP |
| 212 | Patashpur | TMC | Uttam Barik | TMC | ||
| 213 | Kanthi Uttar | BJP | Sumita Sinha | BJP | ||
| 214 | Bhagabanpur | BJP | Rabindranath Maity | BJP | ||
| 215 | Khejuri | SC | BJP | Santanu Pramanik | BJP | |
| 216 | Kanthi Dakshin | None | BJP | Arup Kumar Das | BJP | |
| 217 | Ramnagar | TMC | Akhil Giri | BJP | ||
Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3] Bhagabanpur (assembly constituency no. 208), Khajuri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 209), Contai North (assembly constituency no. 210), Contai South (assembly constituency no. 211), Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 212), Egra (assembly constituency no. 213) and Mugberia (assembly constituency no. 214)
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Basanta Kumar Das | [4] | |
| 1957 | Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay | [5] | |
| 1962 | Basanta Kumar Das | [6] | |
| 1967 | Samar Guha | [7] | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Sudhir Kumar Giri | [8] | |
| 1984 | Phulrenu Guha | [9] | |
| 1989 | Sudhir Kumar Giri | [10] | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | Nitish Sengupta | [11] | |
| 2004 | Prasanta Pradhan | [12] | |
| 2009 | Sisir Kumar Adhikari | [13] | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Soumendu Adhikari | ||
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Winner | Runner-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | ||
| Basanta Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | Promatha Nath Bandopadhyay | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | ||
| Pramatha Nath Bandopadhyay | Praja Socialist Party | Basanta Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | ||
| Basanta Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | Praja Socialist Party | ||
| Samar Guha | Praja Socialist Party | R. Pal | Indian National Congress | ||
| Samar Guha | Praja Socialist Party | Abha Maiti | Indian National Congress (Organisation)[14] | ||
| Samar Guha | Janata Party | Sudhangshu Panda | Indian National Congress[15] | ||
| Sudhir Kumar Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Pradip Sarkar | Indian National Congress | ||
| Phulrenu Guha | Indian National Congress | Sudhir Kumar Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| Sudhir Kumar Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Abha Maiti | Indian National Congress | ||
| Sudhir Kumar Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Abha Maiti | Indian National Congress[16] | ||
| Sudhir Kumar Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Nitish Sengupta | Indian National Congress[17] | ||
| Sudhir Kumar Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Akhil Giri | Trinamool Congress[18] | ||
| Nitish Sengupta | All India Trinamool Congress | Sudhir Kumar Giri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| Prasanta Pradhan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Nitish Sengupta | All India Trinamool Congress | ||