Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Tamluk
Established:1951
Reservation:None
Electors:18,50,741[1]

Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. All seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district.

Vidhan Sabha segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 30 Tamluk is composed of the following segments:[2]

NoNameDistrictMemberPartyParty Leading
(in 2024)
203TamlukPurba MedinipurDr. Soumen Mahapatra
204Panskura PurbaBiplab Roy Chowdhury
206MoynaAshok Dinda
207NandakumarSukumar Dey
208MahishadalTilak Kumar Chakraborty
209HaldiaTapasi Mondal
210NandigramSuvendu Adhikari

Prior to delimitation Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3] Panskura East (assembly constituency no. 201), Tamluk (assembly constituency no. 202), Moyna (assembly constituency no. 203), Mahisadal (assembly constituency no. 204), Sutahata (SC) (assembly constituency no. 205), Nandigram (assembly constituency no. 206) and Narghat (assembly constituency no. 207).

Members of Lok Sabha

Lok SabhaName of M.P.Party affiliation
1952Satish Chandra Samanta[4] [5] [6]
1957
1962
1967
1971
1977Sushil Kumar Dhara[7]
1980Satyagopal Mishra[8]
1984
1989
1991
1996Jayanta Bhattacharya[9]
1998Lakshman Chandra Seth[10]
1999
2004
2009Suvendu Adhikari[11]
2014
2016^Dibyendu Adhikari
2019
2024Abhijit Gangopadhyay
^ – By poll

Election results

2019

2016 by-election

General elections 1951-2004

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

YearWinnerRunner-up
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951Indian National CongressTripati HrishikeshKisan Mazdoor Praja Party[12]
1957Satish Chandra Samanta Indian National CongressGobinda Chandra. BhowmickAll India Forward Bloc
1962Indian National CongressGovinda Chandra. BhowmickAll India Forward Bloc
1967 Bangla CongressG. BhowmickIndian National Congress[13]
1971 Bangla CongressAruna Asaf AliCommunist Party of India[14]
1977 Sushil Kumar DharaBharatiya Lok DalSatish Chandra SamantaIndian National Congress
1980Satyagopal MishraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Shyam Das BhattacharyaIndian National Congress
1984Satyagopal MishraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Saradindu SamantaIndian National Congress[15]
1989Satyagopal MishraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Jayanta BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[16]
1991Satyagopal MishraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Jayanta BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[17]
1996Jayanta BhattacharyaIndian National CongressLakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1998Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Nirmalendu BhattacharyaTrinamool Congress
1999Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Nirmalendu BhattacharyaTrinamool Congress
2004Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Suvendu AdhikariTrinamool Congress[18]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA . elections24.eci.gov.in.
  2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 27 May 2009 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal.
  3. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha . 1 October 2010 . Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies . Election Commission of India .
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014.
  7. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  8. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  9. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  10. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  11. Web site: General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  12. Web site: Election results for Tamluk. 22 August 2009 .
  13. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014 .
  14. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 2 June 2014 .
  15. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  16. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  17. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
  18. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .

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