Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

Contents

Election results

General Election, 2009: Kanthi [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Sisir Kumar Adhikari 606,712
CPI(M) Prasanta Pradhan 477,609
BJP Amalesh Mishra 31,952
BSP Rashbehari Patra 8,174
Turnout 1,124,447

Results of elections held prior to 2009 are summarised below:

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1977[2] Samar Guha Bharatiya Lok Dal Sudhangshu Panda Indian National Congress
1980 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Pradip Sarkar Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Phulrenu Guha Indian National Congress Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abha Maiti Indian National Congress
1991 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Abha Maiti Indian National Congress
1996 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nitish Sengupta Indian National Congress
1998 Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Akhil Giri Trinamool Congress
1999 Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress Sudhir Kumar Giri Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004 Prasanta Pradhan Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nitish Sengupta All India Trinamool Congress

Fifteenth Lok Sabha

Seats won by different fronts and parties in the fiteenth Lok Sabha, formed after the Indian general election, 2009, were as follows:[3]

Front Party Seats won
UPA Congress 206
Trinamool Congress 19
DMK 18
NCP 9
National Conference 3
JMM 2
Others 5
Total 262
NDA BJP 116
JD(U) 20
Shiv Sena 11
Akali Dal 4
AGP 1
RLD 5
Total 157
Third Front Left Front 22
BSP 21
JD(S) 3
AIADMK 9
TDP 6
TRS 2
BJD 14
Others 3
Total 80
Fourth Front SP 27
RJD 4
Total 27

Seats won by different political parties from West Bengal in the fifteenth Lok Sabha were as follows: [4]

Party Seats
Trinamool Congress 19
Congress 6
SUCI 1
CPI(M) 9
CPI 2
RSP 2
Forward Bloc 2
BJP 1

Assembly segments

Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[5]

  • 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)
  • Mugberia (assembly constituency no. 214)

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:[6]

  • Chandipur (assembly constituency no. 211)
  • Patashpur (assembly constituency no. 212)
  • Kanthi Uttar (assembly constituency no. 213)
  • Bhagabanpur (assembly constituency no. 214)
  • Khejuri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 215)
  • Kanthi Dakshin (assembly constituency no. 216)
  • Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 217)

References

  1. ^ "General Election 2009 Kanthi". West Bengal Election Results. Ibnlive. http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/25/25/kanthi.html. Retrieved 2009-05-25. 
  2. ^ "31 – Contai Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp31.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  3. ^ "General Election 2009 Results". Indian Elections. http://www.indian-elections.com/. Retrieved 2009-06-20. 
  4. ^ "General Election 2009 Results". Statewise results. Indian Elections. http://www.indian-elections.com/statewise-results.html. Retrieved 2009-06-20. 
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  6. ^ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 

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