Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)


Kanthi 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 are in Purba Medinipur district.

Assembly 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. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following segments:
Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Bhagabanpur, Khajuri , Contai North, Contai South, Ramnagar, Egra and Mugberia

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

General election 2004

General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearWinnerRunner-up-
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1951Basanta Kumar DassIndian National CongressPromatha Nath BandopadhyayKisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957Pramatha Nath BandopadhyayPraja Socialist PartyBasanta Kumar DasIndian National Congress
1962Basanta Kumar DasIndian National CongressPrafulla Chandra GhoshPraja Socialist Party
1967Samar GuhaPraja Socialist PartyR. PalIndian National Congress
1971Samar GuhaPraja Socialist PartyAbha MaitiIndian National Congress
1977Samar GuhaBharatiya Lok DalSudhangshu PandaIndian National Congress
1980Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India Pradip SarkarIndian National Congress
1984Phulrenu GuhaIndian National CongressSudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India
1989Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India Abha MaitiIndian National Congress
1991Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India Abha MaitiIndian National Congress
1996Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India Nitish SenguptaIndian National Congress
1998Sudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India Akhil GiriTrinamool Congress
1999Nitish SenguptaAll India Trinamool CongressSudhir Kumar GiriCommunist Party of India
2004Prasanta PradhanCommunist Party of India Nitish SenguptaAll India Trinamool Congress