Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Diamond Harbour
Established:1952–Present
Reservation:None
Incumbent Image:Abhishek Banerjee at N24 parganas Yuva Convention.jpg
Party:Trinamool Congress
Mp:Abhishek Banerjee
Latest Election Year:2024
State:West Bengal
Electors:1,712,612[1]
Assembly Cons:Diamond Harbour
Falta
Satgachhia
Bishnupur
Maheshtala
Budge Budge
Metiaburuz

Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district.

Legislative Assembly Segments

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]

NoNameDistrictMemberPartyParty Leading
(in 2024)
143Diamond HarbourSouth 24 ParganasPannalal Halder
144FaltaSankar Kumar Naskar
145SatgachhiaMohan Chandra Naskar
146Bishnupur (SC)Dilip Mondal
155MaheshtalaDulal Chandra Das
156Budge BudgeAshok Kumar Deb
157MetiaburuzAbdul Khaleque Molla

Members of Parliament

YearNameColspan=2Party
1952Kamal Basu
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar[3]
1957Purnendu Sekhar Naskar
Kansari Halder
1962Sudhansu Bhushan Das
1967Jyotirmoy Basu
1971
1977
1980
1982^Amal Dutta
1984
1989
1991
1996Samik Lahiri
1998
1999
2004
2009Somen Mitra
2014Abhishek Banerjee
2019
2024
^ by-poll

Election Results

General Elections 1951-2004

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:

YearWinnerRunner-up
PartyCandidateParty
1951Kamal BasuCommunist Party of India
Purnendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National CongressMahabir ProsadIndian National Congress
1957Kansari HalderCommunist Party of India
Purnendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National CongressKamal BasuCommunist Party of India[4]
1962Sudhansu Bhusan DasIndian National CongressKamal BasuCommunist Party of India[5]
1967Jyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sudhansu Bhusan DasIndian National Congress[6]
1971Jyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Amar Prosad BandopadhyayIndian National Congress[7]
1977Jyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Biren MahantiIndian National Congress[8]
1980Jyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)A K M IshaqueIndian National Congress[9]
1984Amal DattaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Sudhendu MundleIndian National Congress[10]
1989Amal DattaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Maya GhoshIndian National Congress[11]
1991Amal DattaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Maya GhoshIndian National Congress[12]
1996Samik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Amjad Ali SardarIndian National Congress
1998Samik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Kakoli Ghosh DastidarAll India Trinamool Congress
1999Samik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Amjad Ali SardarAll India Trinamool Congress
2004Samik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Saugata RoyAll India Trinamool Congress

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 2 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm . 2 July 2014 .
  2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2009-05-27 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal.
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF . 8 October 2014 .
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014.
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014 .
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission . 25 May 2014 .
  8. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
  9. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
  10. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
  11. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .
  12. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 25 May 2014 .