| Type: | LS |
| Ghatal | |
| Established: | 1951-1977 2009-current |
| Reservation: | None |
| Incumbent Image: | Actor Dev at the 53rd International Film Festival of India.jpg |
| Party: | Trinamool Congress |
| Mp: | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| Assembly Cons: | Panskura Paschim Sabang Pingla Debra Daspur Ghatal Keshpur |
| Electors: | 19,39,945[1] |
Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency is based on Ghatal in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 32 Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district, one segment is in Purba Medinipur district. As per the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Panskura Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist; and a new Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency came into being.[2] The Ghatal constituency existed earlier from 1951 to 1977.
Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 32) is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party (as of 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | Panskura Paschim | None | Purba Medinipur | TMC |
| 226 | Sabang | None | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| 227 | Pingla | None | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| 229 | Debra | None | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| 230 | Daspur | None | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| 231 | Ghatal | SC | Paschim Medinipur | BJP |
| 235 | Keshpur | SC | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | Ghatal | Nikunja Behari Chowdhury | [4] | |
| Second | 1957-62 | Nikunja Behari Maity | [5] | ||
| Third | 1962-67 | Sachindra Chaudhuri[6] | |||
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Parimal Ghosh[7] [8] | |||
| 1971-77 | Jagadish Bhattachaya | [9] [10] | |||
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Gurudas Dasgupta | |||
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | [11] | ||
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | ||||
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | ||||
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Lok Sabha constituency
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Nikunja Behari Chowdhury | CPI | Maitreyee Basu | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Nikunja Behari Maity | Indian National Congress | Nikunja Behari Chwdhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Indian National Congress | Manoranjan Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress | P.Kar | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Jagadish Bhattacharyya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress |