Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

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Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentAbhishek Banerjee
Parliamentary PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952–Present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,555,914[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesDiamond Harbour
Falta
Satgachhia
Bishnupur (SC)
Maheshtala
Budge Budge
Metiaburuz

Legislative Assembly Segments
Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

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]

  • Diamond Harbour (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 143)
  • Falta (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 144)
  • Satgachhia (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 145)
  • Bishnupur (SC) (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 146)
  • Maheshtala (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 155)
  • Budge Budge (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 156)
  • Metiaburuz (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 157)

In 2004, Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) was composed of the following legislative assembly segments:[3]

  • Bishnupur Paschim (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 111)
  • Garden Reach (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 114)
  • Maheshtala (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 115)
  • Budge Budge (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 116)
  • Satgachhia (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 117)
  • Falta (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 118)
  • Diamond Harbour (Legislative Assembly Constituency No. 119)

Members of Parliament
Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First1952-1957Diamond HarbourKamal BasuCommunist Party of India[4]
Purnendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National Congress[4]
Second1957-1962Purnendu Sekhar NaskarIndian National Congress[5]
Kansari HalderCommunist Party of India[5]
Third1962-1967Sudhansu Bhusan DasIndian National Congress[6]
Fourth1967-1971Jyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
Fifth1971-1977Jyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
Sixth1977-1980Jyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
Seventh1980-1982Jyotirmoy BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Seventh1982-1984 (Bye)Amal DuttaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Eighth1984-1989Amal DuttaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Ninth1989-1991Amal DuttaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Tenth1991-1996Amal DuttaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Eleventh1996-1998Samik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Twelfth1998-1999Samik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Thirteenth1999-2004Samik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
Fourteenth2004-2009Samik LahiriCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
Fifteenth2009-2014Somendra Nath MitraAll India Trinamool Congress[19]
Sixteenth2014-2019Abhishek BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress[20]
Seventeenth2019-IncumbentAbhishek BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

General Election 2019
General Election, 2019: Diamond Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Abhishek Banerjee 7,91,127 56.13 15.82
BJP Nilanjan Roy 6,70,533 33.38 17.46
CPI (M) Dr. Fuad Halim 93,941 6.66 28
INC Soumya Aich Roy 19,828 1.4 3.6
Majority 1,20,594
Turnout 14,09,373 81.98
AITC hold Swing
 2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage Vote change %
Trinamool Congress 22 12 43.00 4
Bharatiya Janata Party 18 16 40.00 23
Indian National Congress 2 2 6.29 4
Left Front 0 2 7.57 24

Source: Election Results 2019 Note: The vote share may change marginally once the final data is released by Election Commission.

General Election 2014
General Election, 2014: Diamond Harbour[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Abhishek Banerjee 508,481 40.31 -13.25
CPI (M) Dr. Abul Hasnat 437,187 34.66 -4.51
BJP Abhijit Das 200,858 15.92 +12.36
INC Md. Qamaruzzaman Qamar 63,047 5.00 +5.00
Independent Sudip Kumar Saha 8,740
Independent Sougata Ghosh 6,634
Independent Sailen Sadhukhan 6,633
Independent Bechu Mondal 3,607
WPOI Nazma Yasmeen 3,272
BSP Dilip Kumar Mondal 2,892
SUCI(C) Ajay Ghosh 2,529
IUML Jaynal Abedin Mondal 1,856
Independent Bijan Majumder 1,348
PDS Samir Putatunda 1,322
RJP Habibur Rahman Molla 1,260
Independent Alok Sen 977
NOTA None Of The Above 10,657 0.84 ---
Majority 71,298 5.65 -8.74
Turnout 12,61,296 81.06
AITC hold Swing
 2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 34 15 39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 7 22.7
Communist Party of India 0 2 2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party 0 2 2.4
Forward Bloc 0 2 2.1
Indian National Congress 4 2 9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party 2 1 16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 0 1 0.7

Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

General Election 2009
General Election, 2009: Diamond Harbour[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Somendra Nath Mitra 564,612 53.56
CPI (M) Samik Lahiri 412,923 39.17
BJP Abhijit Das 37,542 2.88
Independent Mainuddin Chisty 9,966 0.77
SP Sk Nasiruddin 7,486 0.57
NCP Harunal Rashid Kaji 7,187 0.55
BSP R.N. Chaudhury 4,989 0.38
Independent Debajyoti Sengupta 4,282 0.32
ABP Shyamal Mondal 2,664 0.20
Independent Bechu Mondal 2,535 0.19
Majority 151,689 15.4
Turnout 1,054,112 80.94
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing

2009 Indian general election
West Bengal summary

 
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 19 18 31.8
Indian National Congress 6 0 13.45
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 1 1 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 17 33.1
Communist Party of India 2 1 3.6
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 1 3.56
Forward bloc 2 1 3.04
Bharatiya Janata Party 1 1 6.14

General Election 2004
General Election, 2004: Diamond Harbour[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Samik Lahiri 430,590 51.60
AITC Saugata Roy 277,106 33.20
INC Daulat Ali Sheikh 92,807 11.10
Independent Sheikh Nasir Uddin 8427 1.00
NCP Abdur Rauf Baidya 5559 0.70
INL Zameerul Hasssan 4989 0.50
Independent Mainuddin Chisty 5559 0.50
BSP Dr. Dhirendra Nath Mondal 4455 0.40
Independent Bechu Mondal 4001 0.40
Bangla Congress Mala Banerjee 3663 0.30
SP Sheikh Nazrul Islam 3411 0.30
Independent Amit Sundar Purkait 2592 0.20
Majority 153,784 18.4%
Turnout 8,35,475 75.8%
CPI (M) hold Swing
 Indian general election, 2004
West Bengal summary
Party Seats won Seat change Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress 1 7 21.40
Indian National Congress 6 3 14.56
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 0 0 NA
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 26 3 38.57
Communist Party of India 3 1 4.01
Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 0 4.48
All India Forward Bloc 3 1 3.66
Bharatiya Janata Party 0 2 8.06

General Election 1999
General Election, 1999: Diamond Harbour[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Samik Lahiri 402,761 47.10
AITC Sardar Amjad Ali 331,598 39.27
INC Daulat Ali Sheikh 106,344 12.59
Independent Kishor Kumar Ghosh 1165 0.14
Independent Gopal Roy Safai 1088 0.13
Independent Bitan Mondal 814 0.10
Independent Bechu Mondal 572 0.07
Majority 71,163 8.3%
Turnout 8,58,209 75.5%
CPI (M) hold Swing

General Election 1998
General Election, 1998: Diamond Harbour[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Samik Lahiri 405,048 45.97
AITC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 344,092 39.05
INC Maya Ghosh 124,335 14.11
Independent Shahadat Hossain Jamadar 3210 0.36
Independent Bechu Mondal 2229 0.25
Independent Ranendra Kumar Gupta 1550 0.18
Independent Sambhu Mondal 640 0.07
Majority 60,956 6.8%
Turnout 8,96,052 79.8%
CPI (M) hold Swing

General Election 1996
General Election, 1996: Diamond Harbour[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPI (M) Samik Lahiri 411,844 47.37
INC Sardar Amjad Ali 389,318 44.77
BJP Dulal Chaudhuri 55,518 6.38
MUL Ruhulamine Mollick 4365 0.50
SS Sanjib Chatterjee 3381 0.39
Independent Jahar Biswas 2139 0.25
Independent Nemai Naskar 2010 0.23
Independent Nathuni Roy 936 0.11
Majority 22,526 2.5%
Turnout 8,89,735 80.5%
CPI (M) hold Swing

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:

Year Winner Runner-up
Party Candidate Party
1951 Kamal Basu Communist Party of India
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress Mahabir Prosad Indian National Congress[4]
1957 Kansari Halder Communist Party of India
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress Kamal Basu Communist Party of India[5]
1962 Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress Kamal Basu Communist Party of India[6]
1967 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudhansu Bhusan Das Indian National Congress[7]
1971 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amar Prosad Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress[8]
1977 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) Biren Mahanti Indian National Congress[9]
1980 Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) A K M Ishaque Indian National Congress[10]
1984 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sudhendu Mundle Indian National Congress[12]
1989 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Maya Ghosh Indian National Congress[13]
1991 Amal Datta Communist Party of India (Marxist) Maya Ghosh Indian National Congress[14]
1996 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amjad Ali Sardar Indian National Congress[15]
1998 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar All India Trinamool Congress[16]
1999 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Amjad Ali Sardar All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2004 Samik Lahiri Communist Party of India (Marxist) Saugata Roy All India Trinamool Congress[18]

See also

References
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