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.
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| General Election, 2009: Kanthi [1] | |||||
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| 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 |
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 |
Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[5]
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]
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