Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)

Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: ডায়মন্ড হারবার লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour in West Bengal.

Contents

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 21 Diamond Harbour is composed of the following segments from 2009:[1]

In 2004 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Election results

General Election, 2009: Diamond Harbour [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Trinamool Congress Somendra Nath Mitra 564,612
CPI(M) Samik Lahiri 412,923
BJP Abhijit Das 37,542
Independent Mainuddin Chisty 9,966
Samajwadi Party Sk Nasiruddin 7,486
NCP Harunal Rashid Kaji 7,187
BSP R.N. Chaudhury 4,989
Independent Debajyoti Sengupta 4,282
ABP Shyamal Mondal 2,664
Independent Bechu Mondal 2,535
Turnout 1,054,186
Trinamool Congress gain from CPI(M) Swing

Results prior to 2009

Results of elections held prior to 2009 are summarised below:

1951-1971

The winners are shown below.[4]

Year Winner Party
1951 Kamal Basu CPI
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Congress
1957 Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Congress
Kansari Halder CPI
1962 Sudhansu Bhusan Das Congress
1967 Jyotirmoy Basu CPI(M)
1971 Jyotirmoy Basu CPI(M)

1977-2004

Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1977[5] Jyotirmoy Basu CPI(M) Biren Mahanti Congress
1980 Jyotirmoy Basu CPI(M) A K M Ishaque Congress
1984 Amal Datta CPI(M) Sudhendu Mundle Congress
1989 Amal Datta CPI(M) Maya Ghosh Congress
1991 Amal Datta CPI(M) Maya Ghosh Congress
1996 Samik Lahiri CPI(M) Amjad Ali Sardar Congress
1998 Samik Lahiri CPI(M) Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Trinamool Congress
1999 Samik Lahiri CPI(M) Amjad Ali Sardar Trinamool Congress
2004 Samik Lahiri CPI(M) Saugata Roy Trinamool Congress

References

  1. ^ "Press Note, Delimitation Commission". Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal. Delimitation Commission. http://www.wbgov.com/e-gov/English/DELIMITATION.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha". Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 
  3. ^ "General Election 2009 Diamond Harbour". West Bengal Election Results. Ibnlive. http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionresults/constituency/25/25/diamondharbour.html. Retrieved 2009-05-25. 
  4. ^ "Statistical Reports of Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 
  5. ^ "17 – Diamond Harbour Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp17.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

See also

Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal
Before Delimitation
After Delimitation
Cooch Behar  · Alipurduars  · Jalpaiguri  · Darjeeling  · Raiganj  · Balurghat  · Maldaha Uttar  · Maldaha Dakshin  · Jangipur  · Baharampur  · Murshidabad  · Krishnanagar  · Ranaghat  · Bangaon  · Barrackpur  · Dum Dum  · Barasat  · Basirhat  · Jaynagar  · Mathurapur  · Diamond Harbour  · Jadavpur  · Kolkata Dakshin  · Kolkata Uttar  · Howrah  · Uluberia · Sreerampur  · Hooghly  · Arambag  · Tamluk  · Kanthi  · Ghatal  · Jhargram  · Medinipur  · Purulia  · Bankura  · Bishnupur  · Bardhaman Purba  · Bardhaman-Durgapur  · Asansol  · Bolpur  · Birbhum
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other than cities and towns
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See also
  • Cities and towns in South 24 Parganas district
  • People from South 24 Parganas district
Other districts
  • Bankura
  • Bardhaman
  • Birbhum
  • Cooch Behar
  • Dakshin Dinajpur
  • Darjeeling
  • Hooghly
  • Howrah
  • Jalpaiguri
  • Kolkata
  • Malda
  • Murshidabad
  • Nadia
  • North 24 Parganas
  • Paschim Medinipur
  • Purba Medinipur
  • Purulia
  • Uttar Dinajpur