Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1951-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Abhishek Banerjee |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,555,914[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Diamond Harbour Falta Satgachia Bishnupur (SC) Maheshtala Budge Budge Metiaburuz |
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. All the seven assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) are in South 24 Parganas district.
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:[2]
- Diamond Harbour (assembly constituency no. 143)
- Falta (assembly constituency no. 144)
- Satgachia (assembly constituency no. 145)
- Bishnupur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 146)
- Maheshtala (assembly constituency no. 155)
- Budge Budge (assembly constituency no. 156)
- Metiaburuz (assembly constituency no. 157)
In 2004 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Bishnupur West (assembly constituency no. 111), Garden Reach (assembly constituency no. 114), Maheshtala (assembly constituency no. 115), Budge Budge (assembly constituency no. 116), Satgachia (assembly constituency no. 117), Falta (assembly constituency no. 118), Diamond Harbour (assembly constituency no. 119).
Members of Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | Diamond Harbour | Kamal Basu | Communist Party of India [4] |
| Purnendu Sekhar Naskar | Indian National Congress [4] | |||
| Second | 1957-62 | Purnendu Sekhar Naskar | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| Kansari Halder | Communist Party of India[5] | |||
| Third | 1962-67 | Sudhansu Bhusan Das | Indian National Congress [6] | |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Jyotirmoy Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Jyotirmoy Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Jyotirmoy Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9] | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Jyotirmoy Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Amal Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Amal Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [12] | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Amal Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Samik Lahiri | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Samik Lahiri | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Samik Lahiri | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16] | |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Samik Lahiri | Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17] | |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Somendra Nath Mitra | All India Trinamool Congress[18] | |
| Sixteenth | 2014-incumbent | Abhishek Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress[19] |
Election results
General election 2014
| Indian general elections, 2014: Diamond Harbour[19] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Abhishek Banerjee | 5,08,481 | 40.31 | -13.25 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Abul Hasnat | 4,37,183 | 34.66 | +4.51 | |
| BJP | Abhijit Das (Bobby) | 2,00,858 | 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 | |||
| WPI | 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 | |||
| AITMC hold | Swing | ||||
| 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: Party-wise trends in General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014
List of successful candidates in General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha
General election 2009
| General Election, 2009: Diamond Harbour[18] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| AITMC | Somendra Nath Mitra | 564,612 | 53.56 | ||
| CPI(M) | Samik Lahiri | 412,923 | 31.70 | ||
| BJP | Abhijit Das (Bobby) | 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 | ||
| Turnout | 1,054,112 | 80.94 | |||
| AITMC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General election 2004
| General Election, 2004: Diamond Harbour[17] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CPI(M) | Samik Lahiri | 4,30,805 | 53.56 | ||
| AITMC | Saugata Roy | 2,77,614 | 31.70 | ||
| INC | Daulat Ali Sheikh | 92,807 | 2.88 | ||
| Independent | Sheikh Nasir Uddin | 8427 | 0.77 | ||
| NCP | Abdur Rauf Baidya | 5559 | 0.57 | ||
| INL | Zameerul Hasssan | 4,989 | 0.38 | ||
| Independent | Mainuddin Chisty | 5559 | 0.32 | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | Dr. Dhirendra Nath Mondal | 4455 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Bechu Mondal | 4001 | 0.19 | ||
| Bangla Congress | Mala Banerjee | 3663 | 0.19 | ||
| Samajwadi Party | Sheikh Nazrul Islam | 3411 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Amit Sundar Purkait | 2592 | 0.19 | ||
| Turnout | 8,36,540 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 1 | 7 |
31.8 |
| Indian National Congress | 6 |  0 |
13.45 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 0 |
NA |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 26 | 3 |
33.1 |
| Communist Party of India | 3 | 1 |
3.6 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 3 | 0 |
3.56 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 3 | 1 |
3.04 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 1 |
6.14 |
General elections 1951-2004
Diamond Harbour 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 | CPI | ||
| Purnendu Sekhar Naskar | Congress | Mahabir Prosad | Congress[4] | |
| 1957 | Kansari Halder | CPI | ||
| Purnendu Sekhar Naskar | Congress | Kamal Basu | CPI[5] | |
| 1962 | Sudhansu Bhusan Das | Congress | Kamal Basu | CPI [6] |
| 1967 | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPI(M) | S.B.Das | Congress[7] |
| 1971 | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPI(M) | Amar Prosad Bandopadhyay | Congress[8] |
| 1977 | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPI(M) | Biren Mahanti | Congress[9] |
| 1980 | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPI(M) | A K M Ishaque | Congress[10] |
| 1984 | Amal Datta | CPI(M) | Sudhendu Mundle | Congress[11] |
| 1989 | Amal Datta | CPI(M) | Maya Ghosh | Congress[12] |
| 1991 | Amal Datta | CPI(M) | Maya Ghosh | Congress[13] |
| 1996 | Samik Lahiri | CPI(M) | Amjad Ali Sardar | Congress[14] |
| 1998 | Samik Lahiri | CPI(M) | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | Trinamool Congress[15] |
| 1999 | Samik Lahiri | CPI(M) | Amjad Ali Sardar | Trinamool Congress[16] |
| 2004 | Samik Lahiri | CPI(M) | Saugata Roy | Trinamool Congress[17] |
References
- ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
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