Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal
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Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour in West Bengal. All seven legislative assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district.
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesDiamond Harbour
Falta
Satgachhia
Bishnupur
Maheshtala
Budge Budge
Metiaburuz
Falta
Satgachhia
Bishnupur
Maheshtala
Budge Budge
Metiaburuz
| Diamond Harbour WB-21 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Diamond Harbour Falta Satgachhia Bishnupur Maheshtala Budge Budge Metiaburuz |
| Established | 1952–Present |
| Total electors | 1,712,612[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | INDIA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
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]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | Diamond Harbour | South 24 Parganas | Pannalal Halder | AITC | AITC | ||
| 144 | Falta | Shankar Kumar Naskar | |||||
| 145 | Satgachhia | Mohan Chandra Naskar | |||||
| 146 | Bishnupur (SC) | Dilip Mondal | |||||
| 155 | Maheshtala | Dulal Chandra Das | |||||
| 156 | Budge Budge | Ashok Kumar Deb | |||||
| 157 | Metiaburuz | Abdul Khaleque Molla | |||||
Members of Parliament
^ by-poll
Election results
General Election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Abhishek Banerjee | 1,048,230 | 68.48 |  12.33 | |
| BJP | Abhijit Das (Bobby) | 337,300 | 22.03 |  11.36 | |
| CPI(M) | Pratikur Rahaman | 86,953 | 5.68 | 0.99 | |
| ISF | Majnu Laskar | 21,139 | 1.38 | 1.38 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 10,188 | |||
| Majority | 7,10,930 | ||||
| Turnout | 15,30,817 | ||||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Abhishek Banerjee | 791,127 | 56.15 | +15.82 | |
| BJP | Nilanjan Roy | 470,533 | 33.39 | +17.46 | |
| CPI(M) | Dr. Fuad Halim | 93,941 | 6.67 | −28.00 | |
| INC | Soumya Aich Roy | 19,828 | 1.41 | −3.6 | |
| BSP | Md. Goribulla Molla | 2,911 | 0.21 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Ajay Ghosh | 1,846 | 0.13 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 16,247 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 320,594 | 22.76 | |||
| Turnout | 1,409,373 | 81.98 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 2014
| 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 (Bobby) | 200,858 | 15.92 | +12.36 | |
| INC | Md. Qamaruzzaman Qamar | 63,047 | 5.00 | +5.00 | |
| Independent | Ranu Mondal | 8,740 | |||
| Independent | Nirapada Sardar | 6,634 | |||
| Independent | Moly Mondal | 6,633 | |||
| Independent | Sk Samim | 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 | |||
| PDS | Samir Putatunda | 1,322 | |||
| RJP | Habibur Rahman Molla | 1,260 | |||
| Independent | Alok Sen | 977 | |||
| None of the Above | None Of The Above | 10,657 | 0.84 | −−− | |
| Majority | 71,298 | 5.65 | −8.74 | ||
| Turnout | 12,61,296 | 81.06 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Somen Mitra | 564,612 | 53.56 | +20.36 | |
| CPI(M) | Samik Lahiri | 412,923 | 39.17 | −12.43 | |
| BJP | Abhijit Das (Bobby) | 37,542 | 2.88 | ||
| Independent | Ranu Mondal | 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 | Jahangir Sk | 4,282 | 0.32 | ||
| ABP | Shyamal Mondal | 2,664 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Mohan Chandra Naskar | 2,535 | 0.19 | ||
| Majority | 151,689 | 14.39 | |||
| Turnout | 1,054,112 | 80.94 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
General Election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Samik Lahiri | 430,890 | 51.60 | + 3.90 | |
| AITC | Sougata Roy | 277,106 | 33.20 | ||
| INC | Daulat Ali Sheikh | 92,807 | 11.10 | ||
| Independent | Nabakumar Betal | 8427 | 1.00 | ||
| NCP | Somashree Betal | 5559 | 0.70 | ||
| INL | Palas Karmakar | 4989 | 0.50 | ||
| Independent | Ranu Mondal | 5559 | 0.50 | ||
| BSP | Moly Mondal | 4455 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Bipro Das Adhikari | 4001 | 0.40 | ||
| Bangla Congress | Mala Banerjee | 3663 | 0.30 | ||
| SP | Sheikh Nazrul Islam | 3411 | 0.30 | ||
| Independent | Sk Samim | 2592 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 153,784 | 18.4% | |||
| Turnout | 8,35,475 | 75.8% | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1999
| 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 | Ranu Mondal | 1165 | 0.14 | ||
| Independent | Bhola Sardar | 1088 | 0.13 | ||
| Independent | Somashree Betal | 814 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Moly Gomes | 572 | 0.07 | ||
| Majority | 71,163 | 8.3% | |||
| Turnout | 8,58,209 | 75.5% | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1998
| 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 | Ranu 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
| 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 | Arjun Kapoor | 3381 | 0.39 | ||
| Independent | Gyanananda Samanta | 2139 | 0.25 | ||
| Independent | Samima Sk | 2010 | 0.23 | ||
| 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: