Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Tamluk in West Bengal. All seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district.

CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesTamluk
Panskura Purba
Moyna
Nandakumar
Mahisadal
Haldia
Nandigram
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Tamluk
WB-30
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesTamluk
Panskura Purba
Moyna
Nandakumar
Mahisadal
Haldia
Nandigram
Established1951
Total electors18,50,741[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024
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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 issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 30 Tamluk is composed of the following segments:[2]

More information No, Name ...
No Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
203 Tamluk Purba Medinipur Soumen Mahapatra AITC BJP
204 Panskura Purba Biplab Roy Chowdhury
206 Moyna Ashok Dinda BJP
207 Nandakumar Sukumar Dey AITC
208 Mahishadal Tilak Kumar Chakraborty
209 Haldia Tapasi Mondal[a]
210 Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari BJP
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Prior to delimitation Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3] Panskura East (assembly constituency no. 201), Tamluk (assembly constituency no. 202), Moyna (assembly constituency no. 203), Mahisadal (assembly constituency no. 204), Sutahata (SC) (assembly constituency no. 205), Nandigram (assembly constituency no. 206) and Narghat (assembly constituency no. 207).

Members of Lok Sabha

More information Lok Sabha, Name of M.P. ...
Lok SabhaName of M.P.Party affiliation
1952Satish Chandra SamantaIndian National Congress[4][5][6]
1957
1962
1967Bangla Congress
1971
1977Sushil Kumar DharaJanata Party[7]
1980Satyagopal MishraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1984
1989
1991
1996Jayanta BhattacharyaIndian National Congress[9]
1998Lakshman Chandra SethCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1999
2004
2009Suvendu AdhikariTrinamool Congress[11]
2014
2016^Dibyendu Adhikari
2019
2024Abhijit GangopadhyayBharatiya Janata Party
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^ – By poll

Election results

General election 2024

More information Party, Candidate ...
2024 Indian general elections: Tamluk[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Abhijit Gangopadhyay 765,584 48.54 Increase11.6
AITC Debangshu Bhattacharya 687,851 43.61 Decrease6.47
CPI(M) Sayan Banerjee 85,389 5.41 Decrease4.0
NOTA None of the Above 8,553 0.52
Majority 77,733 4.93 Decrease
Turnout 14,04,353
BJP gain from AITC Swing
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General election 2019

More information Party, Candidate ...
2019 Indian general elections: Tamluk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dibyendu Adhikari 724,433 50.08 −3.52
BJP Siddharth Naskar 534,268 36.94 +30.54
CPI(M) Sk. Ibrahim Ali 136,129 9.41 −25.79
INC Lakshman Chandra Seth 16,001 1.11 −1.09
Majority 190,165 13.14
Turnout 1,446,940 85.38
AITC hold Swing
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2016 by-election

More information Party, Candidate ...
By-election 2016 : Tamluk
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dibyendu Adhikari 779,594 59.76 +6.16
CPI(M) Mandira Panda 2,82,066 21.62 −13.58
BJP Prof. Ambujaksha Mahanti 1,96,450 15.06 +8.66
INC Batabyal Partha 19,851 1.52 −0.68
SUCI(C) Dilip Maiti 10,179 0.78 −0.02
Independent Dhananjoy Dalai 3,859 0.30 N/A
PDS Subhrajit Bhaduri 2,718 0.21
NOTA None of the above 9,801 0.75 −0.12
Majority 497,528 38.14 +19.74
Turnout 13,04,518 82.04 −5.56
Registered electors 1,590,004
AITC hold Swing
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General election 2014

More information Party, Candidate ...
2014 Indian general elections: Tamluk[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Suvendu Adhikari 716,928 53.60 −1.44
CPI(M) Sk. Ibrahim Ali 4,70,447 35.20 −5.30
BJP Badsha Alam 86,265 6.40 +4.61
INC Sk. Anwar Ali 29,645 2.20
SUCI(C) Vivekananda Roy 10,197 0.80
Independent Rajyasree Chaudhuri 3,609 0.30
BSP Kamal Bag 3,110 0.20
Independent Kalisankar Jana 2,658 0.20
Independent Abdur Rezak Sk 1,682 0.10
IUML Manick Chandra Mondal 1,500 0.10
NOTA None of the above 11,643 0.87
Majority 246,481 18.40
Turnout 13,37,684 87.60
AITC hold Swing
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General election 2009

More information Party, Candidate ...
2009 Indian general elections: Tamluk[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Suvendu Adhikari 637,664 55.54 +11.94
CPI(M) Lakshman Chandra Seth 4,64,706 40.50 − 8.90
BJP Rajyashree Chaudhuri 20,573 1.79
AUDF Jahed Sek 8,486
BSP Manoranjan Mandal 5,891
Independent Sheikh Nurul Islam 5,401
LJP Manik Chandra Mondal 2,044
Independent Bhakti Adhikary 1,985
Independent Abdur Rejak Seikh 1,456
Majority 172,958 15.90
Turnout 11,48,206 90.32
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing
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General election 2004

More information Party, Candidate ...
General Election, 2004: Tamluk[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Lakshman Chandra Seth 507,228 49.20 −0,84
AITC Suvendu Adhikari 449,848 43.60 +0.10
INC Sudarsan Panja 34,794 3.40
BSP Ajit Das 14,087 1.40
NCP Manab Bera 13,339 1.30
Independent Hossain Mahmud Sheikh 6,239 0.60
SP Trilochan Kuila 6,082 0.60
Independent Bhakti Adhikary 3,652 0.40
Majority 57,380 5.60
Turnout 10,30,848 86.9
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing
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General election 1999

More information Party, Candidate ...
General Election, 1999: Tamluk[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Lakshman Chandra Seth 455,168 50.04
AITC Nirmalendu Bhattacharya 400,342 43.50
INC Manik Bhowmik 44,622 4.90
NCP Srikesh Pramanik 7,623 0.80
RJD Buddhadeb Jana 1,105 0.10
Independent Bhakti Adhikari 822 0.10
Majority 54,826 6.00
Turnout 9,19,886 83.8%
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing
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General election 1998

More information Party, Candidate ...
General Election, 1998: Tamluk[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Lakshman Chandra Seth 477,516 51.10 Increase3.28
Trinamool Congress Nirmalendu Bhattacharya 389,564 41.30 New
INC Jayanta Bhattacharya 56,538 6.00 Decrease42.67
Independent Ashutosh Samanta 7,542 0.80 Decrease0.32
Independent Ananata Kumar Paul 837 0.10 N/A
Majority 87,952 9.30 Increase5.99
Turnout 9,42,965 86.6 Decrease3.20
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing Increase3.28
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General election 1996

More information Party, Candidate ...
General Election, 1996: Tamluk[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jayanta Bhattacharya 450,473 48.67
CPI(M) Lakshman Chandra Seth 442,563 47.82
BJP Saswati Bag 19,475 2.10
Independent Ashutosh Samanta 10,330 1.12
Independent Ananta Kumar Das 1,029 0.11
Independent Muktinath Bag 976 0.11
Independent Shishir Kumar Panda 669 0.07
Majority 7,910 3.31
Turnout 9,25,515 89.80
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing
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General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

More information Year, Winner ...
Year Winner Runner-up
Candidate Party Candidate Party
1951 Satish Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress Tripati Hrishikesh Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party[4][16]
1957 Satish Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress Gobinda Chandra. Bhowmick All India Forward Bloc[5]
1962 Satish Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress Govinda Chandra. Bhowmick All India Forward Bloc[6]
1967 Satish Chandra Samanta Bangla Congress G. Bhowmick Indian National Congress[17]
1971 Satish Chandra Samanta Bangla Congress Aruna Asaf Ali Communist Party of India[18]
1977 Sushil Kumar Dhara Bharatiya Lok Dal Satish Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress[7]
1980 Satyagopal Mishra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Shyam Das Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[8]
1984 Satyagopal Mishra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Saradindu Samanta Indian National Congress[19]
1989 Satyagopal Mishra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jayanta Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[20]
1991 Satyagopal Mishra Communist Party of India (Marxist) Jayanta Bhattacharya Indian National Congress[21]
1996 Jayanta Bhattacharya Indian National Congress Lakshman Chandra Seth Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1998 Lakshman Chandra Seth Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nirmalendu Bhattacharya Trinamool Congress[10]
1999 Lakshman Chandra Seth Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nirmalendu Bhattacharya Trinamool Congress[15]
2004 Lakshman Chandra Seth Communist Party of India (Marxist) Suvendu Adhikari Trinamool Congress[22]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Tapasi Mondal was elected as a BJP MLA. However, on 10 March 2025, she defected to the Trinamool Congress

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