Ghatal Lok Sabha Constituency
Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 constituencies of the lower house of parliament in India. The constituency is based on Ghatal in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 32 Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Medinipur district, one segment is in Purba Medinipur district. As per the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Panskura Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist; and a new Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency came into being. The Ghatal constituency existed earlier from 1951 to 1977.
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
Assembly segments
Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 32) is composed of the following assembly segments:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party (as of 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | Panskura Paschim | None | Purba Medinipur | TMC |
| 226 | Sabang | None | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| 227 | Pingla | None | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| 229 | Debra | None | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| 230 | Daspur | None | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
| 231 | Ghatal | SC | Paschim Medinipur | BJP |
| 235 | Keshpur | SC | Paschim Medinipur | TMC |
Members of Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1952-57 | Ghatal | Nikunja Behari Chowdhury | Communist Party of India | |
| Second | 1957-62 | Nikunja Behari Maity | Indian National Congress | ||
| Third | 1962-67 | Sachindra Chaudhuri | |||
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Parimal Ghosh | |||
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Jagadish Bhattachaya | Communist Party of India | ||
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India | ||
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | ||||
| Eighteenth | 2024-incumbent | ||||
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Lok Sabha constituency
Election results
18th Lok Sabha: 2024 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | 837,990 | 52.36 |  4.14
| |
| BJP | Hiranmoy Chatterjee (Hiran) | 655,122 | 40.93 |  0.04
| |
| CPI | Tapan Ganguly | 74,908 | 4.68 | 0.88
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 12,966 | 0.81 | 0.12
| |
| BSP | Soumen Madraji | 7,941 | 0.50 | 
| |
| Independent | Gopal Mondal | 4,244 | 0.27 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Dinesh Maikap | 4,158 | 0.26 | 0.14
| |
| Independent | Saheb Chowdhury | 3,237 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| Majority | 182,868 | 11.43 | 4.18
| ||
| Turnout | 1,600,556 | 82.51 | 0.23
| ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | 717,959 | 48.22 | -2.48 | |
| BJP | Bharati Ghosh | 609,986 | 40.97 | +34.04 | |
| CPI | Tapan Ganguly | 97,062 | 6.56 | -24.88 | |
| INC | Khandakar Mohammad Saifullah | 32,793 | 2.21 | -6.78 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 13,796 | 0.93 | N/A | |
| Majority | 107,973 | 7.25 | -11.85 | ||
| Turnout | 1,489,338 | 82.74 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | -15.78 | |||
16th Lok Sabha : General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dipak Adhikari (Dev) | 685,696 | 50.70 | +9.78 | |
| CPI | Santosh Rana | 424,805 | 31.40 | -22.16 | |
| INC | Manas Bhunia | 122,928 | 8.99 | ||
| BJP | Md. Alam | 94,842 | 6.93 | +3.94 | |
| SUCI(C) | Anjan Jana | 8,080 | |||
| AMB | Goutam Kouri | 5,547 | |||
| Independent | Gopal Mondal | 4,498 | |||
| Jharkhand Anushilan Party | Gopal Murmu | 2,154 | |||
| RJSP | Gobardhan Ghosh | 1,983 | |||
| PDS | Gangaram Sasmal | 1,758 | |||
| Majority | 260,891 | 19.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,366,909 | 84.88 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Gurudas Dasgupta | 625,923 | 53.50 | -8.42 | |
| AITC | Noor Alam Chowdhury | 478,739 | 40.92 | +10.82 | |
| BJP | Matilal Khatua | 34,997 | 2.99 | ||
| BSP | Narayan Chandra Samat | 12,064 | 1.03 | ||
| IJP | Liyakat Khan | 9,355 | 0.80 | ||
| JMM | Arun Kumar Das | 5,333 | 0.46 | ||
| RDMP | Ahitosh Maity | 3,515 | 0.30 | ||
| Majority | 147,184 | 12.80 | |||
| Turnout | 11,69,934 | 86.35 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Lok Sabha constituency
General election 1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Jagadish Bhattacharyya | 128,366 | 35.71 | ||
| INC | Parimal Ghosh | 127,044 | 35.34 | ||
| CPI | Prabhat Kar | 62,824 | 17.48 | ||
| BBC | Surendra Nath Ghorai | 20,513 | 5.71 | ||
| NCO | Ramdas Ramanuj Das Mahanta | 16,403 | 4.56 | ||
| Independent | Gobardhan Dey | 4,306 | 1.20 | ||
| Majority | 1,322 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,59,456 | 73.12% | |||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Parimal Ghosh | 138,572 | 41.59% | ||
| CPI | Prabhat Kar | 109,662 | 32.91% | ||
| CPI(M) | Nikunja Chowdhury | 84,945 | 25.50% | ||
| Majority | 28,910 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,33,179 | 73.27% | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sachindra Nath Chowdhury | 179,045 | 52.50% | ||
| CPI | Manoranjan Roy | 148,207 | 43.40% | ||
| ABHM | Basanta kumar Chakraborty | 7,049 | 2.10 | ||
| Majority | 30,838 | (9.0%) | |||
| Turnout | 3,34,301 | (63.8%) | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Nikunja Behari Maity | 165,597 | 59.65% | ||
| CPI | Manoranjan Roy | 112,025 | 40.35% | ||
| Majority | 53,572 | (9.0%) | |||
| Turnout | 277,622 | (62.6%) | |||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
General election 1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Nikunja Behari Chowdhury | 73,435 | 40.70% | ||
| INC | Maitayee Basu | 68,916 | 38.20% | ||
| Independent | Satcori Pati Roy | 38,028 | 21.10 | ||
| Majority | 4,519 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,80,379 | (49.9%) | |||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||
General elections 1951-1971
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-up | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Nikunja Behari Chowdhury | CPI | Maitreyee Basu | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Nikunja Behari Maity | Indian National Congress | Nikunja Behari Chwdhury | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | Sachindra Chaudhuri | Indian National Congress | Manoranjan Roy | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress | P.Kar | Communist Party of India |
| 1971 | Jagadish Bhattacharyya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress |