Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly,
Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543
parliamentary constituencies in
India . The constituency centres on
Midnapore in
West Bengal . Six of the seven assembly segments of No. 34 Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency are in
Paschim Medinipur district and one is in
Purba Medinipur district .
Vidhan Sabha 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. 34 Medinipur is composed of the following segments:
Prior to delimitation, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Patashpur (assembly constituency no. 215), Midnapore (assembly constituency no. 223), Kharagpur Town (assembly constituency no. 224), Kharagpur Rural (assembly constituency no. 225), Keshiari (ST) (assembly constituency no. 226), Narayangarh (assembly constituency no. 227) and
Dantan (assembly constituency no. 228)
Members of Parliament
^By poll
Election results
General election 2024
General election 2019
General election 2014
General election 2009
General election 2004
General election 1999
By-election 2001
A by-election was held in this constituency in 2001 which was necessitated by the death of sitting MP Indrajit Gupta. In the by-election, Prabodh Panda of Communist Party of India defeated his nearest rival Manorajnan Dutta of Trinamool Congress .
General election 1998
General election 1996
General election 1991
General elections 1951-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are generally mentioned below:
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Candidate
Party
Candidate
Party
1951*
Durga Charan Bandopahyay
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Atul Chandra Basu
Indian National Congress
Bishnupada Hazra
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Bharat Lal Tudu
Indian National Congress
Subodh Hansda
Kisan Mazoor Praja Party
1957*
Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb
Indian National Congress
Rabindra Nath Mitra
Communist Party of India
Subodh Hansda
Indian National Congress
Chandra Mohan Saren
Praja Socialist Party
1962
Gobinda Kumar Singha
Indian National Congress
Saroj Roy
Communist Party of India
1967
Sachindra Nath Maity
Bangla Congress
G.K.Singha
Indian National Congress
1969
V. K. Krishna Menon
Bangla Congress (supported
by Communist-led United Front)
Krishnadas Roy
Indian National Congress
1971
Subodh Chandra Hansda
Indian National Congress
Narayan Choubey
Communist Party of India
1977
Sudhir Kumar Ghosal
Janata Party
Narayan Choubey
Communist Party of India
1980
Narayan Choubey
Communist Party of India
Sudhir Kumar Ghosal
Indian National Congress (I)
1984
Narayan Choubey
Communist Party of India
Ajit Kumar Khanra
Indian National Congress
1989
Indrajit Gupta
Communist Party of India
Gouri Choubey
Indian National Congress
1991
Indrajit Gupta
Communist Party of India
Birendra Bijoy Malladev
Indian National Congress
1996
Indrajit Gupta
Communist Party of India
D P Roy
Indian National Congress
1998
Indrajit Gupta
Communist Party of India
Manoranjon Dutta
Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
Indrajit Gupta
Communist Party of India
Manoranjon Dutta
Bharatiya Janata Party
2001
Prabodh Panda
Communist Party of India
Manoranjon Dutta
All India Trinamool Congress
2004
Prabodh Panda
Communist Party of India
Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha
Bharatiya Janata Party
In 1951 Midnapore-Jhargram constituency and in 1957 Midnapur constituency, both the constituencies had two seats, with one seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes . The results here are shown separately.
See also