| Medinipur WB-34 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Medinipur Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Egra Dantan Keshiary Kharagpur Sadar Narayangarh Kharagpur Medinipur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 18,11,243[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Alliance | INDIA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency (formerly,Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543parliamentary constituencies inIndia. The constituency centres onMidnapore inWest Bengal. Six of the seven assembly segments of No. 34 Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency are inPaschim Medinipur district and one is inPurba Medinipur district.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of thedelimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 34 Medinipur is composed of the following segments:[2]
Prior to delimitation, Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]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) andDantan (assembly constituency no. 228)
^By poll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | June Malia | 702,192 | 47.40 |  5.09 | |
| BJP | Agnimitra Paul | 675,001 | 45.56 |  3.06 | |
| CPI | Biplab Bhatta | 57,785 | 3.90 | 0.52 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 12,424 | 0.84 | 0.21 | |
| Majority | 27,191 | 1.84 | 4.47 | ||
| Turnout | 14,81,563 | 81.80 | 2.44 | ||
| AITCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Ghosh | 685,433 | 48.62 | +34.36 | |
| AITC | Manas Bhunia | 596,481 | 42.31 | −4.19 | |
| CPI | Biplab Bhatta | 62,319 | 4.42 | −26.94 | |
| INC | Sambhunath Chattopadhay | 20,807 | 1.48 | −2.39 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 14,758 | 1.05 | ||
| Majority | 88,952 | 6.31 | |||
| Turnout | 1,410,321 | 84.24 | +0.22 | ||
| BJPgain fromAITC | Swing | +19.28 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sandhya Roy | 581,860 | 46.50 | +3.33 | |
| CPI | Prabodh Panda | 3,95,194 | 31.36 | −15.93 | |
| BJP | Prabhakar Tiwari | 1,80,071 | 14.26 | +9.30 | |
| INC | Dr. Bimal Raj | 48,914 | 3.87 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 13,616 | 1.08 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,86,666 | 14.70 | +10.04 | ||
| Turnout | 12,60,748 | 84.02 | +1.48 | ||
| AITCgain fromCPI | Swing | -4.63 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Prabodh Panda | 493,021 | 47.29 | −5.54 | |
| AITC | Dipak Kumar Ghosh | 4,45,004 | 42.68 | N/A | |
| BJP | Pradip Patnaik | 52,061 | 4.99 | −30.15 | |
| BSP | Asok Kumar Golder | 12,216 | 1.17 | +0.14 | |
| IND | Sanjay Kumar Mishra | 11,092 | 1.06 | N/A | |
| JMM | Nepal Das | 10,324 | 0.99 | N/A | |
| Majority | 48,017 | 4.61 | −13.08 | ||
| Turnout | 10,42,496 | 82.54 | |||
| CPIhold | Swing | -5.54 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Prabodh Panda | 480,034 | 53.56 | ||
| BJP | Rahul Bishwajit Sinha | 319,274 | 35.14 | ||
| INC | Narayan Chandra Paria | 68,338 | 7.52 | ||
| JP | Panchanan Pradhan | 10,243 | 1.12 | ||
| NCP | Madhumanti Sengupta | 9,901 | 1.08 | ||
| BSP | Mrityunjoy Chakraborty | 9,440 | 1.03 | ||
| Independent | Asit Kumar Khatua | 7,249 | 0.79 | ||
| Independent | Lalit Kumar Jaiswal | 4,020 | 0.44 | ||
| Majority | 160,760 | 17.69 | |||
| Turnout | 908,499 | ||||
| CPIhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 446,545 | 48.60 | −4.90 | |
| BJP | Manoranjan Dutta | 385,772 | 45.30 | ||
| INC | Samir Roy | 47,013 | 7.52 | ||
| Independent | Akshay Kumar Khan | 4,512 | 0.05 | ||
| Independent | Mritunjoy Chakraborty | 650 | 0.01 | ||
| Majority | 60,773 | 3.3% | |||
| Turnout | 8,62,567 | 78.5% | |||
| CPIhold | Swing | ||||
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 ofCommunist Party of India defeated his nearest rival Manorajnan Dutta ofTrinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Prabodh Panda | 436,237 | |||
| AITC | Manoranjan Dutta | 349,044 | |||
| BJP | Debasish Chattopadhyay | 157,543 | |||
| NCP | Amal Mazumder | 87,983 | |||
| JD(S) | Bijoy Bandyopadhyay | 25,114 | |||
| Independent | Rabikanta Santra | 5,112 | |||
| RJP | Ashok Kumar Bera | 3,871 | |||
| Majority | 87,193 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,77,213 | 77.1 | −6.7 | ||
| CPIhold | Swing | +21.27 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 452,671 | 53.50 | −2.80 | |
| BJP | Manoranjan Dutta | 177,152 | 20.60 | ||
| Trinamool Congress | Dr. Nitish Sengupta | 131,352 | 15.32 | ||
| INC | Satish Chandra Jana | 90,737 | 10.60 | ||
| Independent | Sheikh Abu Bakar | 3,448 | 0.40 | ||
| Jharkhand Party | Kalipada Tudu | 1,702 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Gajen Nayak | 1,148 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 2,75,519 | 31.5 | |||
| Turnout | 8,74,531 | 80.8 | |||
| CPIhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 488,569 | 56.30 | ||
| INC | Debaprasad Roy | 277,920 | 32.00 | ||
| BJP | Manoranjan Dutta | 58,751 | 6.80 | ||
| Independent | Sudeb Banprasthi | 9,290 | 1.00 | ||
| AMB | Naba Kumar Shaw | 7,828 | 0.90 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Maiti | 7,286 | 0.80 | ||
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Jatin Pratihar | 7,008 | 0.80 | ||
| Independent | Debashish Konar | 2,313 | 0.30 | ||
| JP | Shachin Mahato | 2,305 | 0.30 | ||
| IUML | Sarif Mollick | 1,831 | 0.20 | ||
| Jharkhand Party | Prabhakar Mahato | 1,721 | 0.20 | ||
| Samata Party | Padma Lochan Roy | 1,046 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Ajit Kumar Maity | 772 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Vivek Kumar Baderia | 742 | 0.10 | ||
| Independent | Sushil Kumar | 294 | 0.00 | ||
| Independent | Satyanarayan Kothoyala | 260 | 0.00 | ||
| Majority | 210,649 | 23.7 | |||
| Turnout | 8,89,188 | 84.5 | |||
| CPIhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Indrajit Gupta | 396,281 | 54.82 | ||
| INC | Birendra Bijoy Malladev | 232,758 | 31.70 | ||
| BJP | Manoranjan Dutta | 68,772 | 9.40 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Maity | 6,372 | 0.90 | ||
| Jharkhand Party | Mirza Ohidur Rahaman | 5,550 | 0.80 | ||
| Independent | Padma Lochan Roy | 4,717 | 0.60 | ||
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | Chandra Mohan Hansda | 4,526 | 0.60 | ||
| BSP | Satish Chandra Biswas | 1,852 | 0.30 | ||
| Doordarshi Party | Satya Naraiyan Kotwala | 1,335 | 0.20 | ||
| Independent | Sushil Kumar | 678 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 163,523 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 7,34,499 | 76.5 | |||
| CPIhold | Swing | ||||
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[4] | |||
| Bharat Lal Tudu | Indian National Congress | Subodh Hansda | Kisan Mazoor Praja Party[4] | |
| 1957* | Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb | Indian National Congress | Rabindra Nath Mitra | Communist Party of India[6] |
| Subodh Hansda | Indian National Congress | Chandra Mohan Saren | Praja Socialist Party[6] | |
| 1962 | Gobinda Kumar Singha | Indian National Congress | Saroj Roy | Communist Party of India[7] |
| 1967 | Sachindra Nath Maity | Bangla Congress | G.K.Singha | Indian National Congress[8] |
| 1969 | V. K. Krishna Menon | Bangla Congress (supported by Communist-led United Front) | Krishnadas Roy | Indian National Congress[25][26] |
| 1971 | Subodh Chandra Hansda | Indian National Congress | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party of India[9] |
| 1977 | Sudhir Kumar Ghosal | Janata Party | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party of India[10] |
| 1980 | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party of India | Sudhir Kumar Ghosal | Indian National Congress (I)[11] |
| 1984 | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party of India | Ajit Kumar Khanra | Indian National Congress[12] |
| 1989 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India | Gouri Choubey | Indian National Congress[13] |
| 1991 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India | Birendra Bijoy Malladev | Indian National Congress[14] |
| 1996 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India | D P Roy | Indian National Congress[15] |
| 1998 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India | Manoranjon Dutta | Bharatiya Janata Party[16] |
| 1999 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India | Manoranjon Dutta | Bharatiya Janata Party[17] |
| 2001 | Prabodh Panda | Communist Party of India | Manoranjon Dutta | All India Trinamool Congress[18] |
| 2004 | Prabodh Panda | Communist Party of India | Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha | Bharatiya Janata Party[19] |