Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency

Diamond Harbour
WB-21
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
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Abhishek Banerjee
Party	AITC
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024

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.

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 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:

#	Name	District	Member
143	Diamond Harbour	South 24 Parganas	Pannalal Halder	AITC	AITC
144	Falta		Debangshu Panda	BJP
145	Satgachhia		Agniswar Naskar	BJP
146	Bishnupur (SC)		Dilip Mondal	AITC
155	Maheshtala		Subhasish Das
156	Budge Budge		Ashok Kumar Deb
157	Metiaburuz		Abdul Khaleque Molla

Members of Parliament

Year	Member^[2]
1952	Kamal Basu	Communist Party of India
1952	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress
1957	Purnendu Sekhar Naskar	Indian National Congress
1957	Kansari Halder	Communist Party of India
1962	Sudhansu Bhushan Das	Indian National Congress
1967	Jyotirmoy Basu	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
1977
1980
1982^	Amal Datta
1984
1989
1991
1996	Samik Lahiri
1998
1999
2004
2009	Somen Mitra	Trinamool Congress
2014	Abhishek Banerjee
2019
2024

^ by-poll

CPI (2 times) (9.52%)
CPI(M) (12 times) (57.1%)
INC (3 times) (14.3%)
TMC (4 times) (19.1%)

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			68.48%
2019			56.15%
2014			40.31%
2009			53.56%
2004			51.51%
1999			47.70%
1998			45.97%
1996			47.37%
1991			48.12%
1989			51.08%
1984			48.00%
1982			61.03%
1980			63.78%
1977			70.61%
1971			53.35%
1967			51.09%
1957			25.44%
1957			25.18%
1951			17.79%
1951			17.45%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Abhishek Banerjee	1,048,230	68.48
	BJP	Abhijit Das (Bobby)	337,300	22.03
	CPI(M)	Pratik Ur Rahaman	86,953	5.68
	ISF	Majnu Laskar	21,139	1.38
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,188	0.67
	Independent	5 Independent Candidates	16,888	1.10
	Others	3 Other Party Candidates	10,119	0.65
Majority			710,930	46.45
Turnout
	Swing to AITC from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Diamond Harbour
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

2014

2014 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Abhishek Banerjee	508,481	40.31
	CPI(M)	Dr. Abul Hasnat	437,183	34.66
	BJP	Abhijit Das (Bobby)	200,858	15.92
	INC	Md. Qamruzzaman Qamar	63,047	5.00
	Independent	6 Independent Candidates	27,939	2.23
	Others	6 Other Party Candidates	13,131	1.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,657	0.84
Majority			71,298	5.65
Turnout
	AITC hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Somendra Nath Mitra	564,612	53.56
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	412,923	39.17
	BJP	Abhijit Das	37,542	3.56
	Independent	3 Independent Candidates	16,709	1.59
	Others	4 Other Party Candidates	22,326	2.11
Majority			151,689	14.39
Turnout
	Swing to AITC from CPI(M)		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	430,890	51.51
	AITC	Saugata Roy	277,106	33.13
	INC	Daulat Ali Sheikh	92,859	11.10
	Independent	5 Independent Candidates	22,835	2.73
	Others	4 Other Party Candidates	12,850	1.54
Majority			153,784	18.38
Turnout
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	402,761	47.70
	AITC	Sardar Amjad Ali	331,598	39.27
	INC	Sk Daulat Ali	106,344	12.59
	Independent	4 Independent Candidates	3,639	0.44
Majority			71,163	8.43
Turnout			858,209	75.49
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	405,048	45.97
	AITC	Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar	344,092	39.05
	INC	Dr. Maya Ghose	124,335	14.11
	Independent	4 Independent Candidates	7,629	0.86
Majority			60,956	6.92
Turnout
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Samik Lahiri	411,844	47.37
	INC	Amjad Ali Sardar	389,318	44.77
	BJP	Dulal Chaudhuri	55,518	6.38
	Independent	3 Independent Candidates	5,085	0.59
	Others	2 Other Party Candidates	7,746	0.89
Majority			22,526	2.60
Turnout			889,735	80.48
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Amal Dutta	338,884	48.12
	INC	Maya Ghosh	293,372	41.66
	BJP	Muzaffar Khan	62,219	8.84
	Independent	2 Independent Candidates	4,409	0.63
	Others	2 Other Party Candidates	5,292	0.75
Majority			45,512	6.46
Turnout			720,436	74.90
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Amal Datta	374,532	51.08
	INC	Maya Ghosh	331,487	45.21
	IUML	Khan Azizul Islam	21,984	3.00
	BSP	Dhanooram Jaiswara	3,394	0.46
	Independent	Md. Ibrahim Khan	1,330	0.18
	INC(O)	Shaikh Abdul Waduj	570	0.08
Majority			43,045	5.87
Turnout			746,043	79.34
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Amal Datta	281,271	48.00
	INC	Sudhendu Mundle	276,598	47.20
	IUML	Mohd. Salahuddin	25,695	4.38
	Independent	Parsuram Show	2,465	0.42
Majority			4,673	0.80
Turnout			598,286	75.23
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1982

1982 by-election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	A. Datta	296,980	61.03
	INC	J. Abedin	180,757	37.15
	Independent	G. C. Mukherjee	4,755	0.98
	Independent	A. H. Mohammed	4,114	0.85
Majority			116,223	23.88
Turnout
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Jyotirmoy Basu	310,406	63.78
	INC(I)	A. K. M. Ishaque	164,474	33.80
	IUML	Jamila Khatoon	7,214	1.48
	Independent	Paresh Pal	2,259	0.46
	Independent	Karuna Nadhan Roy	1,452	0.30
	Independent	Shaik Abdul Wadud	872	0.18
Majority			145,932	29.98
Turnout			496,366	70.88
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Jyotirmoy Basu	267,890	70.61
	INC	Biren Mahanti	111,486	29.39
Majority			156,404	41.22
Turnout			389,100	63.95
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Jyotirmoy Basu	204,987	53.35
	INC	Ambar Prosad Bandopadhaya	131,651	34.27
	Independent	Aziz Shaik	24,727	6.44
	AIFB	Alisup Rahaman	15,419	4.01
	INC(O)	Sudhansu Bhusan Das	7,413	1.93
Majority			73,336	19.08
Turnout			396,845	69.71
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	J. Basu	196,176	51.09
	INC	S. B. Das	125,202	32.61
	Independent	S. Roy	62,594	16.30
Majority			70,974	18.48
Turnout			394,853	74.30
	CPI(M) win (new seat)

1957

1957 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour (Double-member constituency)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Kansari Halder	247,785	25.44
	INC	Purnindu Sekhar Naskar	245,266	25.18
	CPI	Kamal Basu	244,763	25.13
	INC	Nalini Kanta Halder	236,192	24.25
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Sardar	0	0.00
Majority			2,519	0.26
Turnout			974,006	52.61

1951

1951 Indian general election: Diamond Harbour (Double-member constituency)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Basu Kamal	120,982	17.79
	INC	Naskar Purnendu Sekhar	118,671	17.45
	INC	Prosad Mahabir	98,677	14.51
	ABJS	Kayal Paresh Nath	94,208	13.85
	KMPP	Ghosh Sailendra Kumar	92,291	13.57
	ABJS	Koyal Bijoy Chandra	63,335	9.31
	Independent	Das Charu Chandra	27,282	4.01
	Independent	Mukherjee Jnanada Prosad	26,551	3.90
	Independent	Bhattacharjee Asutosh	24,666	3.63
	Independent	Pramanick Sudhindra Kumar	13,480	1.98
Majority			2,311	0.34
Turnout			680,143	46.58

Notes

References

↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
↑ "Diamond Harbour (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Diamond Harbour Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Diamond Harbour". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
↑ "Diamond Harbour Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.

External links

Diamond Harbour lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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[turnout-1] "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[2] "Diamond Harbour (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Diamond Harbour Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Diamond_Harbour-3] "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Diamond Harbour". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.

[Diamond_Harbour_Constituency_Lok_Sabha_Election_Results_2014_-_2024-4] "Diamond Harbour Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.

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