Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Diamond Harbour is one of the 543 parliamentary
constituencies in India
. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour
in West Bengal
.
In 2004 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
constituencies in India
India
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. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour is in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, on the banks of the Hooghly River quite near where the river meets the Bay of Bengal. This small town is a popular weekend tourist spot located in South 24 Parganas district....
in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
.
Assembly segments
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 21 Diamond Harbour is composed of the following segments from 2009:- Diamond HarbourDiamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Diamond Harbour is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 143) - FaltaFalta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Falta is an Legislative Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 144) - SatgachiaSatgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Satgachhia is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 145) - Bishnupur (SC)Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Bishnupur is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 146) - MaheshtalaMaheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Maheshtala is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:...
(assembly constituency no. 155) - Budge BudgeBudge Budge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Budge Budge is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 156) - MetiaburuzMetiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Metiaburuz is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:...
(assembly constituency no. 157)
In 2004 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
- Bishnupur WestBishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Bishnupur is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 111) - Garden ReachGarden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Garden Reach was an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Garden Reach ceases to exist from 2011.It was part of Diamond Harbour .:-1977-2006:In the 2006 state assembly elections Abdul...
(assembly constituency no. 114) - MaheshtalaMaheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Maheshtala is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:...
(assembly constituency no. 115) - Budge BudgeBudge Budge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Budge Budge is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 116) - SatgachiaSatgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Satgachhia is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 117) - FaltaFalta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Falta is an Legislative Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 118) - Diamond HarbourDiamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Diamond Harbour is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 119)
Election results
1951-1971
The winners are shown below.| Year | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Kamal Basu | CPI Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925... |
| Purnendu Sekhar Naskar | Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
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| 1957 | Purnendu Sekhar Naskar | Congress |
| Kansari Halder | CPI | |
| 1962 | Sudhansu Bhusan Das | Congress |
| 1967 | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPI(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of... |
| 1971 | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPI(M) |
1977-2004
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |
| 1977 | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPI(M) | Biren Mahanti | Congress |
| 1980 | Jyotirmoy Basu | CPI(M) | A K M Ishaque | Congress |
| 1984 | Amal Datta | CPI(M) | Sudhendu Mundle | Congress |
| 1989 | Amal Datta | CPI(M) | Maya Ghosh | Congress |
| 1991 | Amal Datta | CPI(M) | Maya Ghosh | Congress |
| 1996 | Samik Lahiri Samik Lahiri Samik Lahiri is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Communist Party of India . Lahiri was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Diamond Harbour constituency of West Bengal.-External links:... |
CPI(M) | Amjad Ali Sardar | Congress |
| 1998 | Samik Lahiri | CPI(M) | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar is a political leader of West Bengal. She is president of West Bengal Mahila Congress. She is a member of 15th Lok Sabha.... |
Trinamool Congress All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition... |
| 1999 | Samik Lahiri | CPI(M) | Amjad Ali Sardar | Trinamool Congress |
| 2004 | Samik Lahiri | CPI(M) | Saugata Roy Saugata Roy Prof. Saugata Roy is an Indian politician of Trinamool Congress and currently the Union Minister of State for Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh government.... |
Trinamool Congress |
See also
- Diamond HarbourDiamond HarbourDiamond Harbour is in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, on the banks of the Hooghly River quite near where the river meets the Bay of Bengal. This small town is a popular weekend tourist spot located in South 24 Parganas district....
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha