# 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.

## Assembly segments

Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 32) is composed of the following assembly segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 205 | Panskura Paschim | Purba Medinipur | Firoja Bibi | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 226 | Sabang | Purba Medinipur | Manas Bhunia | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 227 | Pingla | Purba Medinipur | Ajit Maity | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 229 | Debra | Purba Medinipur | Humayun Kabir | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 230 | Daspur | Purba Medinipur | Mamata Bhunia | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 231 | Ghatal (SC) | Purba Medinipur | Sital Kapat | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trinamool Congress |
| 235 | Keshpur (SC) | Purba Medinipur | Seuli Saha | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |

## 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 | Ghatal | Nikunja Behari Maity | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962-67 | Ghatal | Sachindra Chaudhuri | Indian National Congress |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Ghatal | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Ghatal | Jagadish Bhattachaya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Ghatal | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Ghatal | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | Ghatal | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | Trinamool Congress |
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | Ghatal | Deepak Adhikari (Dev) | Trinamool Congress |
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

2024 Indian general elections:Ghatal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 182,868 | 11.43 | 4.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,600,556 | 82.51 | 0.23 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections

2019 Indian general elections: Ghatal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 107,973 | 7.25 | −11.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,489,338 | 82.74 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | -15.78 | |

### 16th Lok Sabha : General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Ghatal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 260,891 | 19.10 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,366,909 | 84.88 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI | AITC gain from CPI | Swing | | |

### General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Ghatal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 147,184 | 12.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,69,934 | 86.35 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Lok Sabha constituency

### General election 1971

General Election, 1971: Ghatal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,322 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,59,456 | 73.12% |
| | CPI gain from INC | CPI gain from INC | Swing | |

### General election 1967

General Election, 1967: Ghatal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 28,910 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,33,179 | 73.27% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1962

General Election, 1962: Ghatal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 30,838 | (9.0%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,34,301 | (63.8%) |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### General election 1957

General Election, 1957: Ghatal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Nikunja Behari Maity | 165,597 | 59.65% |
| | CPI | Manoranjan Roy | 112,025 | 40.35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53,572 | (9.0%) |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 277,622 | (62.6%) |
| | INC gain from CPI | INC gain from CPI | Swing | |

### General election 1952

General Election, 1952: Ghatal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 4,519 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,80,379 | (49.9%) | |
| | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | 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 |