# Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency

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.

## Assembly segments

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:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 218 | Egra | Purba Medinipur | Tarun Maity | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 219 | Dantan | Paschim Medinipur | Bikram Chandra Pradhan | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 223 | Keshiary (ST) | Paschim Medinipur | Paresh Murmu | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 224 | Kharagpur Sadar | Paschim Medinipur | Hiran Chatterjee | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 225 | Narayangarh | Paschim Medinipur | Surja Kanta Atta | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 228 | Kharagpur | Paschim Medinipur | Dinen Roy | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 236 | Medinipur | Paschim Medinipur | Sujoy Hazra | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
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

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
| First | 1952-57 | Tudu Bharat Lal | Indian National Congress |
| First | 1952-57 | Durga Charan Banerjee | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| First | 1952-57^ | Subodh Chandra Hansda | Indian National Congress |
| Constituency renamed from Midnapore-Jhargram to Midnapore |||||
| Second | 1957-62 | Narasingha Malla Ugal Sanda Deb | Indian National Congress |
| Second | 1957-62 | Subodh Hansda | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962-67 | Gobinda Kumar Singhu | Indian National Congress |
| Fourth | 1967-69 | Sachindra Nath Maity | Bangla Congress |
| Fourth | 1969-71^ | V. K. Krishna Menon | Bangla Congress |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Subodh Chandra Hansda | Indian National Congress |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Sudhir Kumar Ghosal | Janata Party |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party of India |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party of India |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India |
| Thirteenth | 1999-01 | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party of India |
| Thirteenth | 2001-04^ | Prabodh Panda | Communist Party of India |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Prabodh Panda | Communist Party of India |
| Constituency renamed from Midnapore to Medinipur |||||
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Prabodh Panda | Communist Party of India |
| Sixteenth | 2014-2019 | Sandhya Roy | Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | Dilip Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | June Malia | Trinamool Congress |
^By poll

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Medinipur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 27,191 | 1.84 | 4.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,81,563 | 81.80 | 2.44 |
| | AITC gain from BJP | AITC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Medinipur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 88,952 | 6.31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,410,321 | 84.24 | +0.22 |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +19.28 | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Medinipur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,86,666 | 14.70 | +10.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,60,748 | 84.02 | +1.48 |
| | AITC gain from CPI | AITC gain from CPI | Swing | -4.63 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Medinipur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 48,017 | 4.61 | −13.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,42,496 | 82.54 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | -5.54 | |

### General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Midnapore :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 160,760 | 17.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908,499 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Midnapore :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 60,773 | 3.3% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,62,567 | 78.5% | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |

#### 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.
Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2001: Midnapore constituency :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 87,193 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,77,213 | 77.1 | −6.7 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | +21.27 | |

### General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Midnapore :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,75,519 | 31.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,74,531 | 80.8 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Midnapore :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 210,649 | 23.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,89,188 | 84.5 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1991

General Election, 1991: Midnapore :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 163,523 | 22.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,34,499 | 76.5 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### 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.