# Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency

Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. All seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are 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. 30 Tamluk is composed of the following segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 203 | Tamluk | Purba Medinipur | Soumen Mahapatra | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 204 | Panskura Purba | Purba Medinipur | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 206 | Moyna | Purba Medinipur | Ashok Dinda | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 207 | Nandakumar | Purba Medinipur | Sukumar Dey | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 208 | Mahishadal | Purba Medinipur | Tilak Kumar Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 209 | Haldia | Purba Medinipur | Tapasi Mondal | Trinamool Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 210 | Nandigram | Purba Medinipur | Suvendu Adhikari | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Prior to delimitation Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Panskura East (assembly constituency no. 201), Tamluk (assembly constituency no. 202), Moyna (assembly constituency no. 203), Mahisadal (assembly constituency no. 204), Sutahata (SC) (assembly constituency no. 205), Nandigram (assembly constituency no. 206) and Narghat (assembly constituency no. 207).

## Members of Lok Sabha

| Lok Sabha | Name of M.P. | Party affiliation |
| 1952 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Bangla Congress |
| 1971 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Bangla Congress |
| 1977 | Sushil Kumar Dhara | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Satyagopal Mishra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1984 | Satyagopal Mishra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1989 | Satyagopal Mishra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Satyagopal Mishra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Jayanta Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1999 | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2004 | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2009 | Suvendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| 2014 | Suvendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016^ | Dibyendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| 2019 | Dibyendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |
| 2024 | Abhijit Gangopadhyay | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ – By poll

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Abhijit Gangopadhyay | 605,100 | 43.09 | 5 |
| | AITC | Debangshu Bhattacharya | 6,04,820 | 43.03 | 6.6 |
| | CPI(M) | Sayan Banerjee | 1,85,389 | 13.33 | 5.2 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 8,553 | 0.52 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | .06 | 8.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,04,353 | | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Dibyendu Adhikari | 724,433 | 50.08 | −3.52 |
| | BJP | Siddharth Naskar | 534,268 | 36.94 | +30.54 |
| | CPI(M) | Sk. Ibrahim Ali | 136,129 | 9.41 | −25.79 |
| | INC | Lakshman Chandra Seth | 16,001 | 1.11 | −1.09 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 190,165 | 13.14 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,446,940 | 85.38 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

#### 2016 by-election

By-election 2016 : Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Dibyendu Adhikari | 779,594 | 59.76 | +6.16 |
| | CPI(M) | Mandira Panda | 2,82,066 | 21.62 | −13.58 |
| | BJP | Prof. Ambujaksha Mahanti | 1,96,450 | 15.06 | +8.66 |
| | INC | Batabyal Partha | 19,851 | 1.52 | −0.68 |
| | SUCI(C) | Dilip Maiti | 10,179 | 0.78 | −0.02 |
| | Independent | Dhananjoy Dalai | 3,859 | 0.30 | N/A |
| | PDS | Subhrajit Bhaduri | 2,718 | 0.21 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 9,801 | 0.75 | −0.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 497,528 | 38.14 | +19.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,04,518 | 82.04 | −5.56 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,590,004 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Suvendu Adhikari | 716,928 | 53.60 | −1.44 |
| | CPI(M) | Sk. Ibrahim Ali | 4,70,447 | 35.20 | −5.30 |
| | BJP | Badsha Alam | 86,265 | 6.40 | +4.61 |
| | INC | Sk. Anwar Ali | 29,645 | 2.20 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Vivekananda Roy | 10,197 | 0.80 | |
| | Independent | Rajyasree Chaudhuri | 3,609 | 0.30 | |
| | BSP | Kamal Bag | 3,110 | 0.20 | |
| | Independent | Kalisankar Jana | 2,658 | 0.20 | |
| | Independent | Abdur Rezak Sk | 1,682 | 0.10 | |
| | IUML | Manick Chandra Mondal | 1,500 | 0.10 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 11,643 | 0.87 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246,481 | 18.40 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,37,684 | 87.60 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Suvendu Adhikari | 637,664 | 55.54 | +11.94 |
| | CPI(M) | Lakshman Chandra Seth | 4,64,706 | 40.50 | − 8.90 |
| | BJP | Rajyashree Chaudhuri | 20,573 | 1.79 | |
| | AUDF | Jahed Sek | 8,486 | | |
| | BSP | Manoranjan Mandal | 5,891 | | |
| | Independent | Sheikh Nurul Islam | 5,401 | | |
| | LJP | Manik Chandra Mondal | 2,044 | | |
| | Independent | Bhakti Adhikary | 1,985 | | |
| | Independent | Abdur Rejak Seikh | 1,456 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 172,958 | 15.90 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,48,206 | 90.32 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Lakshman Chandra Seth | 507,228 | 49.20 | −0,84 |
| | AITC | Suvendu Adhikari | 449,848 | 43.60 | +0.10 |
| | INC | Sudarsan Panja | 34,794 | 3.40 | |
| | BSP | Ajit Das | 14,087 | 1.40 | |
| | NCP | Manab Bera | 13,339 | 1.30 | |
| | Independent | Hossain Mahmud Sheikh | 6,239 | 0.60 | |
| | SP | Trilochan Kuila | 6,082 | 0.60 | |
| | Independent | Bhakti Adhikary | 3,652 | 0.40 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57,380 | 5.60 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,30,848 | 86.9 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | | |

### General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Lakshman Chandra Seth | 455,168 | 50.04 |
| | AITC | Nirmalendu Bhattacharya | 400,342 | 43.50 |
| | INC | Manik Bhowmik | 44,622 | 4.90 |
| | NCP | Srikesh Pramanik | 7,623 | 0.80 |
| | RJD | Buddhadeb Jana | 1,105 | 0.10 |
| | Independent | Bhakti Adhikari | 822 | 0.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54,826 | 6.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,19,886 | 83.8% |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | |

### General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Lakshman Chandra Seth | 477,516 | 51.10 | 3.28 |
| | Trinamool Congress | Nirmalendu Bhattacharya | 389,564 | 41.30 | New |
| | INC | Jayanta Bhattacharya | 56,538 | 6.00 | 42.67 |
| | Independent | Ashutosh Samanta | 7,542 | 0.80 | 0.32 |
| | Independent | Ananata Kumar Paul | 837 | 0.10 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87,952 | 9.30 | 5.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,42,965 | 86.6 | 3.20 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 3.28 | |

### General election 1996

General Election, 1996: Tamluk :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Jayanta Bhattacharya | 450,473 | 48.67 |
| | CPI(M) | Lakshman Chandra Seth | 442,563 | 47.82 |
| | BJP | Saswati Bag | 19,475 | 2.10 |
| | Independent | Ashutosh Samanta | 10,330 | 1.12 |
| | Independent | Ananta Kumar Das | 1,029 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Muktinath Bag | 976 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Shishir Kumar Panda | 669 | 0.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,910 | 3.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,25,515 | 89.80 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | |

### General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
| Year | Winner | | Runner-up | |
| | Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party |
| 1951 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Indian National Congress | Tripati Hrishikesh | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |
| 1957 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Indian National Congress | Gobinda Chandra. Bhowmick | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1962 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Indian National Congress | Govinda Chandra. Bhowmick | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1967 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Bangla Congress | G. Bhowmick | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Satish Chandra Samanta | Bangla Congress | Aruna Asaf Ali | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Sushil Kumar Dhara | Bharatiya Lok Dal | Satish Chandra Samanta | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Satyagopal Mishra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Shyam Das Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Satyagopal Mishra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Saradindu Samanta | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Satyagopal Mishra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Jayanta Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Satyagopal Mishra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Jayanta Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Jayanta Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1998 | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Nirmalendu Bhattacharya | Trinamool Congress |
| 1999 | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Nirmalendu Bhattacharya | Trinamool Congress |
| 2004 | Lakshman Chandra Seth | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Suvendu Adhikari | Trinamool Congress |