Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency)
Ghatal is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on Ghatal in West Bengal. While six assembly segments of No. 32 Ghatal are in Paschim Medinipur district, one segment is in Purba Medinipur district.
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Panskura ceased to exist; and a new Ghatal came into being. The Ghatal constituency existed earlier from 1951 to 1977Assembly segments
Ghatal is composed of the following assembly segments:
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura Election results
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura 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 | Parimal Ghosh | Indian National Congress |