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 1977

Assembly 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

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General election 2014

General election 2009

For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1977-2009 see Panskura

General election 1971

General election 1967

General election 1962

General election 1957

General election 1952

General elections 1951-1971

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearWinnerPartyRunner-upParty
1951Nikunja Behari ChowdhuryCPIMaitreyee BasuIndian National Congress
1957Nikunja Behari MaityIndian National CongressNikunja Behari ChwdhuryCommunist Party of India
1962Sachindra ChaudhuriIndian National CongressManoranjan RoyCommunist Party of India
1967Parimal GhoshIndian National CongressP.KarCommunist Party of India
1971Jagadish BhattacharyyaCommunist Party of India Parimal GhoshIndian National Congress