Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency (earlier known as Contai Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543

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constituencies in

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. The constituency centres on

Contai Contai is a coastal and subdivisional city and a municipality in East Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Contai subdivision. Etymology In the 5th century, during the visit of Faxian, Fa-Hien, Contai was uninh ...

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. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. As per census 2011 Hindus form 89.7% of electors rest by Muslims, Sikhs and others.

Assembly segments

As per the order of the

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issued in 2006 in respect of the

delimitation of constituencies Electoral boundary delimitation (or simply boundary delimitation or delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries of electoral precincts and related divisions involved in elections, such as states, counties or other municipalities.Bhagabanpur Bhagabanpur is a village, in Bhagabanpur I CD block in Egra subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Bhagabanpur is located at . Police station Bhagabanpur police station has jurisdictio ...

(assembly constituency no. 208), Khajuri (SC) (assembly constituency no. 209), Contai North (assembly constituency no. 210), Contai South (assembly constituency no. 211), Ramnagar (assembly constituency no. 212),

Egra Egra is a town in Purba Medinipur, East Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Egra subdivision. The ancient name of Egra was "Agrapattan". Geography Location Egra is located at . It has an ave ...

(assembly constituency no. 213) and Mugberia (assembly constituency no. 214)

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2024

General election 2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

General election 2004

General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

References

External links

Kanthi lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal Politics of Purba Medinipur district