Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543

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constituencies in

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. The constituency centres on

Diamond Harbour Diamond Harbour () is a town and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It is the headquarters of the Diamond Harbour subdivision. Histor ...

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. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency are in

South 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by ...

district.

Legislative Assembly Segments

As per order of the

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in respect of the

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in the

, Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009:

Members of Parliament

Election Results

General Election 2019

General Election 2014

General Election 2009

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General Election 2004

General Election 1999

General Election 1998

General Election 1996

General Elections 1951-2004

Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency was a double-member constituency in 1951 and 1957. Since then it is a single-member constituency. Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

References

External links

Diamond Harbour lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal Politics of South 24 Parganas district Diamond Harbour