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 Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Contai subdivision. It is the second most populated city of the district.According to the geologists, t ...

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. All the seven assembly segments of No. 31 Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency are in

Purba Medinipur district Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ...

Assembly segments

As per order of the

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issued in 2006 in respect of the

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in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 31 Kanthi is composed of the following segments: Prior to delimitation, Contai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:

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 jurisdiction ...

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

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(assembly constituency no. 212),

Egra Egra is a town in Purba 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 average elevation o ...

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

Members of Parliament

Election results

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