In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress | 790725 | 0 | 402 | 791127 | 56.15 | Winner |
| Nilanjan Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | 470047 | 0 | 486 | 470533 | 33.39 | 1st Runner-up |
| Dr. Fuad Halim | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) | 93833 | 0 | 108 | 93941 | 6.67 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Soumya Aich Roy | Indian National Congress | 19819 | 0 | 9 | 19828 | 1.41 | 3rd Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 16242 | 0 | 5 | 16247 | 1.15 | 4th Runner-up |
| Subrata Bose | Independent | 5555 | 0 | 0 | 5555 | 0.39 | 5th Runner-up |
| Md. Goribulla Molla | Bahujan Samaj Party | 2907 | 0 | 4 | 2911 | 0.21 | 6th Runner-up |
| Prabir Sarkar | Independent | 2743 | 0 | 1 | 2744 | 0.19 | 7th Runner-up |
| Santosh Kumar | Shivsena | 2252 | 0 | 0 | 2252 | 0.16 | 8th Runner-up |
| Swarnalata Sarkar | Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | 0.14 | 9th Runner-up |
| Ajay Ghosh | Socialist Unity Centre Of India (Communist) | 1846 | 0 | 0 | 1846 | 0.13 | 10th Runner-up |
One of the 42 parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal, Diamond Harbour represents the city of Diamond Harbour which is located in the South 24 Parganas District. The Diamond Harbour Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 21) has a total of 1,302,398 electorates out of which 609,373 are females and 693,025 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports. It was formed prior to the 1951 elections and comprises of seven segments with one being reserved for the SC category. The city of Diamond Harbour lies on the banks of Hooghly River, in south Kolkata, and is a considered to be a popular tourist destination of the state. It is located at a distance of about 53 km from the city of Kolkata and is located near Bay of Bengal. It covers a total area of over 60 sq km.
The city has a total population of over 35,000 with around 10% population being under the age of six. About 51% of the population is male and the sex ratio is 960 females per 1000 males. The average literacy rate of Diamond Harbour is 72%. This city is the home to the oldest cantonment of the Indian military and Police Training academy in West Bengal. There are no major industries in the area but small industries of cargo and food processing are located here. National Highway NH-117 connects it to Howrah and Kolkata.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Diamond Harbour Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Diamond Harbour parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Diamond Harbour constituency is Shri Abhishek Banerjee of AITC.| Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 21 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Abhishek Banerjee | M | AITC | 508481 | Dr. Abul Hasnat | M | CPM | 437183 |
| 2009 | 21 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Mitra,Shri Somendra Nath | M | AITC | 564612 | Samik Lahiri | M | CPM | 412923 |
| 2004 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Samik Lahiri | M | CPM | 430890 | Saugata Roy | M | AITC | 277106 |
| 1999 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Samik Lahiri | M | CPM | 402761 | Sardar Amjad Ali | M | AITC | 331598 |
| 1998 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Samik Lahiri | M | CPM | 405048 | Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar | M | WBTC | 344092 |
| 1996 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Samik Lahiri | M | CPM | 411844 | Amjad Ali Sardar | M | INC | 389318 |
| 1991 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Amal Dutta | M | CPM | 338884 | Maya Ghosh (W) | F | INC | 293372 |
| 1989 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Amal Datta | M | CPM | 374532 | Maya Ghosh | F | INC | 331487 |
| 1984 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Amal Datta | M | CPM | 281271 | Sudhendu Mundle | M | INC | 276598 |
| 1982 | Bye Pol | Diamond Harbour | GEN | A.Datta | M | CPM | 296980 | J.Abedin | M | INC | 180757 |
| 1980 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Jyotirmoy Basu | M | CPM | 310406 | A.K.M. Ishaque | M | INC(I) | 164474 |
| 1977 | 17 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Jyotirmoy Basu | M | CPM | 267890 | Biren Mahanti | M | INC | 111486 |
| 1971 | 16 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Jyotirmoy Basu | M | CPM | 204987 | Ambar Prosad Bandopadhaya | M | INC | 131651 |
| 1967 | 16 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | J. Basu | M | CPM | 196176 | S. B. Das | M | INC | 125202 |
| 1957 | 24 | Diamond Harbour | (SC) | Kansari Halder | M | CPI | 247785 | Nalini Kanta Halder | M | INC | 236192 |
| 1957 | 24 | Diamond Harbour | (SC) | Purnindu Sekhar Naskar | M | INC | 245266 | Kamal Basu | M | CPI | 244763 |
| 1951 | 22 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Basu Kamal | M | CPI | 120982 | Prosad Mahabir | M | INC | 98677 |
| 1951 | 22 | Diamond Harbour | GEN | Naskar Purnendu Sekhar | M | INC | 118671 | Kayal Paresh Nath | M | BJS | 94208 |
*PC = Parliamentary Constituency
List of Assembly Constituencies in Diamond Harbour Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Diamond Harbour parliamentary constituency.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Harbour | Falta | Satgachhia |
| Bishnupur (SC) | Maheshtala | Budge Budge |
| Metiaburuz | ||
Last Updated on June 26, 2019