Tamluk, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results

Tamluk (West Bengal) was won by Adhikari Dibyendu (All India Trinamool Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 190,165 votes over Sidharthashankar Naskar. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Tamluk, West Bengal, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1951 Samanta, Satish Chandra Indian National Congress 101,109 39.6% Tripati Hrishikesh (KMPP) 17,769 (7.0 pts)
1957 Satish Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress 158,464 50.8% Gobinda Chandra Bhowmik (FBM) 22,274 (7.1 pts)
1962 Satis Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress 189,020 53.4% Gobinda Chandra Bhowmick (FB) 36,621 (10.3 pts)
1967 S. C. Samanta BAC 278,623 68.5% G. Bhowmik (Indian National Congress) 150,324 (36.9 pts)
1971 Satis Chandra Samanta BAC 142,294 36.1% Aruna Asaf Ali (Communist Party of India) 7,271 (1.8 pts)
1977 Sushil Kumar Dhara Bharatiya Lok Dal 254,049 61.6% Satis Chandra Samanta (Indian National Congress) 118,575 (28.8 pts)
1980 Misra Satyagopal CPI (Marxist) 307,864 57.0% Shyam Das Bhattacharyya (Congress (I)) 123,051 (22.8 pts)
1984 Mishra Satyagopal CPI (Marxist) 313,955 49.9% Saradindu Samanta (Indian National Congress) 11,692 (1.9 pts)
1989 Satyagopal Mistra CPI (Marxist) 392,393 50.0% Joyanta Bhattacharyya (Indian National Congress) 24,656 (3.1 pts)
1991 Satyagopal Misra CPI (Marxist) 352,139 46.2% Jayanta Bhattacharya (Indian National Congress) 1,062 (0.1 pts)
1996 Jayanta Bhattacharya Indian National Congress 450,473 48.7% Seth Lakshman Chandra (CPI (Marxist)) 7,910 (0.9 pts)
1998 Lakshman Chandra Seth CPI (Marxist) 477,516 51.2% Nirmalendu Bhattacherjee (West Bengal Trinamool Congress) 87,952 (9.4 pts)
1999 Lakshman Chandra Seth CPI (Marxist) 455,168 50.0% Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee (All India Trinamool Congress) 54,826 (6.0 pts)
2004 Seth Lakshman Chandra CPI (Marxist) 507,228 49.0% Adhikari Suvendu (All India Trinamool Congress) 57,380 (5.5 pts)
2009 Adhikari Suvendu All India Trinamool Congress 637,664 55.5% Lakshman Chandra Seth (CPI (Marxist)) 172,958 (15.1 pts)
2014 Adhikari Suvendu All India Trinamool Congress 716,928 53.6% Sekh Ibrahim Ali (CPI (Marxist)) 246,481 (18.4 pts)
2019 Adhikari Dibyendu All India Trinamool Congress 724,433 50.4% Sidharthashankar Naskar (Bharatiya Janata Party) 190,165 (13.2 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Samanta, Satish Chandra Indian National Congress 101,109 39.6%
Tripati Hrishikesh KMPP 83,340 32.6%
Bhowmik Gobinda Chandra FBL(MG) 70,930 27.8%

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satish Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress 158,464 50.8%
Gobinda Chandra Bhowmik FBM 136,190 43.6%
Suryya Kumar Chakravarty Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 17,582 5.6%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satis Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress 189,020 53.4%
Gobinda Chandra Bhowmick FB 152,399 43.0%
Suryya Kumar Chakravartty Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 12,615 3.6%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. C. Samanta BAC 278,623 68.5%
G. Bhowmik Indian National Congress 128,299 31.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satis Chandra Samanta BAC 142,294 36.1%
Aruna Asaf Ali Communist Party of India 135,023 34.3%
Satya Gopal Misra CPI (Marxist) 58,872 15.0%
Subodh Chandra Maiti Congress (O) 53,456 13.6%
Gobinda Bhowmik Independent 3,988 1.0%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sushil Kumar Dhara Bharatiya Lok Dal 254,049 61.6%
Satis Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress 135,474 32.9%
Surendra Nath Gharai Independent 13,950 3.4%
Asutosh Samanta SUC 8,682 2.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Misra Satyagopal CPI (Marxist) 307,864 57.0%
Shyam Das Bhattacharyya Congress (I) 184,813 34.2%
Paasanta Kumar Gayen Janata Party 17,097 3.2%
Sushil Kumar Dhara Janata Party (Secular) 15,509 2.9%
Asutosh Samanta SUC 9,435 1.7%
Sridhar Chandra Douli Independent 2,694 0.5%
Bhaktipada Mandal Independent 1,637 0.3%
Sitangsu Sekhar Das Independent 1,263 0.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mishra Satyagopal CPI (Marxist) 313,955 49.9%
Saradindu Samanta Indian National Congress 302,263 48.1%
Asutosh Samanta SUC 9,278 1.5%
Sridhar Chandra Dolui Independent 1,831 0.3%
Sitangsu Sekhar Das Independent 1,004 0.2%
Swapan Maity Independent 423 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satyagopal Mistra CPI (Marxist) 392,393 50.0%
Joyanta Bhattacharyya Indian National Congress 367,737 46.9%
Ashuttosh Samanta Independent 12,305 1.6%
Arun Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party 5,100 0.7%
Aloke Das Independent 3,204 0.4%
Ajit Kumar Das Bahujan Samaj Party 2,431 0.3%
Dinesh Sarkar Independent 850 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satyagopal Misra CPI (Marxist) 352,139 46.2%
Jayanta Bhattacharya Indian National Congress 351,077 46.0%
Bhholanath Dinda Bharatiya Janata Party 33,425 4.4%
Jatin Pakhira Independent 12,640 1.7%
Ashutosh Samanta Independent 12,201 1.6%
Jagat Sau DDP 1,368 0.2%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jayanta Bhattacharya Indian National Congress 450,473 48.7%
Seth Lakshman Chandra CPI (Marxist) 442,563 47.8%
Saswati Bag Bharatiya Janata Party 19,475 2.1%
Ashutosh Samanta Independent 10,330 1.1%
Ananta Kumar Das Independent 1,029 0.1%
Muktinath Bag Independent 976 0.1%
Shishir Kumar Panda Independent 669 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lakshman Chandra Seth CPI (Marxist) 477,516 51.2%
Nirmalendu Bhattacherjee West Bengal Trinamool Congress 389,564 41.8%
Jayanta Bhattacharya Indian National Congress 56,538 6.1%
Asutosh Samanta Independent 7,542 0.8%
Ananta Kumar Paul AJBP 837 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Lakshman Chandra Seth CPI (Marxist) 455,168 50.0%
Nirmalendu Bhattacharjee All India Trinamool Congress 400,342 44.0%
Manik Bhowmik Indian National Congress 44,622 4.9%
Srikesh Pramanik Independent 7,623 0.8%
Buddhadeb Jana Independent 1,105 0.1%
Bhakti Adhikari Independent 822 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Seth Lakshman Chandra CPI (Marxist) 507,228 49.0%
Adhikari Suvendu All India Trinamool Congress 449,848 43.5%
Sudarsan Panja Indian National Congress 34,794 3.4%
Ajit Das Bahujan Samaj Party 14,087 1.4%
Manab Bera Independent 13,339 1.3%
Hossain Mahmud Shaikh Independent 6,239 0.6%
Trilochan Kuila Samajwadi Party 6,082 0.6%
Bhakti Adhikary Independent 3,652 0.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Adhikari Suvendu All India Trinamool Congress 637,664 55.5%
Lakshman Chandra Seth CPI (Marxist) 464,706 40.5%
Rajyashree Chaudhuri Bharatiya Janata Party 20,573 1.8%
Jahed Sek AUDF 8,486 0.7%
Manoranjan Mandal Bahujan Samaj Party 5,891 0.5%
Sheikh Nurul Islam Independent 5,401 0.5%
Manik Chandra Mondal LJP 2,044 0.2%
Bhakti Adhikary Independent 1,985 0.2%
Abdur Rejak Seikh Independent 1,456 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Adhikari Suvendu All India Trinamool Congress 716,928 53.6%
Sekh Ibrahim Ali CPI (Marxist) 470,447 35.2%
Badsha Alam Bharatiya Janata Party 86,265 6.4%
Anwar Ali Sk Indian National Congress 29,645 2.2%
None Of The Above Independent 11,643 0.9%
Bibekananda Ray SUCI(C) 10,197 0.8%
Rajyashree Chaudhuri Independent 3,609 0.3%
Kamal Bag Bahujan Samaj Party 3,110 0.2%
Kalisankar Jana Independent 2,658 0.2%
Abdur Rezak Sk Independent 1,682 0.1%
Manik Chandra Mondal IUML 1,500 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Adhikari Dibyendu All India Trinamool Congress 724,433 50.4%
Sidharthashankar Naskar Bharatiya Janata Party 534,268 37.2%
Sk Ibrahim Ali CPI (Marxist) 136,129 9.5%
Lakshman Chandra Seth Indian National Congress 16,001 1.1%
Madhusudan Bera SUCI(C) 6,008 0.4%
Marphat Ali Khan Independent 4,750 0.3%
Makhan Mahapatra Bahujan Samaj Party 4,496 0.3%
Satadal Metya Shiv Sena 3,197 0.2%
Adak Sukomal Independent 2,486 0.2%
Dhananjoy Dalai Independent 1,631 0.1%
Motyar Rahaman BPP 1,341 0.1%
Sankar Mondal RJAP 1,226 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1951: Indian National Congress margin 7.0 pts 1957: Indian National Congress margin 7.1 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 10.3 pts 1967: BAC margin 36.9 pts 1971: BAC margin 1.8 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 28.8 pts 1980: CPI (Marxist) margin 22.8 pts 1984: CPI (Marxist) margin 1.9 pts 1989: CPI (Marxist) margin 3.1 pts 1991: CPI (Marxist) margin 0.1 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 0.9 pts 1998: CPI (Marxist) margin 9.4 pts 1999: CPI (Marxist) margin 6.0 pts 2004: CPI (Marxist) margin 5.5 pts 2009: All India Trinamool Congress margin 15.1 pts 2014: All India Trinamool Congress margin 18.4 pts 2019: All India Trinamool Congress margin 13.2 pts 1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Tamluk has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, BAC, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), All India Trinamool Congress.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Tamluk in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Adhikari Dibyendu (All India Trinamool Congress) won Tamluk, West Bengal, in 2019 with 724,433 votes (50.4%), a margin of 190,165 votes over Sidharthashankar Naskar.

Which parties have won Tamluk since 1951?

Since 1951, Tamluk has been won by: All India Trinamool Congress, BAC, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Tamluk?

The closest result on record for Tamluk was 1991, when CPI (Marxist) beat Indian National Congress by just 1,062 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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