Kanthi is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South West Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Kanthi Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 88.35%. There are 14,90,409 voters of which 7,77,345 are male and 7,13,061 are female and 3 voters of the third gender.
Adhikari Sisir Kumar of TMC (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating CPM. TMC polled 6,76,749 of the total of 12,90,811 votes polled. TMC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Kanthi goes to the polls in the 6st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 12, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 86.71%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 31 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,90,409 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,77,345 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,13,061 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 86.71% | 89.99% |
| Margin of Victory | 2,29,490 | 1,29,103 |
| Margin of Victory % | 17.78% | 11.48% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | TMC |
| Turnout % | 86.71% | 89.99% |
| Margin of Victory | 2,29,490 | 1,29,103 |
| Margin of Victory % | 17.78% | 11.48% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 711872 | 49.98% | Adhikari SisirWinner |
| BJP | 600204 | 42.14% | Dr.Debasish Samanta |
| CPI(M) | 76185 | 5.35% | Paritosh Pattanayak |
| INC | 16851 | 1.18% | Dipak Kumar Das |
| Nota | 8687 | 0.61% | Nota |
| SHS | 4147 | 0.29% | Kenaram Misra |
| SUCI | 3297 | 0.23% | Manas Pradhan |
| BSP | 3004 | 0.21% | Barman Khokan |
