Kumar Rakesh
With the impending Lok Sabha elections, each political party has begun preparing at their own level. Among the contestants for the nation’s largest Panchayat Parliament, West Bengal stands out. Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress, has declared that she will run for office alone in the state, rather than distancing herself from the India Alliance of opposition parties. The state has forty-two Lok Sabha seats, many of them are well-known. Medinipur is one such Lok Sabha seat. 90% Dilip Ghosh, a Former President of the Bengal BJP, presently serves as the MP for the Medinipur Lok Sabha seat. It is likely that the party will be able to field him as a candidate in the Lok Sabha elections of 2024. The Trinamool Congress has the power to alter the candidate. Additionally, CPI(M) and Congress may independently field common candidates. Dilip Ghosh of the Trinamool Congress defeated Manas Ranjan Bhuyan by 88,952 votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Bhuiyan received five lakh 96 thousand 481 votes, while Ghosh received six lakh 85 thousand 433.
What constitutional significance does this location have?
Geographically speaking, the rivers Kansavati, Haldi, Keleghai, and Swarnarekha encircle this district. It was not until 1951 that this parliamentary constituency was established. In Medinipur, there are 960 females for every 1000 males, or a sex ratio of 960. Here, people are literate. Men have a literacy rate of 92%, while women have an 83% rate. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the All India Trinamool Congress and CPI faced off in Medinipur, while the Trinamool Congress and CPM fought each other throughout West Bengal. 2009 saw Deepak Kumar Ghosh of the All India Trinamool Congress come in second place and Prabodh Panda of the CPI win.
This was the political past
This was the ancient kingdom of Hijli and Gajapati. Medinipur boasts an illustrious past in the fight for independence. This area is also home to the globally renowned IIT Kharagpur. Leftism had an impact in this area in the 1960s, with a total voter population of 14 lakh 99 thousand 673. The residence of late MP Narayan Choubey and late Union Home Minister Inderjit Gupta has also been determined to be in this area. Inderjit Gupta passed away in 2002, and CPI leader Prabodh Panda was elected as an MP three times from this area. But in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Panda was defeated and Sandhya Rai of the Trinamool party won.
Assembly Position
This covers the following seven assembly constituencies: Egra of Purba Medinipur district, Keshiyadi, Dantan, Narayangarh, Kharagpur Sadar, and Kharagpur, Medinipur. In Keshiyadi, Bhasraghat Bridge Aranya Kanya was opened in 2016. Panchayats are reliant on one another to carry out government programs.
Voter statistics
Currently, the Medinipur Lok Sabha is divided into 7 assembly constituencies. There are 8 lakh 26 thousand 29 male voters out of them. There are eight lakh 48 thousand 191 female voters. Sixteen voters identify as third gender. 14 lakh 9 thousand 815 people cast ballots in total in 2019. Out of them, there were seven lakh 13 thousand 838 male voters and six lakh 93 thousand 138 female voters. In 2019, 84.21% of voters cast ballots.
