TAMLUK
Constituency no. 30 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called TAMLUK. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2004
Seth Lakshman Chandra
CPM
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 7 of 16
Margin, 2004
57,380
5.54% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
AITCAdhikari Suvendu
- Votes
- 4,49,848
- Vote share
- 43.45%
- Behind by
- 57,380
Electors
11,85,781
Total votes polled
10,35,269
Valid votes
10,35,269
NOTA votes
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Turnout
87.3%
Full result, 2004
8 candidates · 10,35,269 valid votes
Seth Lakshman ChandraCPMwon
5,07,228
49.0%
Adhikari SuvenduAITC
4,49,848
43.5%
Sudarsan PanjaINC
34,794
3.4%
Ajit DasBSP
14,087
1.4%
Manab BeraIND
13,339
1.3%
Hossain Mahmud ShaikhIND
6,239
0.6%
Trilochan KuilaSP
6,082
0.6%
Bhakti AdhikaryIND
3,652
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ABHIJIT GANGOPADHYAY | BJP | 7,65,584 | 48.54% | DEBANGSHU BHATTACHARYA | 77,733 |
| 2019 | Adhikari Dibyendu | AITC | 7,24,433 | 50.08% | Sidharthashankar Naskar | 1,90,165 |
| 2014 | ADHIKARI SUVENDU | AITC | 7,16,928 | 53.59% | SEKH IBRAHIM ALI | 2,46,481 |
| 2009 | ADHIKARI SUVENDU | AITC | 6,37,664 | 55.54% | LAKSHMAN CHANDRA SETH | 1,72,958 |
| 2004 | Seth Lakshman Chandra | CPM | 5,07,228 | 48.99% | Adhikari Suvendu | 57,380 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the TAMLUK constituency in 2024?
ABHIJIT GANGOPADHYAY (BJP) won TAMLUK in 2024, by a margin of 77,733 votes.
Which party has won TAMLUK the most times?
CPM, with 7 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has TAMLUK gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2024.
Who has won TAMLUK the most times?
ADHIKARI SUVENDU, with 2 wins between 2009 and 2014.
