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Kanthi: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Adhikari Sisir Kumar from All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) won the elections by a margin of 229490 votes. The polling / voting in Kanthi constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 6 on 12 May. The major contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party#s Dr Debashish Samant and All India Trinamool Congress#s Sisir Adhikari

Kanthi 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, All India Trinamool Congress won 34 out of the 42 parliamentary seat with 39.8 percent vote share while the Communist Party of India (Marxist) managed to win just 2 seats with a 23 percent vote share.

Voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Kanthi Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 86.61% Lok Sabha percent with 85.45% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 87.87% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 9598 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 7 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Kanthi, 5 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Adhikari Sisir Kumar of the All India Trinamool Congress as he defeated Sinha Tapas by a margin of 229490 votes.

Here are the past results of the Lok Sabha polls in Kanthi constituency in West Bengal

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha poll, All India Trinamool Congress candidate defated Communist Party of India candidate in one-sided contest. Here, AITC candidate Sisir Kumar Adhikari attained 606712 votes and CPM's Prasanta Pradhan bagged 477609 votes.