Before 2011, Medinipur was a bastion of the CPM which had been wining the seat since 1967 save for 1977. However, as things stands today, Trinamool Congress is comfortably placed in the constituency. The party runs the Medinipur municipality which forms a part of the constituency. The Left front has not able to gain the confidence of the voters. BJP is also a force to reckon with. TMC has once reposed faith in its sitting MLA Mrigendra Nath Maiti who has been nominated to contest the 2016 elections.
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