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{{Short description|Former Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
|name = Panskura
| map_image =
| map_caption =
|established = 1977
|abolished = 2009
|reservation = None
|state = [[West Bengal]]
|assembly_cons = As of 2004: [[Daspur Assembly constituency|Daspur]] [[Nandanpur Assembly constituency|Nandanpur]] [[Panskura Paschim Assembly constituency|Panskura West]] [[Sabang Assembly constituency|Sabang]] [[Pingla Assembly constituency|Pingla]] [[Debra Assembly constituency|Debra]] [[Keshpur Assembly constituency|Keshpur (SC)]]
}}

'''Panskura Lok Sabha constituency''' was one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centred on [[Panskura]] in [[West Bengal]].

==Assembly segments==
Prior to delimitation in 2006 Panskura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 2010-10-01 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>
* [[Daspur Assembly constituency|Daspur]] (assembly constituency no. 198)
* [[Nandanpur Assembly constituency|Nandanpur]] (assembly constituency no. 199)
* [[Panskura Paschim Assembly constituency|Panskura West]] (assembly constituency no. 200)
* [[Sabang Assembly constituency|Sabang]] (assembly constituency no. 216)
* [[Pingla Assembly constituency|Pingla]] (assembly constituency no. 217)
* [[Debra Assembly constituency|Debra]] (assembly constituency no. 218)
* [[Keshpur Assembly constituency|Keshpur (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 219)

As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] issued in 2006 in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, Panskura parliamentary constituency will cease to exist; most of the assembly segments of this constituency will be part of new [[Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web | url = http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2009-05-27 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Government of West Bengal | url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | archive-date = 2011-08-13 }}</ref>

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[Abha Maiti]]
| [[Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| rowspan=7|[[Geeta Mukherjee]]
| rowspan=7|[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| [[By-election|2000-By Election]]
| [[Bikram Sarkar]]
| [[Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[Gurudas Dasgupta]]
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|}
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1951-1977 and 2009 onwards, see [[Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency]]

==Election results==
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
|
!Runner-up
|-
|
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|1977
|[[Abha Maiti]]
|[[Janata Party]]
|Phulrenu Guha
|[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title = General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1980
|[[Geeta Mukherjee]]
|Communist Party of India
|Rajani Kanta Dolai
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]<ref name =loksabha1980>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title = General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1984
|Geeta Mukherjee
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|Chittaranjan Chakraborty
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1984>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title = General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1989
|Geeta Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Chittaranjan Chakraborty
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1989>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title = General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1991
|Geeta Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Sudhanshu Bhowmik
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title = General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1996
|Geeta Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Padma Khastgir
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1998
|Geeta Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Saumen Mahapatra
|[[All India Trinamool Congress|West Bengal Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title = General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1999
|Geeta Mukherjee
|Communist Party of India
|Gouri Ghosh
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title = General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|2000(Bye-Election)
|Bikram Sarkar
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|[[Gurudas Dasgupta]]
|Communist Party of India<ref name=byeelection2000>{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Former-Trinamool-MP-to-join-BJP/articleshow/25465381.cms | title = Former Trinamool MP to join BJP| access-date = 3 June 2014 | work = The Times of India }}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Gurudas Dasgupta]]
|Communist Party of India
|Hema Choubey
|All India Trinamool Congress<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|}
[[Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency]] functioned from 1951 to 1971.

===2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election|General Election, 2004]]: [[Panskura]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 (14th Lok Sabha) Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120331000657/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date = 31 March 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Gurudas Dasgupta]]
|votes = 541,513
|percentage = 61.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Hema Choubey
|votes = 262,035
|percentage = 29.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Nazim Ahmed
|votes = 71,006
|percentage = 8.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 279,478
|percentage = 32.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,74,554
|percentage = 86.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link |
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2000 bye-election===
In the Panskura seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]-[[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Geeta Mukherjee]] on 4 March 2000.
The bye election held on 5 June 2000. [[Bikram Sarkar]] of [[Trinamool Congress]] defeated [[Gurudas Dasgupta]] of the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] by 41,491 votes.
{{Election box begin | title=Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2000: Panskura constituency}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Bikram Sarkar]]
|votes = 426,779
|percentage = 50.73
|change = +7.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Gurudas Dasgupta]]
|votes = 385,298
|percentage = 45.80
|change = -3.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Subhankar Sarkar]]
|votes = 20,497
|percentage = 2.44
|change = -22.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Sk. Hafijur Rahaman
|votes = 5,008
|percentage = 0.15
|change = 6.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Sk. Maksud Hossain
|votes = 3,622
|percentage = 0.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 41,491
|percentage = 3.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 96,650
|percentage = 47.69
|change = -6.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India
|swing = +21.27
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[Panskura]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Geeta Mukherjee]]
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 401,431
|percentage = 49.19
|change = -5.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Gouri Ghosh
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 354,573
|percentage = 43.45
|change = +10.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rajani Kanta Dolai
|votes = 65,147
|percentage = 7.39
|change = -4.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Ajit Mallick
|votes = 979
|percentage = 0.12
|change =+1.97
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 46,858
|percentage = 5.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,16,130
|percentage = 83.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = Communist Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: [[Panskura]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Geeta Mukherjee]]
|votes = 450,092
|percentage = 54.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Somen Mahapatra|Dr. Soumen Mahapatra]]
|votes = 270,549
|percentage = 33.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sandhya De
|votes = 99,439
|percentage = 12.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 179,543
|percentage = 21.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,20,080
|percentage = 85.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1996===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: [[Panskura]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Geeta Mukherjee]]
|votes = 455,424
|percentage = 54.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Padma Khastgir
|votes = 360,026
|percentage = 41.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Amitabh Nayak
|votes = 15,563
|percentage = 1.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Durgapada Hansda
|votes = 9,265
|percentage = 1.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Rabindra Kumar Ghosh
|votes = 3,794
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Purshottam Upaddhay
|votes = 930
|percentage = 0.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Subhash Prakash Pal
|votes = 891
|percentage = 0.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|candidate = Sk. Manoray Ali
|votes = 824
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 95,398
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,30,707
|percentage = 89.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1991===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Indian general election]]: [[Panskura]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Geeta Mukherjee]]
|votes = 391,509
|percentage = 54.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sudhansu Bhowmik
|votes = 265,209
|percentage = 37.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pannalal Bhattacharya
|votes = 42,059
|percentage = 5.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Manik Maity
|votes = 4,121
|percentage = 0.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Party
|candidate = Jagdiswar Panja
|votes = 3,874
|percentage = 0.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Mukesh Maity
|votes = 1,708
|percentage = 0.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Rabindra Kumar Ghosh
|votes = 1,328
|percentage = 0.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress (Socialist)
|candidate = Sikari Dhobey
|votes = 1,278
|percentage = 0.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Purusottamlal Upaddhyay
|votes = 1,203
|percentage = 0.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 126,300
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,20,080
|percentage = 85.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1989===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1989 Indian general election]]: [[Panskura]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Geeta Mukherjee]]
|votes = 422,979
|percentage = 58.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Chittaranjan Chakraborty
|votes = 296,628
|percentage = 40.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Party (Naren)
|candidate = Kalipada Murmu
|votes = 3,984
|percentage = 0.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Kanailal Ghorai
|votes = 3,659
|percentage = 0.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Jagat Shaw
|votes = 558
|percentage = 0.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 126,351
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,27,759
|percentage = 85.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1984===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1984 Indian general election]]: [[Panskura]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Geeta Mukherjee]]
|votes = 321,694
|percentage = 53.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Chittaranjan Chakraborty
|votes = 273,818
|percentage = 45.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
|candidate = Jagadiswar Panja
|votes = 2,115
|percentage = 0.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Dubraj Saren
|votes = 1,874
|percentage = 0.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Shikari Dhoby
|votes = 383
|percentage = 0.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 47,876
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,99,884
|percentage = 85.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1980===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1980 Indian general election]]: [[Panskura]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = [[Geeta Mukherjee]]
|votes = 296,528
|percentage = 57.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
|candidate = Rajani Kanta Dolai
|votes = 198,298
|percentage = 37.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress (Urs)
|candidate = [[Phulrenu Guha]]
|votes = 188,195
|percentage = 34.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Party
|candidate = [[Abha Maiti]]
|votes = 23,997
|percentage = 4.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Party (Secular)
|candidate = Saswati Prasad Bag
|votes = 1,713
|percentage = 0.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 98,230
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,10,536
|percentage = 83.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India
|loser = Janata Party
|swing =
}}

{{Election box end}}

===General election 1977===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Indian general election]]: [[Panskura]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Party
|candidate = [[Abha Maiti]]
|votes = 230,704
|percentage = 63.51%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Phulrenu Guha]]
|votes = 132,567
|percentage = 36.49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 98,137
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,63,271
|percentage = 71.78%
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Janata Party
}}

{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{Paschim Medinipur topics}}
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[[Category:Former Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Former constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]

Panskura Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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