Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Bankura
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentDr. Subhas Sarkar
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1951-present
ReservationNone
StateWest Bengal
Total Electors1,503,812[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesRaghunathpur
Saltora
Chhatna
Ranibandh
Raipur
Taldangra
Bankura

Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. While six assembly segments of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Purulia district.

Assembly segments[edit]

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaipuri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 36 Bankura is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
246 Raghunathpur SC Purulia
247 Saltora SC Bankura
248 Chhatna None Bankura
249 Ranibandh ST Bankura
250 Raipur ST Bankura
251 Taldangra None Bankura
252 Bankura None Bankura

Prior to delimitation, Bankura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Para (SC) (assembly constituency no. 240), Raghunathpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 241), Kashipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 242), Hura (assembly constituency no. 243), Chhatna (assembly constituency no. 248), Bankura (assembly constituency no. 251) and Onda (assembly constituency no. 252)

Members of Parliament[edit]

Lok Sabha Duration Constituency Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
First 1952-57 Bankura Pashupati Mandal Indian National Congress[4]
Jagannath Kolay Indian National Congress[4]
Second 1957-62 Ramgati Banerjee Indian National Congress[5]
Pasupati Mandal Indian National Congress[5]
Third 1962-67 Ramgati Banerjee Indian National Congress[6]
Fourth 1967-71 J.M.Biswas Communist Party of India[7]
Fifth 1971-77 Sankar Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress[8]
Sixth 1977-80 Bijoy Mondal Bharatiya Lok Dal[9]
Seventh 1980-84 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
Eighth 1984-89 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11]
Ninth 1989-91 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12]
Tenth 1991-96 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13]
Eleventh 1996-98 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14]
Twelfth 1998-99 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15]
Thirteenth 1999-04 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[16]
Fourteenth 2004-09 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17]
Fifteenth 2009-14 Basudeb Acharia Communist Party of India (Marxist)[18]
Sixteenth 2014-19 Moon Moon Sen All India Trinamool Congress[19]
Seventeen 2019-Incumbent Dr. Subhas Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit]

General election 2019[edit]

Source:Source

Indian general elections,2019: Bankura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Subhas Sarkar 6,75,319 49.2 +28.92
AITC Subrata Mukherjee 5,00,986 36.5 -2.60
CPI (M) Amiya Patra 1,00,282 7.3 -24.02
INC Dipak Kumar Santra 20,472 3.5 -24.02
NOTA None of the Above 14,019 1.02 +1.02
Majority 1,74,333
Turnout 13,72,645 83.25
BJP gain from AITC Swing +28.92

General election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Bankura[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Moon Moon Sen 483,455 39.10 N/A
CPI (M) Basudeb Acharia 384,949 31.05 -16.61
BJP Dr. Subhas Sarkar 251,183 20.31 +15.98
INC Nilmadhab Gupta 22,021 1.78 -35.93
JMM Paresh Marandi 10,229 0.82 -1.15
SUCI(C) Kabita Singhababu 9,125 0.73 N/A
Independent Shyamal Sikdar 9,045 0.73 N/A
CPI(ML)L Sudhir Kumar Murmu 7,979 0.64 -0.17
BMP Hulu Khetrapal 7,564 0.61 N/A
BSP Binoy Chowdhury 7,388 0.59 -0.54
Jharkhand Anushilan Party Prabir Banerjee 6,209 0.50 N/A
JDP Panmani Besra 5,909 0.47 N/A
Independent Gour Chandra Hembrom 4,876 0.39 N/A
JVM(P) Shib Shankar Ghosh 3,105 0.25 N/A
Majority 98,506 8.0% -2.90
Turnout 12,36,319 82.21 -4.57
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing +30.79

General election 2009[edit]

General Election, 2009: Bankura[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Basudeb Acharia 469,223 47.66
INC Subrata Mukherjee 362,421 36.71
BJP Rahul Sinha 42,660 4.33
Independent Lakshmi Sarkar 26,469 2.79
Independent Prabir Banerjee 22,645 2.30
JMM Paresh Marandi 19,440 1.97
JKP (N) Aswini Duley 13,132 1.33
BSP Ganesh Ray 11,083 1.13
CPI(ML)L Sudhir Kumar Murmu 8,007 0.81
JD(U) Byasdeb Chakrabortty 5,554 0.56
RDMP Tapan Kumar Pathak 3,970 0.40
Majority 108,502 10.95
Turnout 984,604 77.64
CPI (M) hold Swing

General elections 1951-2004[edit]

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are generally mentioned below:

Year Voters Voter Turnout Winner Runners up
%age Candidate %age Party Candidate %age Party
1951* 565,367 39.28 Jagganath Koley 19.26 Indian National Congress Atul Patra 15.94 Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
Pashupati Mandal 17.03 Indian National Congress[4]
1957* 609,454 37.77 Pasupati Mandal 25.05 Indian National Congress Biswanath Bauri 13.66 Independent[5]
Ramgati Banerjee 24.78 Indian National Congress
1962 151,859 33.47 Ramgati Banerjee 51.13 Indian National Congress Kanai Lal De 31.34 Praja Socialist Party[6]
1967 273,639 52.55 J.M.Biswas 46.53 Communist Party of India Atulya Ghosh 35.04 Indian National Congress[7]
1971 262,110 48.02 Sankar Narayan Singh Deo 33.01 Indian National Congress Mahadeb Mukherjee 22.64 Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977 320,480 53.11 Bijoy Mondal 57.04 Bharatiya Lok Dal Shankar Narayan Singh Deo 31.04 Indian National Congress[9]
1980 459,860 63.79 Basudeb Acharia 45.04 CPI(M) Shankar Narayan Singh Deo 35.13 Indian National Congress(I)[10]
1984 567,300 73.57 Basudeb Acharia 48.62 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Arun Kumar Bhattacharya 44,23 Indian National Congress[11]
1989 694,890 75.92 Basudeb Acharia 55.91 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ashis Chakrabarty 37.66 Indian National Congress[12]
1991 682,530 72.43 Basudeb Acharia 56.32 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Brajabasi Biswas 28.82 Indian National Congress[13]
1996 7774, 920 77.95 Basudeb Achatia 56.24 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Gouri Sankar Dey 25.61 Indian National Congress[14]
1998 766.640 74.52 Basudeb Acharia 49.42 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sukumar Banerjee 34.51 Bharatiya Janata Party[15]
1999 741,300 71.19 Basudeb Acharia 52.73 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Natabar Bagdi 37.95 Independent[16]
2004 695,980 68.23 Basudeb Acharia 60.07 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Deb Prasad Kundu 26.96 All India Trinamool Congress[17] 
*In 1951 and 1957 Bankura constituency had two seats with one reserved for Scheduled Castes

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

External links[edit]

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