Bankura Assembly constituency

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Bankura
Constituency No. 252 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Bankura Assembly constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bankura Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Lok Sabha constituency Bankura
Established1951
Total electors172,154
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year 2021

Bankura Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Contents

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 252 Bankura Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bankura municipality; Bankura I community development block; and Junbedia, Mankanali and Purandarpur gram panchayats of Bankura II community development block. [1]

Bankura Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1952 Rakhahari Chatterjee Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
1957 Shishuram Mandal Indian National Congress
1957 Anath Bandhu Roy
1962 Aboni Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1967 S. Mitra Indian National Congress
1969 Bireshwar Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971 Kashinath Misra Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Partha De Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 Kashinath Misra Indian National Congress
1987 Partha De Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991
1996
2001 Kashinath Misra Trinamool Congress
2006 Partha De Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011 Kashinath Misra Trinamool Congress
2012^Minati Misra
2016 Shampa Daripa Indian National Congress
2021 Niladri Sekhar Dana Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bankura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Niladri Sekhar Dana 95,466 43.79 Increase2.svg33.09
AITC Sayantika Banerjee 93,99843.12Increase2.svg0.22
INC Radharani Banerjee13,7646.31Decrease2.svg37.19
NOTA None of the Above4,5072.07Decrease2.svg0.27
Majority 1,4680.67Increase2.svg0.07
Turnout 2,17,98680.79Increase2.svg0.35
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bankura [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Shampa Daripa 83,486 43.50
AITC Minati Mishra82,45742.90
BJP Subhas Sarkar 20,57110.70
NOTA None of the Above4,6072.34
SUCI(C) Swapan Nag2,1381.10
BSP Lal Mohan Malla1,9991.00
BMP Rabindra Hansda1,3990.70
Majority 1,0290.52
Turnout 1,96,65780.44
INC gain from AITC Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

By-election 2012

In 2012, a by-election was necessitated by the death of sitting Trinamool Congress MLA Kashinath Misra . Minati Misra of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Nilanjan Dasgupta of CPI(M) by 15,138 votes. [5]

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bankura [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Kashinath Misra93,83553.93+9.62#
CPI(M) Pratip Mukherjee63,74537.03−8.65
BJP Anil Ghosh5,7323.33
IndependentSwapan Kumar Mondal3,112
BSP Anil Pal1,877
IndependentBijoy Chandra Mondal1,789
JVM(P) Jabbar Sekh1,783
IndependentBhakta Ranjan Nayak1,281
Turnout 172,15480.36
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 17.87#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Partha De of CPI(M) won the Bankura assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Kashinath Mishra of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kashinath Mishra of Trinamool Congress defeated Partha De of CPI(M) in 2001. Partha De of CPI(M) defeated Asis Chakraborty of Congress in 1996, and Kashinath Mishra of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Kashinath Mishra of Congress defeated Partha De of CPI(M) in 1982. Partha De of CPI(M) defeated Anandi Kundu of Janata Party in 1977. [6]

1952-1972

Kashinath Mishra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bireshwar Ghosh of CPI won in 1969. S.Mitra of Congress won in 1967. Aboni Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1962. Bankura had a dual seat in 1957. It was won by Shishuram Mandal and Anath Bandhu Roy, both of Congress. Rakhahari Chatterjee of Hindu Mahasabha won in independent India's first election in 1952. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Bankura". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. 1 2 "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Bankura. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  4. 1 2 "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Bankura. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Trinamul wins bypolls but edge thins". The Telegraph, 16 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "251 - Bankura Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
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