Bankura Lok Sabha constituency

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Bankura
WB-36
Lok Sabha constituency
Bankura Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bankura Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituencies Raghunathpur
Saltora
Chhatna
Ranibandh
Raipur
Taldangra
Bankura
Established1951
Total electors1,503,812 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2019

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.

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Assembly segments

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 Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg
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 numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictParty
(as of 2021)
246 Raghunathpur SC Purulia BJP
247 Saltora SC Bankura BJP
248 Chhatna None Bankura BJP
249 Ranibandh ST Bankura TMC
250 Raipur ST Bankura TMC
251 Taldangra None Bankura TMC
252 Bankura None Bankura BJP

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

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
First 1952-57Bankura Pashupati Mandal Indian National Congress [4]
Jagannath Kolay [4]
Second 1957-62Ramgati Banerjee [5]
Pasupati Mandal [5]
Third 1962-67Ramgati Banerjee [6]
Fourth 1967-71J.M.Biswas Communist Party of India [7]
Fifth 1971-77 Sankar Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress [8]
Sixth 1977-80 Bijoy Mondal Janata Party [9]
Seventh 1980-84 Basudeb Acharia [10] [11] [12]

[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Communist Party of India
Eighth 1984-89
Ninth 1989-91
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-04
Fourteenth 2004-09
Fifteenth 2009-14
Sixteenth 2014-19 Moon Moon Sen All India Trinamool Congress [19]
Seventeen2019-Incumbent Subhas Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Bankura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dr. Subhas Sarkar
AITC Arup Chakraborty
CPI(M) Nilanjan Dasgupta
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2019

Indian general elections,2019: Bankura [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dr. Subhas Sarkar 675,319 49.2 +28.92
AITC Subrata Mukherjee 5,00,98636.5-2.60
CPI(M) Amiya Patra1,00,2827.3-24.02
Independent Milan Mandi14,9421.1
None of the Above None of the Above14,0191.02+1.02
Independent Bibhuti Sardar12,3720.9
Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha PartyAnimesh Mal9,1230.7
SHS Subhash Sarkar9,0720.7
BSP Mahadeb Bauri6,7070.5
Independent Abdul Rahim Mallik5,8190.4
SUCI(C) Dr. Tanmay Mandal5,6790.4
Independent Shyamal Kumar Palit5,0340.4
JHAP Prabir Banerjee4,1640.3
RJSP Ananda Kumar Saren3,2280.2
CPI(ML) Red Star Sukchand Saren2,8890.2
JPP Gour Chandra Hembram2,2200.2
Majority1,74,33312.7
Turnout 13,72,64583.25
BJP gain from AITC Swing +28.92

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bankura [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Moon Moon Sen 483,45539.10N/A
CPI(M) Basudeb Acharia 384,94931.05-16.61
BJP Dr. Subhas Sarkar 251,18320.31+15.98
INC Nilmadhab Gupta22,0211.78-35.93
JMM Paresh Marandi10,2290.82-1.15
SUCI(C) Kabita Singhababu9,1250.73N/A
Independent Shyamal Sikdar9,0450.73N/A
CPI(ML)L Sudhir Kumar Murmu7,9790.64-0.17
BMP Hulu Khetrapal7,5640.61N/A
BSP Binoy Chowdhury7,3880.59-0.54
Jharkhand Anushilan PartyPrabir Banerjee6,2090.50N/A
JDP Panmani Besra5,9090.47N/A
Independent Gour Chandra Hembrom4,8760.39N/A
JVM(P) Shib Shankar Ghosh3,1050.25N/A
Majority98,5068.0%-2.90
Turnout 12,36,31982.21-4.57
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +30.79

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Bankura [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Basudeb Acharia 469,22347.66
INC Subrata Mukherjee 362,42136.71
BJP Rahul Sinha42,6604.33
Independent Lakshmi Sarkar26,4692.79
Independent Prabir Banerjee22,6452.30
JMM Paresh Marandi19,4401.97
JKP (N)Aswini Duley13,1321.33
BSP Ganesh Ray11,0831.13
CPI(ML)L Sudhir Kumar Murmu8,0070.81
JD(U) Byasdeb Chakrabortty5,5540.56
RDMPTapan Kumar Pathak3,9700.40
Majority108,50210.95
Turnout 984,60477.64
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1951-2004

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

YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1951*565,36739.28Jagganath Koley19.26 Indian National Congress Atul Patra15.94 Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
Pashupati Mandal17.03Indian National Congress [4]
1957*609,45437.77Pasupati Mandal25.05Indian National CongressBiswanath Bauri13.66Independent [5]
Ramgati Banerjee24.78Indian National Congress
1962151,85933.47Ramgati Banerjee51.13Indian National CongressKanai Lal De31.34 Praja Socialist Party [6]
1967273,63952.55J.M.Biswas46.53 Communist Party of India Atulya Ghosh 35.04Indian National Congress [7]
1971262,11048.02Sankar Narayan Singh Deo33.01Indian National CongressMahadeb Mukherjee22.64 Communist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
1977320,48053.11Bijoy Mondal57.04 Bharatiya Lok Dal Shankar Narayan Singh Deo31.04Indian National Congress [9]
1980459,86063.79 Basudeb Acharia 45.04 CPI(M) Shankar Narayan Singh Deo35.13Indian National Congress(I) [10]
1984567,30073.57Basudeb Acharia48.62Communist Party of India (Marxist)Arun Kumar Bhattacharya44,23Indian National Congress [11]
1989694,89075.92Basudeb Acharia55.91Communist Party of India (Marxist)Ashis Chakrabarty37.66Indian National Congress [12]
1991682,53072.43Basudeb Acharia56.32Communist Party of India (Marxist)Brajabasi Biswas28.82Indian National Congress [13]
19967774, 92077.95Basudeb Achatia56.24Communist Party of India (Marxist)Gouri Sankar Dey25.61Indian National Congress [14]
1998766.64074.52Basudeb Acharia49.42Communist Party of India (Marxist)Sukumar Banerjee34.51 Bharatiya Janata Party [15]
1999741,30071.19Basudeb Acharia52.73Communist Party of India (Marxist)Natabar Bagdi37.95Independent [16]
2004695,98068.23Basudeb Acharia60.07Communist Party of India (Marxist)Deb Prasad Kundu26.96 All India Trinamool Congress [17] 
*In 1951 and 1957 Bankura constituency had two seats with one reserved for Scheduled Castes

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