Panskura Lok Sabha constituency

Panskura
Panskura
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	As of 2004:; Daspur ; Nandanpur ; Panskura West ; Sabang ; Pingla ; Debra ; Keshpur (SC)
Established	1977
Abolished	2009
Reservation	None

Last updated November 11, 2023

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

Assembly segments
Members of Parliament
By session of parliament
Election results
General election 2004
2000 bye-election
General election 1999
General election 1998
General election 1996
General election 1991
General election 1989
General election 1984
General election 1980
General election 1977
See also
References

Assembly segments

Prior to delimitation in 2006 Panskura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Daspur (assembly constituency no. 198)
Nandanpur (assembly constituency no. 199)
Panskura West (assembly constituency no. 200)
Sabang (assembly constituency no. 216)
Pingla (assembly constituency no. 217)
Debra (assembly constituency no. 218)
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.^[2]

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1977	Abha Maiti	Janata Party
1980	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
1984	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
1989	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
1991	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
1996	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
1998	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
1999	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
Bye Election,2000	Bikram Sarkar	All India Trinamool Congress
2004	Gurudas Dasgupta	Communist Party of India

By session of parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party affiliation
Sixth	1977-80	Panskura	Abha Maiti	Janata Party ^[3]
Seventh	1980-84		Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India ^[4]
Eighth	1984-89		Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India^[5]
Ninth	1989-91		Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India^[6]
Tenth	1991-96		Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India ^[7]
Eleventh	1996-98		Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India ^[8]
Twelfth	1998-99		Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India ^[9]
Thirteenth	1999-2000		Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India^[10]
	2000-04		Bikram Sarkar	All India Trinamool Congress ^[11]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Gurudas Dasgupta	Communist Party of India ^[12]

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:

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1977	Abha Maiti	Bharatiya Lok Dal	Phulrenu Guha	Indian National Congress ^[3]
1980	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Rajani Kanta Dolai	Indian National Congress (I) ^[4]
1984	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Chittaranjan Chakraborty	Indian National Congress^[5]
1989	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Chittaranjan Chakraborty	Indian National Congress^[6]
1991	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Sudhanshu Bhowmik	Indian National Congress^[7]
1996	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Padma Khastgir	Indian National Congress^[8]
1998	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Saumen Mahapatra	West Bengal Trinamool Congress ^[9]
1999	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Gouri Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress ^[10]
2000(Bye-Election)	Bikram Sarkar	All India Trinamool Congress	Gurudas Dasgupta	Communist Party of India^[11]
2004	Gurudas Dasgupta	Communist Party of India	Hema Choubey	All India Trinamool Congress^[12]

Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency functioned from 1951 to 1971.

General election 2004

General Election, 2004: Panskura ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Gurudas Dasgupta	541,513	61.92
	TMC	Hema Choubey	262,035	30.10
	INC	Nazim Ahmed	71,006	8.01
Majority			279,478	31.92
Turnout			8,74,554	86.35
	CPI gain from TMC		Swing

2000 bye-election

In the Panskura seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting CPI-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 CPI by 41,491 votes.

Indian Parliamentary bye election, 2000: Panskura constituency
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC	Bikram Sarkar	426,779	50.73	+7.28
	CPI	Gurudas Dasgupta	385,298	45.80	-3.40
	INC	Subhankar Sarkar	20,497	2.44	-22.07
	Independent	Sk. Hafijur Rahaman	5,008	0.15	6.74
	Independent	Sk. Maksud Hossain	3,622	0.43
Majority			41,491	3.83
Turnout			96,650	47.69	-6.7
	TMC gain from CPI		Swing	+21.27

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Panskura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	401,458	49.20	-5.06
	TMC	Gouri Ghosh	354,573	43.45	+10.95
	INC	Rajani Kanta Dolai	65,147	7.25	-17.97
	Independent	Ajit Mallick	979	0.12	+1.97
Majority			46,885	5.7
Turnout			8,16,130	83.55
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Panskura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	450,092	54.26
	Trinamool Congress	Dr. Soumen Mahapatra	270,549	32.50
	INC	Sandhya De	99,439	12.00
Majority			179,543	21.60
Turnout			8,20,080	85.99
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Panskura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	455,424	54.82
	INC	Padma Khastgir	360,026	41.41
	BJP	Amitabh Nayak	15,563	1.87
	Independent	Durgapada Hansda	9,265	1.12
	Independent	Rabindra Kumar Ghosh	3,794	0.46
	Independent	Purshottam Upaddhay	930	0.11
	AMB	Subhash Prakash Pal	891	0.11
	IUML	Sk. Manoray Ali	824	0.10
Majority			95,398
Turnout			8,30,707	89.88
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Panskura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	391,509	54.96
	INC	Sudhansu Bhowmik	265,209	37.23
	BJP	Pannalal Bhattacharya	42,059	5.90
	Independent	Manik Maity	4,121	0.58
	JP	Jagdiswar Panja	3,874	0.54
	Independent	Mukesh Maity	1,708	0.24
	Independent	Rabindra Kumar Ghosh	1,328	0.19
	IC(S)	Sikari Dhobey	1,278	0.18
	Independent	Purusottamlal Upaddhyay	1,203	0.17
Majority			126,300
Turnout			8,20,080	85.99
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Panskura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	422,979	58.11
	INC	Chittaranjan Chakraborty	296,628	40.76
	Jharkhand Party (Naren)	Kalipada Murmu	3,984	0.55
	JMM	Kanailal Ghorai	3,659	0.50
	Independent	Jagat Shaw	558	0.08
Majority			126,351
Turnout			7,27,759	85.28
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Panskura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	321,694	53.63
	INC	Chittaranjan Chakraborty	273,818	45.65
	ABJS	Jagadiswar Panja	2,115	0.35
	Independent	Dubraj Saren	1,874	0.31
	Independent	Shikari Dhoby	383	0.06
Majority			47,876
Turnout			5,99,884	85.70
	CPI hold		Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Panskura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	291,528	57.10
	INC(I)	Rajani Kanta Dolai	193,298	37.86
	INC(U)	Phulrenu Guha	188,195	34.95
	JP	Abha Maiti	23,997	4.70
	JP(S)	Saswati Prasad Bag	1,713	0.34
Turnout			98,230
Turnout			5,10,536	83.96
	CPI gain from BLD		Swing

General election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Panskura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BLD	Abha Maiti	230,704	63.51%
	INC	Phulrenu Guha	132,567	36.49%
Majority			98,137
Turnout			3,63,271	71.78%
	BLD win (new seat)

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