Bankura Lok Sabha constituency

Bankura
WB-36
Bankura ; WB-36
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
Established	1951
Total electors	17,80,580
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Arup Chakraborty
Party	NCPI
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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

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:^[3]

#	Name	District	Member
246	Raghunathpur (SC)	Purulia	Mamoni Bauri	BJP	AITC
247	Saltora (SC)	Bankura	Chandana Bauri
248	Chhatna		Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay
249	Ranibandh (ST)		Kshudiram Tudu
250	Raipur (ST)		Kshetra Mohan Hansda
251	Taldangra		Souvik Patra
252	Bankura		Niladri Sekhar Dana		BJP

Prior to delimitation, Bankura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[4]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

Year	Member^[5]
1952	Jagannath Koley	Indian National Congress
1952	Pashupati Mandal
1957	Ramgati Banerjee
1957	Pashupati Mandal
1962	Ramgati Banerjee
1967	J. M. Biswas	Communist Party of India
1971	Sankar Narayan Singh Deo	Indian National Congress
1977	Bijoy Mondal	Janata Party
1980	Basudeb Acharia	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014	Moon Moon Sen	Trinamool Congress
2019	Subhas Sarkar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Arup Chakraborty	Trinamool Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			44.33%
2019			49.23%
2014			39.10%
2009			47.66%
2004			60.07%
1999			52.73%
1998			49.42%
1996			56.24%
1991			56.32%
1989			55.91%
1984			48.62%
1980			45.04%
1977			57.04%
1971			33.01%
1967			46.53%
1962			51.13%
1957			25.05%
1957			24.78%
1952			19.26%
1952			17.03%

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Bankura^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arup Chakraborty	641,813	44.33	7.8
	BJP	Subhas Sarkar	609,035	42.07	7.13
	CPI(M)	Nilanjan Dasgupta	1,05,359	7.28	0.03
	NOTA	None of the above	26,209	1.81	0.79
Majority			32,778	2.26	14.01
Turnout			14,47,674	81.30	2.22
	AITC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Bankura^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Subhas Sarkar	675,319	49.23
	AITC	Subrata Mukherjee	500,986	36.52
	CPI(M)	Amiya Patra	100,282	7.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,019	1.02
	IND	4 Independent Candidates	38,167	2.78
	OTH	8 Other Party Candidates	43,082	3.14
Majority			174,333	12.71
Turnout			1,372,645	83.25
	Swing to BJP from AITC		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Bankura^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Moon Moon Sen	483,455	39.10
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	384,949	31.14
	BJP	Subhas Kumar Sarkar	251,183	20.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	23,682	1.92
	INC	Nilmadhab Gupta	22,021	1.78
	JMM	Paresh Marandi	10,229	0.83
	SUCI(C)	Kabita Singhababu	9,125	0.74
	IND	2 Independent Candidates	13,921	1.13
	OTH	6 Other Party Candidates	37,754	3.05
Majority			98,506	7.96
Turnout
	Swing to AITC from CPI(M)		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general election: Bankura^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	469,223	47.66
	INC	Subrata Mukherjee	361,421	36.71
	BJP	Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha	42,660	4.33
	IND	Lakshmi Sarkar	27,469	2.79
	IND	Prabir Banerjee	22,645	2.30
	JMM	Paresh Marandi	19,440	1.97
	BSP	Ganesh Ray	11,083	1.13
	Jharkhand Party	Aswini Duley	13,132	1.33
	JD(U)	Byasdeb Chakrabortty	5,554	0.56
	CPI(ML)L	Sudhir Kumar Murmu	8,007	0.81
	RDMP	Tapan Kumar Pathak	3,970	0.40
Majority			107,802	10.95
Turnout			984,604	77.64
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	417,798	60.07
	AITC	Deb Prasad Kundu (Tara)	187,469	26.95
	IND	Bhaskar Chandra Bhadra	23,553	3.39
	PDS	Natabar Bagdi	21,306	3.06
	JMM	Balaram Mahato	18,508	2.66
	SP	Rahul Sen	8,568	1.23
	BSP	Motilal Murmu	7,892	1.13
	JDP	Abhiram Besra	6,411	0.92
	AMB	Gopinath Mandi	3,982	0.57
Majority			230,329	33.12
Turnout			695,487
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	381,720	52.73
	IND	Natabar Bagdi	274,722	37.95
	INC	Bula Chatterjee	35,512	4.91
	IND	Joydev Pal	13,069	1.81
	SS	Mahesh Shah	7,444	1.03
	IND	Balaram Mahato	4,697	0.65
	AMB	Laxmi Kanta Mahata	4,569	0.63
	IND	Achintya Sagar Mahato	2,196	0.30
Majority			106,998	14.78
Turnout			741,303	71.19
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	369,695	49.42
	BJP	Sukumar Banerjee	258,112	34.51
	INC	Kashinath Misra	74,145	9.91
	JMM	Baghambar Mahato	35,676	4.77
	IND	Bhaskar Bhadra	7,749	1.04
	AMB	Laxmi Kanta Mahata	2,623	0.35
Majority			111,583	14.91
Turnout			766,640	74.52
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	420,402	56.24
	INC	Gouri Sankar Dey	191,415	25.61
	JMM	Bilam Murmu	59,372	7.94
	BJP	Gunamoy Chattopadhyay	40,213	5.38
	IND	Bhaskar Bhadra	19,191	2.57
	IND	Asim Goswami	5,803	0.78
	IND	Budhan Ram	4,458	0.60
	SS	Kalyan Mukherjee	2,668	0.36
	JMM(M)	Nandalal Kisku	2,039	0.27
	IND	Achintasagar Mahato	783	0.10
	IND	Ramlal Jadav	634	0.08
	IND	Saktipada Mukhopadhyay	525	0.07
Majority			228,987	30.63
Turnout			774,916	77.95
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudev Acharia	374,058	56.32
	INC	Brajabasi Biswas	191,435	28.82
	BJP	Gunamoy Chatterjee	58,978	8.88
	IND	Bhaskar Bhadra	22,353	3.37
	IND	Nandalal Kisku	11,767	1.77
	Doordarshi Party	Santiram Bag	2,559	0.39
	IND	Sagar Chandra Mahato	1,422	0.21
	IND	Sakti Pada Mukhopadhyay	879	0.13
	BKUS	Ashim Goswami	694	0.10
Majority			182,623	27.50
Turnout			682,903	72.47
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	381,087	55.91
	INC	Ashis Chakrabarty	256,689	37.66
	IND	Bhaskar Bhadra	22,268	3.27
	IND	Nanda Lal Kisku	9,394	1.38
	IND	Saktipada Mukhopadhyay	3,035	0.45
	Jharkhand Party	Asok Mahata	2,689	0.39
	IND	Asim Goswami	2,269	0.33
	IND	Laxmikanta Mahata	2,211	0.32
	Doordarshi Party	Nand Lal Gupta	1,419	0.21
	IND	Anil Kumar Thakur	607	0.09
Majority			124,398	18.25
Turnout			694,886	75.92
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	268,136	48.62
	INC	Arun Kumar Bhattacharya	243,920	44.23
	SUCI(C)	Manju Chakraborti	17,202	3.12
	IND	Nandalal Majhi	11,019	2.00
	IND	Tapan Chakravarty	2,977	0.54
	IND	Saktipada Mukherjee	2,705	0.49
	IND	Shallen Mishra	2,665	0.48
	IND	Bhagbat Mahata	1,529	0.28
	IND	Saktipada Kumbhakar	946	0.17
	IND	Sagar Chandra Mahata	401	0.07
Majority			24,216	4.39
Turnout			567,298	73.57
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Basudeb Acharia	199,557	45.04
	INC(I)	Shankar Narayan Singh Deo	155,646	35.13
	SUCI(C)	Ashutosh Banerjee	36,149	8.16
	IND	Shyampada Majhi	16,732	3.78
	JP	Gunamoy Chatopadhyay	16,523	3.73
	JP(S)	Basudeb Dutta	6,636	1.50
	IND	A. C. Patra	5,425	1.22
	IND	Bhagbat Mahata	3,059	0.69
	IND	Swamy Rudranand Giri	1,953	0.44
	IND	Saktipada Mukherjee	1,337	0.30
Majority			43,911	9.91
Turnout			459,862	63.79
	Swing to CPI(M) from JP		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Bijoy Mondal	175,664	57.04
	INC	Shankar Narayan Singh Deo	95,587	31.04
	SUCI(C)	Ashutosh Banerjee	27,343	8.88
	IND	Saktipada Mukherjee	5,662	1.84
	IND	Bhutnath Ghosh	2,461	0.80
	IND	Matulal Sharma	1,223	0.40
Majority			80,077	26.00
Turnout			320,481	53.11
	Swing to JP from INC		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sankar Narayan Singh Deo	81,144	33.01
	CPI(M)	Mahadeb Mukherjee	55,646	22.64
	CPI	J. M. Biswas	46,723	19.01
	Bangla Congress	Haridas Mistra	29,576	12.03
	INC(O)	Jyoti Prosad Bose	14,662	5.96
	HM	Bhutnath Mahanta	9,755	3.97
	Lok Sewak Sangh	Chitta Bhusan Dasgupta	8,306	3.38
Majority			25,498	10.37
Turnout			262,110	48.02
	Swing to INC from CPI		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	J. M. Biswas	120,590	46.53
	INC	A. Ghose	90,820	35.04
	IND	P. Banerjee	16,566	6.39
	ABJS	P. R. Mahato	16,213	6.26
	IND	P. C. Kundu	14,981	5.78
Majority			29,770	11.49
Turnout			273,639	52.55
	Swing to CPI from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Bankura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ramgati Bandopadhyay	74,674	51.13
	PSP	Kanai Lal De	47,230	32.34
	AIFB	Manoranjan Roy	24,156	16.54
Majority			27,444	18.79
Turnout			151,859	33.47
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Bankura (Two-member constituency)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Pashupati Mandal	152,687	25.05
	INC	Ramgati Banerjee	151,001	24.78
	IND	Biswa Nath Bauri	83,271	13.66
	HM	Bagala Mandal	82,576	13.55
	IND	Bireswar Ghose	74,591	12.24
	HM	Ashutosh Lahiri	65,328	10.72
Majority			1,686	0.27
Turnout			609,454	37.77
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Indian general election: Bankura (Two-Member Constituency)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jagannath Koley	108,885	19.26
	INC	Pashupati Mandal	96,266	17.03
	HM	Atul Patra	90,112	15.94
	IND	Bireswar Ghose	58,122	10.28
	ABJS	Jugal Kishore Mandal	48,135	8.51
	KMPP	Gurusaday Haldar	35,998	6.37
	IND	Babulal Sareng	33,418	5.91
	IND	Jadu Mudi	27,309	4.83
	IND	Binode Maji	26,680	4.72
	IND	Ramrabi Mukherjee	25,281	4.47
	IND	Kedar Nath Chatterjee	7,904	1.40
	IND	Rishindranath Sarkar	7,257	1.28
Majority			12,619	2.23
Turnout			565,367	39.28
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Voter turnout of 62.2% recorded in phase-5 of General Elections 2024" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2024.
↑ Sanyal, Anindita, ed. (8 June 2026). "Trinamool's Kakoli Dastidar Says 20 MPs Will Support NDA: "Written To Speaker"". NDTV. Archived from the original on 13 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
↑ "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.
↑ "Bankura (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
↑ "Bankura Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bankura". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
↑ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.
↑ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

External links

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[1] "Voter turnout of 62.2% recorded in phase-5 of General Elections 2024" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2024.

[2] Sanyal, Anindita, ed. (8 June 2026). "Trinamool's Kakoli Dastidar Says 20 MPs Will Support NDA: "Written To Speaker"". NDTV. Archived from the original on 13 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.

[delimitation-3] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.

[4] "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.

[5] "Bankura (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 - Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.

[Bankura_Constituency_Lok_Sabha_Election_Results_2014_-_2024-6] "Bankura Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Bankura-7] "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bankura". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

[8] "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.

[loksabha2014-9] "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[loksabha2009-10] "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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