Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bankura is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. While six assembly segments of No. 36 Bankura 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:- Raghunathpur
- Saltora
- Chhatna
- Ranibandh
- Raipur
- Taldangra
- Bankura
Members of Parliament
Election results
General election 2019
Source:General election 2014
General election 2009
General elections 1951-2004
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 | ||||||
| 1957* | 609,454 | 37.77 | Pasupati Mandal | 25.05 | Indian National Congress | Biswanath Bauri | 13.66 | Independent |
| 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 |
| 1967 | 273,639 | 52.55 | J.M.Biswas | 46.53 | Communist Party of India | Atulya Ghosh | 35.04 | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | 262,110 | 48.02 | Sankar Narayan Singh Deo | 33.01 | Indian National Congress | Mahadeb Mukherjee | 22.64 | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | 320,480 | 53.11 | Bijoy Mondal | 57.04 | Bharatiya Lok Dal | Shankar Narayan Singh Deo | 31.04 | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | 459,860 | 63.79 | Basudeb Acharia | 45.04 | CPI | Shankar Narayan Singh Deo | 35.13 | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | 567,300 | 73.57 | Basudeb Acharia | 48.62 | Communist Party of India | Arun Kumar Bhattacharya | 44,23 | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | 694,890 | 75.92 | Basudeb Acharia | 55.91 | Communist Party of India | Ashis Chakrabarty | 37.66 | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | 682,530 | 72.43 | Basudeb Acharia | 56.32 | Communist Party of India | Brajabasi Biswas | 28.82 | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | 7774, 920 | 77.95 | Basudeb Achatia | 56.24 | Communist Party of India | Gouri Sankar Dey | 25.61 | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | 766.640 | 74.52 | Basudeb Acharia | 49.42 | Communist Party of India | Sukumar Banerjee | 34.51 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | 741,300 | 71.19 | Basudeb Acharia | 52.73 | Communist Party of India | Natabar Bagdi | 37.95 | Independent |
| 2004 | 695,980 | 68.23 | Basudeb Acharia | 60.07 | Communist Party of India | Deb Prasad Kundu | 26.96 | All India Trinamool Congress |
*In 1951 and 1957 Bankura constituency had two seats with one reserved for Scheduled Castes