Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)


Bishnupur is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Bishnupur
in West Bengal. While six of the assembly seats of No. 37 Bishnupur are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 37 Bishnupur is composed of the following segments:
Prior to delimitation, Vishnupur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Taldangra, Raipur , Ranibandh , Indpur , Vishnupur, Kotulpur and Indas .

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

General election 2004

General elections 1962-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1962214,66145.63Pashupati Mandal52.94Indian National CongressBiswanath Bauri27.54Communist Party of India
1967315,03460.58Pashupati Mandal49.12Indian National CongressM.M.Mallick35.45Bangla Congress
1971316,88550.14Ajit Kumar Saha33.29Communist Party of India Guru Pada Khan32.46Indian National Congress
1977376,33062.60Ajit Kumar Saha67.30Communist Party of India Gour Chandra Lohar31.39Indian National Congress
1980527,72076.18Ajit Kumar Saha58.27Communist Party of India Tulsi Das Mandal36.81Indian National Congress
1984613,20080.50Ajit Kumar Saha54.77Communist Party of India Gour Chandra Lohar42.17Indian National Congress
1989744,88082.12Sukhendu Khan59.78Communist Party of India Jayanta Kumar Mallick34.20Indian National Congress
1991738, 61078.99Sukhendu Khan58.57Communist Party of India Sadhan Majhi32.18Indian National Congress
1996851,26084.13Sandhya Bauri58.14Communist Party of India Ashis Rajak25.99Indian National Congress
1998862,53081.06Sandhya Bauri56.79Communist Party of India Purnima Lohar36.28All India Trinamool Congress
1999846,34078.96Sandhya Bauri57.89Communist Party of India Adhibas Duley36.13All India Trinamool Congress
2004806,91076.64Susmita Bauri64.28Communist Party of India Janardan Saha23.14All India Trinamool Congress

In 1951 and 1957 Bankura, then covering the Bishnupur area also, had two seats with one reserved for Scheduled Castes