# Panskura Lok Sabha constituency

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

## Assembly segments

Prior to delimitation in 2006 Panskura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
* 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.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | 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 |
| 2000-By Election | Bikram Sarkar | Trinamool Congress |
| 2004 | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India |
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 | Janata Party | Phulrenu Guha | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Rajani Kanta Dolai | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Chittaranjan Chakraborty | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Chittaranjan Chakraborty | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Sudhanshu Bhowmik | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Padma Khastgir | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Saumen Mahapatra | West Bengal Trinamool Congress |
| 1999 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Gouri Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2000(Bye-Election) | Bikram Sarkar | All India Trinamool Congress | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India |
| 2004 | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India | Hema Choubey | All India Trinamool Congress |
Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency functioned from 1951 to 1971.

### 2004

General Election, 2004: Panskura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Gurudas Dasgupta | 541,513 | 61.92 |
| | AITC | Hema Choubey | 262,035 | 30.10 |
| | INC | Nazim Ahmed | 71,006 | 8.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279,478 | 31.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,74,554 | 86.35 |
| | CPI gain from AITC | CPI gain from AITC | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | 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 | Majority | Majority | 41,491 | 3.83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,650 | 47.69 | −6.7 |
| | AITC gain from CPI | AITC gain from CPI | Swing | +21.27 | |

### General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Panskura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | Geeta Mukherjee | 401,458 | 49.20 | −5.06 |
| | AITC | 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 | Majority | Majority | 46,885 | 5.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,16,130 | 83.55 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Panskura :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 179,543 | 21.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,20,080 | 85.99 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Panskura :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 95,398 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,30,707 | 89.88 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Panskura :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 126,300 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,20,080 | 85.99 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Panskura :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 126,351 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,27,759 | 85.28 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Panskura :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 47,876 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,99,884 | 85.70 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | |

### General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Panskura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI | Geeta Mukherjee | 296,528 | 57.10 |
| | INC(I) | Rajani Kanta Dolai | 198,298 | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 98,230 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,10,536 | 83.96 |
| | CPI gain from BLD | CPI gain from BLD | Swing | |

### General election 1977

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