# Bankura Lok Sabha constituency

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:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 246 | Raghunathpur (SC) | Purulia | Vivekananda Bauri | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trinamool Congress |
| 247 | Saltora (SC) | Bankura | Chandana Bauri | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trinamool Congress |
| 248 | Chhatna | Bankura | Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay | Bharatiya Janata Party | Trinamool Congress |
| 249 | Ranibandh (ST) | Bankura | Jyotsna Mandi | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 250 | Raipur (ST) | Bankura | Mrityunjoy Murmu | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 251 | Taldangra | Bankura | Falguni Singhababu | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 252 | Bankura | Bankura | Niladri Sekhar Dana | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Prior to delimitation, Bankura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: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

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Constituency | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
| First | 1952-57 | Bankura | Pashupati Mandal | Indian National Congress |
| First | 1952-57 | Bankura | Jagannath Kolay | Indian National Congress |
| Second | 1957-62 | Bankura | Ramgati Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| Second | 1957-62 | Bankura | Pasupati Mandal | Indian National Congress |
| Third | 1962-67 | Bankura | Ramgati Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| Fourth | 1967-71 | Bankura | J.M. Biswas | Communist Party of India |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | Bankura | Sankar Narayan Singh Deo | Indian National Congress |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | Bankura | Bijoy Mondal | Janata Party |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Eleventh | 1996-98 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Twelfth | 1998-99 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Thirteenth | 1999-04 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fourteenth | 2004-09 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Bankura | Basudeb Acharia | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Sixteenth | 2014-19 | Bankura | Moon Moon Sen | Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-24 | Bankura | Subhas Sarkar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | Bankura | Arup Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Bankura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Arup Chakraborty | 641,813 | 44.33 | 7.83 |
| | BJP | Subhas Sarkar | 6,09,035 | 42.07 | 7.13 |
| | CPI(M) | Nilanjan Dasgupta | 1,05,359 | 7.28 | 0.02 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 26,209 | 1.81 | 0.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32,778 | 2.26 | 10.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,47,674 | 81.30 | 2.22 |
| | AITC gain from BJP | AITC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2019

Indian general elections,2019: Bankura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Subhas Sarkar | 675,319 | 49.2 | +28.92 |
| | AITC | Subrata Mukherjee | 500,986 | 36.5 | −2.60 |
| | CPI(M) | Amiya Patra | 100,282 | 7.3 | −24.02 |
| | Independent | Milan Mandi | 14,942 | 1.1 | |
| | None of the Above | None of the Above | 14,019 | 1.02 | +1.02 |
| | Independent | Bibhuti Sardar | 12,372 | 0.9 | |
| | Bharatiya Nyay-Adhikar Raksha Party | Animesh Mal | 9,123 | 0.7 | |
| | SS | Subhash Sarkar | 9,072 | 0.7 | |
| | BSP | Mahadeb Bauri | 6,707 | 0.5 | |
| | Independent | Abdul Rahim Mallik | 5,819 | 0.4 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Tanmay Mandal | 5,679 | 0.4 | |
| | Independent | Shyamal Kumar Palit | 5,034 | 0.4 | |
| | JHAP | Prabir Banerjee | 4,164 | 0.3 | |
| | RJSP | Ananda Kumar Saren | 3,228 | 0.2 | |
| | CPI(ML) Red Star | Sukchand Saren | 2,889 | 0.2 | |
| | JPP | Gour Chandra Hembram | 2,220 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,74,333 | 12.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,72,645 | 83.25 | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | +28.92 | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bankura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Moon Moon Sen | 483,455 | 39.10 | N/A |
| | CPI(M) | Basudeb Acharia | 384,949 | 31.05 | −16.61 |
| | BJP | Subhas Sarkar | 251,183 | 20.31 | +15.98 |
| | INC | Nilmadhab Gupta | 22,021 | 1.78 | −35.93 |
| | JMM | Paresh Marandi | 10,229 | 0.82 | −1.15 |
| | SUCI(C) | Kabita Singhababu | 9,125 | 0.73 | N/A |
| | Independent | Shyamal Sikdar | 9,045 | 0.73 | N/A |
| | CPI(ML)L | Sudhir Kumar Murmu | 7,979 | 0.64 | −0.17 |
| | BMP | Hulu Khetrapal | 7,564 | 0.61 | N/A |
| | BSP | Binoy Chowdhury | 7,388 | 0.59 | −0.54 |
| | Jharkhand Anushilan Party | Prabir Banerjee | 6,209 | 0.50 | N/A |
| | JDP | Panmani Besra | 5,909 | 0.47 | N/A |
| | Independent | Gour Chandra Hembrom | 4,876 | 0.39 | N/A |
| | JVM(P) | Shib Shankar Ghosh | 3,105 | 0.25 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 98,506 | 8.0% | −2.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,36,319 | 82.21 | −4.57 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +30.79 | |

### General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Bankura :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | Basudeb Acharia | 469,223 | 47.66 |
| | INC | Subrata Mukherjee | 362,421 | 36.71 |
| | BJP | Rahul Sinha | 42,660 | 4.33 |
| | Independent | Lakshmi Sarkar | 26,469 | 2.79 |
| | Independent | Prabir Banerjee | 22,645 | 2.30 |
| | JMM | Paresh Marandi | 19,440 | 1.97 |
| | JKP (N) | Aswini Duley | 13,132 | 1.33 |
| | BSP | Ganesh Ray | 11,083 | 1.13 |
| | CPI(ML)L | Sudhir Kumar Murmu | 8,007 | 0.81 |
| | JD(U) | Byasdeb Chakrabortty | 5,554 | 0.56 |
| | RDMP | Tapan Kumar Pathak | 3,970 | 0.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 108,502 | 10.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 984,604 | 77.64 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |

### 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 (Marxist) |
| 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(M) | Shankar Narayan Singh Deo | 35.13 | Indian National Congress(I) |
| 1984 | 567,300 | 73.57 | Basudeb Acharia | 48.62 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Arun Kumar Bhattacharya | 44,23 | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | 694,890 | 75.92 | Basudeb Acharia | 55.91 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Ashis Chakrabarty | 37.66 | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | 682,530 | 72.43 | Basudeb Acharia | 56.32 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Brajabasi Biswas | 28.82 | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | 7774, 920 | 77.95 | Basudeb Achatia | 56.24 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Gouri Sankar Dey | 25.61 | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | 766.640 | 74.52 | Basudeb Acharia | 49.42 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Sukumar Banerjee | 34.51 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | 741,300 | 71.19 | Basudeb Acharia | 52.73 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Natabar Bagdi | 37.95 | Independent |
| 2004 | 695,980 | 68.23 | Basudeb Acharia | 60.07 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Deb Prasad Kundu | 26.96 | All India Trinamool Congress |