Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Bankura is one of the 543 parliamentary
constituencies in India
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segments:
Prior to delimitation, Bankura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly
segments:
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
constituencies in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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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 assemblyVidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
segments:
- Raghunathpur (SC)Raghunathpur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Raghunathpur is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 246) - Saltora (SC)Saltora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Saltora is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 247) - ChhatnaChhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Chhatna is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 248) - Ranibandh (ST)Ranibandh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Ranibandh is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 249) - Raipur (ST)Raipur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Raipur is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 250) - TaldangraTaldangra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Taldangra is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 251) - BankuraBankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Bankura is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 252)
Prior to delimitation, Bankura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
segments:
- Para (SC)Para (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Para is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.-Extent:...
(assembly constituency no. 240) - Raghunathpur (SC)Raghunathpur, Purulia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Raghunathpur is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 241) - Kashipur (ST)Kashipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Kashipur is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an open seat from 2011 but as earlier reserved for scheduled tribes.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 242) - HuraHura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Hura was an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Hura ceased to exist from 2011....
(assembly constituency no. 243) - ChhatnaChhatna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Chhatna is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 248) - BankuraBankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Bankura is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 251) - OndaOnda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Onda is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No...
(assembly constituency no. 252)
Election results
Results of elections prior to 2009 are summarised below:| Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
| 1977 | 320,480 | 53.11 | Bijoy Mondal | 57.04 | BLD Bharatiya Lok Dal Bharatiya Lok Dal was a political party in India. The BLD was formed at the end of 1974 through the fusion of seven parties opposed to the autocratic rule of Indira Gandhi, including the Swatantra Party, the Utkal Congress, the Bharatiya Kranti Dal, and the Socialist Party... |
Shankar Narayan Singh Deo | 31.04 | INC Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian... |
| 1980 | 459,860 | 63.79 | Basudeb Acharia | 45.04 | CPI(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of... |
Shankar Narayan Singh Deo | 35.13 | INC(I) |
| 1984 | 567,300 | 73.57 | Basudeb Acharia | 48.62 | CPI(M) | Arun Kumar Bhattacharya | 44,23 | INC |
| 1989 | 694,890 | 75.92 | Basudeb Acharia | 55.91 | CPI(M) | Ashis Chakrabarty | 37.66 | INC |
| 1991 | 682,530 | 72.43 | Basudeb Acharia | 56.32 | CPI(M) | Brajabasi Biswas | 28.82 | INC |
| 1996 | 7774, 920 | 77.95 | Basudeb Achatia | 56.24 | CPI(M) | Gouri Sankar Dey | 25.61 | INC |
| 1998 | 766.640 | 74.52 | Basudeb Acharia | 49.42 | CPI(M) | Sukumar Banerjee | 34.51 | BJP Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... |
| 1999 | 741,300 | 71.19 | Basudeb Acharia | 52.73 | CPI(M) | Natabar Bagdi | 37.95 | Independent |
| 2004 | 695,980 | 68.23 | Basudeb Acharia | 60.07 | CPI(M) | Deb Prasad Kundu | 26.96 | AITC All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress is a state political party in West Bengal. Founded in 1 January 1998, the party is led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Trinamool Congress is currently the second largest member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition... |
See also
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha