Panskura Lok Sabha constituency explained

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:^[1]

• 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.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1977	Abha Maiti	Janata Party
	1980	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India
	1984
	1989
	1991
	1996
	1998
	1999
	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[3]
1980	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Rajani Kanta Dolai	Indian National Congress (I)[4]
1984	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Chittaranjan Chakraborty	Indian National Congress[5]
1989	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Chittaranjan Chakraborty	Indian National Congress[6]
1991	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Sudhanshu Bhowmik	Indian National Congress[7]
1996	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Padma Khastgir	Indian National Congress[8]
1998	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Saumen Mahapatra	West Bengal Trinamool Congress[9]
1999	Geeta Mukherjee	Communist Party of India	Gouri Ghosh	All India Trinamool Congress[10]
2000(Bye-Election)	Bikram Sarkar	All India Trinamool Congress	Gurudas Dasgupta	Communist Party of India[11]
2004	Gurudas Dasgupta	Communist Party of India	Hema Choubey	All India Trinamool Congress[12]

Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency functioned from 1951 to 1971.

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.

General election 1977

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha . 2010-10-01 . Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies . Election Commission of India .
2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2009-05-27 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . 2011-08-13 .
3. Web site: General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
4. Web site: General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
5. Web site: General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
6. Web site: General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
7. Web site: General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
8. Web site: General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
9. Web site: General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
10. Web site: General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .
11. Web site: Former Trinamool MP to join BJP. 3 June 2014 . The Times of India .
12. Web site: General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 2 June 2014 .