Panskura Paschim Assembly constituency explained

Panskura Paschim Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 205 Panskura Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Panskura CD Block.^[1]

Panskura Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Constituency	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1951	Panskura South	Shyamadas Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress[2]
	Panskura North	Rajanikanta Pramanik	Indian National Congress
1957	Panskura West	Shymadas Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress[3]
1962		Shymadas Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress[4]
1967		R.K.Pramanik	Bangla Congress[5]
1969		Ahindra Mishra	Bangla Congress[6]
1971		Sk. Omar Ali	Communist Party of India[7]
1972		Sk. Omar Ali	Communist Party of India[8]
1977		Sk. Omar Ali	Communist Party of India[9]
1982		Sk. Omar Ali	Communist Party of India[10]
1987		Sk. Omar Ali	Communist Party of India[11]
1991		Sk. Omar Ali	Communist Party of India[12]
1996		Chittaranjan Das Thakur	Communist Party of India[13]
2001		Chittaranjan Das Thakur	Communist Party of India[14]
2006		Chittaranjan Das Thakur	Communist Party of India[15]
Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Panskura Paschim
2011	Panskura Paschim	Sk. Omar Ali	Trinamool Congress
2016		Firoja Bibi	Trinamool Congress
2021		Firoja Bibi	Trinamool congress

Election results

2016 election

.# Swing calculated on Left Front+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

2011

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Chittaranjan Das Thakur of CPI won the Panskura West assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Jaidul Khan of Trinamool Congress in 2006, and Jakiur Rahman Khan of Trinamool Congress/ Congress in 2001 and 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Omar Ali of CPI defeated Sk. Golam Murshed of Congress in 1991, Asit Baran Samanta of Congress in 1987, Jyoti Kumar Roy of Congress in 1982, and Jyoti Kumar Roy of Janata Party in 1977.^[16]

1951-1972

Sk. Omar Ali of CPI won in 1972 and 1971. Ahindra Mishra of Bangla Congress won in 1969. R.K.Pramanik of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Shymadas Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, the two seats at Panskura were named Panskura North and Panskura South. While Shyamadas Bhattacharya of Congress won the Panskura South seat, Rajanikanta Pramanik won the Panskura North seat.^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 . 6 August 2015. West Bengal. Election Commission of India.
2. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?. Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
10. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
11. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
12. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
13. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 6 February 2015.
14. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
15. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data, AC No . Election Commission . 9 July 2015.
16. Web site: 200 - Panskura West Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 2010-12-07 .
17. Web site: Statistical Reports of Elections . 2010-12-01 . General Election Results and Statistics . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp . 2010-10-05 .