BANKURA
Constituency no. 36 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called BANKURA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2024
ARUP CHAKRABORTY
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2024
32,778
2.26% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
BJPDR. SUBHAS SARKAR
- Votes
- 6,09,035
- Vote share
- 42.07%
- Behind by
- 32,778
Electors
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Total votes polled
14,47,674
Valid votes
14,47,674
NOTA votes
26,209
1.81% of votes polled
Turnout
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Full result, 2024
13 candidates · 14,47,674 valid votes
ARUP CHAKRABORTYAITCwon
6,41,813
44.3%
DR. SUBHAS SARKARBJP
6,09,035
42.1%
NILANJAN DASGUPTACPM
1,05,359
7.3%
SURAJIT SINGH KURMALIIND
18,569
1.3%
GOPAL MURMUAPI
9,101
0.6%
DIPA BOURIBSP
8,796
0.6%
MARSHAL TUDUIND
6,717
0.5%
TARA SHANKAR GOPESUCI
5,529
0.4%
SANDIP KUMAR DEYIND
4,622
0.3%
SAMAR KUMAR BISWASKMSP
3,541
0.2%
JIBAN CHAKRABORTYIND
3,506
0.2%
KARTIK CHANDRA BAURIIND
2,796
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ARUP CHAKRABORTY | AITC | 6,41,813 | 44.33% | DR. SUBHAS SARKAR | 32,778 |
| 2019 | DR. SUBHAS SARKAR | BJP | 6,75,319 | 49.23% | SUBRATA MUKHERJEE | 1,74,333 |
| 2014 | SREEMATI DEV VARMA (MOON MOON SEN) | AITC | 4,83,455 | 39.10% | ACHARIA BASUDEB | 98,506 |
| 2009 | ACHARIA BASUDEB | CPM | 4,69,223 | 47.66% | SUBRATA MUKHERJEE | 1,07,802 |
| 2004 | Acharia Basudeb | CPM | 4,17,798 | 60.07% | Deb Prasad Kundu ( Tara) | 2,30,329 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above