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, 1999
Acharia Basudeb
CPM
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 16
Margin, 1999
1,06,998
14.78% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
INDNatabar Bagdi
- Votes
- 2,74,722
- Vote share
- 37.95%
- Behind by
- 1,06,998
Electors
10,41,325
Total votes polled
7,23,929
Valid votes
7,23,929
NOTA votes
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Turnout
69.5%
Full result, 1999
8 candidates · 7,23,929 valid votes
Acharia BasudebCPMwon
3,81,720
52.7%
Natabar BagdiIND
2,74,722
38.0%
Bula ChatterjeeINC
35,512
4.9%
Joydev PalIND
13,069
1.8%
Mahesh ShahSHS
7,444
1.0%
Balaram MahatoIND
4,697
0.7%
Laxmi Kanta MahataAMB
4,569
0.6%
Achintya Sagar MahatoIND
2,196
0.3%
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