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, 2004
Acharia Basudeb
CPM
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2004
2,30,329
33.12% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
AITCDeb Prasad Kundu ( Tara)
- Votes
- 1,87,469
- Vote share
- 26.96%
- Behind by
- 2,30,329
Electors
10,20,046
Total votes polled
6,95,487
Valid votes
6,95,487
NOTA votes
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Turnout
68.2%
Full result, 2004
9 candidates · 6,95,487 valid votes
Acharia BasudebCPMwon
4,17,798
60.1%
Deb Prasad Kundu ( Tara)AITC
1,87,469
27.0%
Bhaskar Chandra BhadraIND
23,553
3.4%
Natabar BagdiPDS
21,306
3.1%
Balaram MahatoJMM
18,508
2.7%
Rahul SenSP
8,568
1.2%
Motilal MurmuBSP
7,892
1.1%
Abhiram BesraJDP
6,411
0.9%
Gopinath MandiAMB
3,982
0.6%
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