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.
Every election in this seat
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin % | Candidates | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | AITCARUP CHAKRABORTY | BJPDR. SUBHAS SARKAR | 32,778 | 2.26% | 13 | — |
| 2019 | BJPDR. SUBHAS SARKAR | AITCSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | 1,74,333 | 12.71% | 15 | 83.2% |
| 2014 | AITCSREEMATI DEV VARMA (MOON MOON SEN) | CPMACHARIA BASUDEB | 98,506 | 7.97% | 14 | 82.2% |
| 2009 | CPMACHARIA BASUDEB | INCSUBRATA MUKHERJEE | 1,07,802 | 10.95% | 11 | 77.6% |
| 20041973 boundaries | CPMAcharia Basudeb | AITCDeb Prasad Kundu ( Tara) | 2,30,329 | 33.12% | 9 | 68.2% |
| 19991973 boundaries | CPMAcharia Basudeb | INDNatabar Bagdi | 1,06,998 | 14.78% | 8 | 69.5% |
| 19981973 boundaries | CPMACHARIA BASUDEB | BJPSUKUMAR BANERJEE | 1,11,583 | 14.92% | 6 | 72.7% |
| 19961973 boundaries | CPMACHARIA BASUDEB | INCGOURI SANKAR DEY | 2,28,987 | 30.63% | 12 | 75.2% |
| 19911973 boundaries | CPMBASUDEV ACHARIA | INCBRAJABASI BISWAS | 1,82,623 | 27.50% | 9 | 70.5% |
| 19891973 boundaries | CPMBASUDEB ACHARIA | INCASHIS CHAKRABARTY | 1,24,398 | 18.25% | 10 | 74.5% |
| 19841973 boundaries | CPMACHARIA BASUDEB | INCARUN KUMAR BHATTACHARYA | 24,216 | 4.39% | 10 | 71.5% |
| 19801973 boundaries | CPMACHARIA BASUDEB | INC(I)SINGH DEO SAHANKAR NARAYAN | 43,911 | 9.91% | 10 | 61.5% |
| 19771973 boundaries | BLDMONDAL BIJOY | INCSHANKAR NARAYAN SINGH DEO | 80,077 | 26.00% | 6 | 51.0% |
| 19711966 boundaries | INCSANKAR NARAYAN SINGH DEO | CPMMAHADEB MUKHERJEE | 25,498 | 10.37% | 7 | 45.0% |
| 19671966 boundaries | CPIJ. M. BISWAS | INCA. GHOSE | 29,770 | 11.49% | 5 | 49.8% |
| 19621961 boundaries | INCRAMGATI BANDOPADHYAY | PSPKANAI LAL DE | 27,444 | 18.79% | 3 | 32.2% |
Rows are matched by constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BANKURA constituency in 2024?
ARUP CHAKRABORTY (AITC) won BANKURA in 2024, by a margin of 32,778 votes.
Which party has won BANKURA the most times?
CPM, with 9 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BANKURA gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2024.
Who has won BANKURA the most times?
ACHARIA BASUDEB, with 5 wins between 1980 and 2009.
