| Bankura | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 252 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bankura Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bankura |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 172,154 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Bankura Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inBankura district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 252 Bankura Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Bankura municipality;Bankura Icommunity development block; and Junbedia, Mankanali and Purandarpurgram panchayats ofBankura II community development block.[1]
Bankura Assembly constituency is part of No. 36Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Rakhahari Chatterjee | Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | |
| 1957 | Shishuram Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Anath Bandhu Roy | ||
| 1962 | Aboni Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1967 | S. Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Bireshwar Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1971 | Kashinath Misra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Partha De | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | Kashinath Misra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | Partha De | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Kashinath Misra | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Partha De | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2011 | Kashinath Misra | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2012^ | Minati Misra | ||
| 2016 | Shampa Daripa | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021 | Niladri Sekhar Dana | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | |||||
| BJP | |||||
| LF | |||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Niladri Sekhar Dana | 95,466 | 43.79 |  33.09 | |
| AITC | Sayantika Banerjee | 93,998 | 43.12 | 0.22 | |
| INC | Radharani Banerjee | 13,764 | 6.31 |  37.19 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,507 | 2.07 | 0.27 | |
| Majority | 1,468 | 0.67 | 0.07 | ||
| Turnout | 2,17,986 | 80.79 | 0.35 | ||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shampa Daripa | 83,486 | 43.50 | ||
| AITC | Minati Mishra | 82,457 | 42.90 | ||
| BJP | Subhas Sarkar | 20,571 | 10.70 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,607 | 2.34 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Swapan Nag | 2,138 | 1.10 | ||
| BSP | Lal Mohan Malla | 1,999 | 1.00 | ||
| BMP | Rabindra Hansda | 1,399 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 1,029 | 0.52 | |||
| Turnout | 1,96,657 | 80.44 | |||
| INCgain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated onLF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
In 2012, a by-election was necessitated by the death of sitting Trinamool Congress MLA Kashinath Misra . Minati Misra of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Nilanjan Dasgupta of CPI(M) by 15,138 votes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Kashinath Misra | 93,835 | 53.93 | +9.62# | |
| CPI(M) | Pratip Mukherjee | 63,745 | 37.03 | −8.65 | |
| BJP | Anil Ghosh | 5,732 | 3.33 | ||
| Independent | Swapan Kumar Mondal | 3,112 | |||
| BSP | Anil Pal | 1,877 | |||
| Independent | Bijoy Chandra Mondal | 1,789 | |||
| JVM(P) | Jabbar Sekh | 1,783 | |||
| Independent | Bhakta Ranjan Nayak | 1,281 | |||
| Turnout | 172,154 | 80.36 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 17.87# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the2006 state assembly elections,Partha De ofCPI(M) won the Bankura assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Kashinath Mishra ofTrinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kashinath Mishra of Trinamool Congress defeated Partha De of CPI(M) in 2001. Partha De of CPI(M) defeated Asis Chakraborty ofCongress in 1996, and Kashinath Mishra of Congress in 1991 and 1987. Kashinath Mishra of Congress defeated Partha De of CPI(M) in 1982. Partha De of CPI(M) defeated Anandi Kundu ofJanata Party in 1977.[6]
Kashinath Mishra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bireshwar Ghosh ofCPI won in 1969. S.Mitra of Congress won in 1967. Aboni Bhattacharya of CPI won in1962. Bankura had a dual seat in1957. It was won by Shishuram Mandal and Anath Bandhu Roy, both of Congress. Rakhahari Chatterjee ofHindu Mahasabha won inindependent India's first election in 1952.[7]
