Panskura Lok Sabha constituency


Panskura Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Panskura in West Bengal.

Assembly segments

Prior to delimitation in 2006 Panskura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:
As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Panskura parliamentary constituency will cease to exist; most of the assembly segments of this constituency will be part of new Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament

For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1951-1977 and 2009 onwards, see Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
YearWinnerRunner-up-
CandidatePartyCandidateParty
1977Abha MaitiJanata PartyPhulrenu GuhaIndian National Congress
1980Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaRajani Kanta DolaiIndian National Congress (I)
1984Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaChittaranjan ChakrabortyIndian National Congress
1989Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaChittaranjan ChakrabortyIndian National Congress
1991Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaSudhanshu BhowmikIndian National Congress
1996Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaPadma KhastgirIndian National Congress
1998Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaSaumen MahapatraWest Bengal Trinamool Congress
1999Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaGouri GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress
2000Bikram SarkarAll India Trinamool CongressGurudas DasguptaCommunist Party of India
2004Gurudas DasguptaCommunist Party of IndiaHema ChoubeyAll India Trinamool Congress

Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency functioned from 1951 to 1971.

2000 bye-election

In the Panskura seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting CPI-MP Geeta Mukherjee on 4 March 2000.
The bye election held on 5 June 2000. Bikram Sarkar of Trinamool Congress defeated Gurudas Dasgupta of the CPI by 41,491 votes.