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: Daspur (assembly constituency no. 198) Nandanpur (assembly constituency no. 199) Panskura West (assembly constituency no. 200) Sabang (assembly constituency no. 216) Pingla (assembly constituency no. 217) Debra (assembly constituency no. 218) Keshpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 219)
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 ElectionMemberParty 1977 Abha Maiti Janata Party 1980Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of India 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2000^ Bikram Sarkar Trinamool Congress 2004 Gurudas Dasgupta Communist Party of India 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-upCandidatePartyCandidateParty1977Abha MaitiJanata PartyPhulrenu GuhaIndian National Congress1980Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaRajani Kanta DolaiIndian National Congress (I)1984Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaChittaranjan ChakrabortyIndian National Congress1989Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaChittaranjan ChakrabortyIndian National Congress1991Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaSudhanshu BhowmikIndian National Congress1996Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaPadma KhastgirIndian National Congress1998Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaSaumen MahapatraWest Bengal Trinamool Congress1999Geeta MukherjeeCommunist Party of IndiaGouri GhoshAll India Trinamool Congress2000(Bye-Election)Bikram SarkarAll India Trinamool CongressGurudas DasguptaCommunist Party of India2004Gurudas DasguptaCommunist Party of IndiaHema ChoubeyAll India Trinamool Congress Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency functioned from 1951 to 1971.
2004
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.
General election 1999
General election 1998
General election 1996
General election 1991
General election 1989
General election 1984
General election 1980
General election 1977
See also List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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