Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency)
Panskura was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Ghatal 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.
Members of Parliament
Members of Parliament
For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1951-1977 and 2009 onwards see GhatalElection results
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:Year | Winner | Runner-up | - | |
Candidate | Party | Candidate | Party | |
1977 | Abha Maiti | Bharatiya Lok Dal | Phulrenu Guha | Indian National Congress |
1980 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Rajani Kanta Dolai | Indian National Congress |
1984 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Chittaranjan Chakraborty | Indian National Congress |
1989 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Chittaranjan Chakraborty | Indian National Congress |
1991 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Sudhanshu Bhowmik | Indian National Congress |
1996 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Padma Khastgir | Indian National Congress |
1998 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Saumen Mahapatra | West Bengal Trinamool Congress |
1999 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | Gouri Ghosh | All India Trinamool Congress |
2000 | Bikram Sarkar | All India Trinamool Congress | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India |
2004 | Gurudas Dasgupta | Communist Party of India | Hema Choubey | All India Trinamool Congress |
Ghatal functioned from 1951 to 1971.
General election 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 In 5 June 2000.Bikram Sarkar of Trinamool Congress Defeated Gurudas Dasgupta of CPI By 41,491 Votes.
In This Election,The Booths of Some Assembly Seats Were Badly Captured and Rigged Votes By TMC Goons and Cadres.