Bankura Assembly constituency

Bankura Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bankura
Constituency No. 252 for the West 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 Niladri Sekhar Dana
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 252 Bankura Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bankura municipality; Bankura I community development block; and Junbedia, Mankanali and Purandarpur gram panchayats of Bankura II community development block.^[1]

Bankura Assembly constituency is part of No. 36 Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Rakhahari Chatterjee		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		All India Trinamool Congress
2006	Partha De		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2011	Kashinath Misra		All India Trinamool Congress
2012^	Minati Misra
2016	Shampa Daripa		Indian National Congress
2021	Niladri Sekhar Dana		Bharatiya Janata Party

• ^ by-election

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bankura

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
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bankura^[2][3][4]

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
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.

By-election 2012

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]

2011

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bankura^[2][3][4]

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
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	17.87#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

1977-2006

In the 2006 state assembly elections, Partha De of CPI(M) won the Bankura assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Kashinath Mishra of Trinamool 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 of Congress 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 of Janata Party in 1977.^[6]

1952-1972

Kashinath Mishra of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Bireshwar Ghosh of CPI won in 1969. S.Mitra of Congress won in 1967. Aboni Bhattacharya of CPI won in 1962. Bankura had a dual seat in 1957. It was won by Shishuram Mandal and Anath Bandhu Roy, both of Congress. Rakhahari Chatterjee of Hindu Mahasabha won in independent India's first election in 1952.^[7]