Panskura Purba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Panskura Purba | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 204 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Panskura Purba Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| LS constituency | Tamluk |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 186,193 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 204 Panskura Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kolaghat CD Block.[1]
Panskura Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Panskura (North) | Rajani Kanta Pramanick | Indian National Congress[2] |
| Panskura (South) | Shyama Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957 | Panskura East | Rajani Kanta Pramanik | Indian National Congress[3] |
| 1962 | Rajani Kanta Pramanik | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| 1967 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[5] | |
| 1969 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[6] | |
| 1971 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[7] | |
| 1972 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[8] | |
| 1977 | Swades Ranjan Maji | Janata Party[9] | |
| 1982 | Swades Ranjan Maji | Independent[10] | |
| 1987 | Sibram Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 1991 | Sisir Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1996 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Indian National Congress[13] | |
| 2001 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | All India Trinamool Congress[14] | |
| 2006 | Amiya Kumar Sahoo | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Panskura Purba | |||
| 2011 | Panskura Purba | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | All India Trinamool Congress[16] |
| 2016 | Sk. Ibrahim Ali | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] | |
Election results
2016 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Sk. Ibrahim Ali | 85,334 | |||
| AITC | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | 80,567 | |||
| BJP | Smt. Aparna Laskar | 10,041 | |||
| SUCI(C) | Narayan Nayak | 2,572 | |||
| Independent | Amiya Kumar Sahoo | 2,181 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,864 | |||
| Turnout | 1,63,577 | 87.85 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | 10.65# | |||
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | 82,957 | 50.71 | +3.67# | |
| CPI(M) | Amiya Sahoo | 69,790 | 42.66 | -6.98 | |
| BJP | Deb Kumar Maity | 3,971 | 2.43 | ||
| Independent | Motahar Hossen Mallick | 3,649 | |||
| People's Democratic Conference of India | Kamarujjaman Khann | 1,750 | |||
| Independent | Sk. Mahim | 1,640 | |||
| Turnout | 163,577 | 87.85 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 10.65# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Amiya Ranjan Sahoo | 72,858 | |||
| AITC | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | 65,998 | |||
| Independent | Anurupa Das | 3,459 | |||
| INC | Mahadeb Sengupta | 3,038 | |||
| Independent | Paresh Ghosh | 1,409 | |||
| Turnout | 146,762 | 87.85 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | 10.65# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | 64,805 | |||
| CPI(M) | Sisir Kumar Sarkar | 62,499 | |||
| BJP | Narayan Kinkar Mishra | 3,668 | |||
| Independent | Anurupa Das | 2,324 | |||
| Janata Dal (United) | Nikhil Jana | 1,073 | |||
| Independent | Amiya Maity | 971 | |||
| Turnout | 135,340 | 83.51 | |||
| Swing to AITC from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | 62,496 | 47,65 | +3.67# | |
| CPI(M) | Sisir Kumar Sarkar | 62,359 | 47,55 | -6.98 | |
| BJP | Tushar Kanti Das | 2,724 | 2.43 | ||
| Independent | Haripada Pramanik | 2,367 | |||
| Independent | Hyder Mallick | 1,073 | |||
| Turnout | 131,151 | 87.89 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections Amiya Kumar Sahoo of CPI(M) won the Panskura East assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Biplab Ray Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Biplab Roychowdhury representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and representing Congress in 1996, defeated Sisir Sarkar of CPI(M). Sisir Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Biplab Roy Choudhury of Congress in 1991. Sibram Basu of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Bag of Congress in 1987. Swades Ranjan Maji, Independent/ Janata Party, defeated Biplab Roy Choudhury representing ICS in 1982, and Adhir Kumar Chatterjee of Forward Bloc in 1977.[21]
1951-1972
Geeta Mukherjee of CPI won the Panskura East seat in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967 defeating Amar Prasad Chakravarty of Forward Bloc, Birbhadra Gouri of Bangla Congress, Shyamdas Bhattacharya of Congress and Saradindu Samanta of Congress. Rajani Kanta Pramanik of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent first election in 1951, the two Panskura seats were named Panskura North and Panskura South. While Rajanikanta Pramanik of Congress won the Panskura North seat, Shyama Bhattacharya of Congress won the Panskura South seat.[22]