Bankura Lok Sabha constituency

Bankura Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. While six assembly segments of No. 36 Bankura Lok Sabha constituency are in Bankura district, one assembly segment is in Purulia district.

Assembly segments


As per order of the Delimitation Commission in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 36 Bankura is composed of the following assembly segments:

Prior to delimitation, Bankura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Para (SC) (assembly constituency no. 240), Raghunathpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 241), Kashipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 242), Hura (assembly constituency no. 243), Chhatna (assembly constituency no. 248), Bankura (assembly constituency no. 251) and Onda (assembly constituency no. 252)

General elections 1951-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are generally mentioned below: *In 1951 and 1957 Bankura constituency had two seats with one reserved for Scheduled Castes