Bankura is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South West Bengal of West Bengal and is located in East India. Bankura Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 69.42%. There are 15,03,812 voters of which 7,75,893 are male and 7,27,919 are female and 0 voters of the third gender.
Seemati Dev Varma (Moon Moon Sen) of TMC (alliance: Others) won in this seat defeating CPM. TMC polled 4,83,455 of the total of 12,36,319 votes polled. CPM won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Bankura goes to the polls in the 6st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 12, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 82.23%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 36 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,03,812 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,75,893 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,27,919 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | CPM |
| Turnout % | 82.23% | 77.64% |
| Margin of Victory | 98,506 | 1,07,802 |
| Margin of Victory % | 7.97% | 10.95% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | TMC | CPM |
| Turnout % | 82.23% | 77.64% |
| Margin of Victory | 98,506 | 1,07,802 |
| Margin of Victory % | 7.97% | 10.95% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 675319 | 49.23% | Dr. Subhas SarkarWinner |
| AITC | 500986 | 36.52% | Subrata Mukherjee |
| CPI(M) | 100282 | 7.31% | Amiya Patra |
| IND | 14942 | 1.09% | Milan Mandi |
| Nota | 14019 | 1.02% | Nota |
| IND | 12372 | 0.90% | Bibhuti Sardar |
| BNRP | 9123 | 0.67% | Animesh Mal |
| SHS | 9072 | 0.66% | Subhash Sarkar |
| BSP | 6707 | 0.49% | Mahadeb Bauri |
| IND | 5819 | 0.42% | Abdul Rahim Mallik |
| SUCI | 5679 | 0.41% | Dr. Tanmay Mandal |
| IND | 5034 | 0.37% | Shyamal Kumar Palit |
| JASP | 4164 | 0.30% | Prabir Banerjee |
| RJASP | 3228 | 0.24% | Ananda Kumar Saren |
| CPI(ML)(R) | 2889 | 0.21% | Sukchand Saren |
| JPP | 2220 | 0.16% | Gour Chandra (Akhan) Hembram |
