Panskura Purba Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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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 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tamluk |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 186,193 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Rajani Kanta Pramanick Panskura (North) |
Indian National Congress | |
| Shyama Bhattacharya Panskura (South) | |||
| Panskura East | |||
| 1957 | Rajani Kanta Pramanik | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Swades Ranjan Maji | Janata Party | |
| 1982 | Independent politician | ||
| 1987 | Sibram Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| 1991 | Sisir Sarkar | ||
| 1996 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Indian National Congress | |
| 2001 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2006 | Amiya Kumar Sahoo | Communist Party of India | |
| Constituency renamed as Panskura Purba due to delimitation | |||
| 2011 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Sheikh Ibrahim Ali | Communist Party of India | |
| 2021 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2026 | Subrata Maity | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Subrata Maity | 109,264 | 49.5 | +8.39 | |
| AITC | Ashim Kumar Maji | 91,361 | 41.39 | −4.58 | |
| CPI(M) | Sheikh Ibrahim Ali | 11,233 | 5.09 | −5.35 | |
| Jatiya Unnayan Party | Alfajuddin Ali Nayek | 3,401 | 1.54 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,396 | 0.63 | +0.03 | |
| Majority | 17,903 | 8.11 | +3.25 | ||
| Turnout | 220,737 | 92.48 | +8.52 | ||
| BJP gain from AITC | Swing | ||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | 91,213 | 45.97 | ||
| BJP | Debabrata Pattanayek | 81,553 | 41.11 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ibrahim Ali Sk | 20,717 | 10.44 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,183 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 9,660 | 4.86 | |||
| Turnout | 198,400 | 83.96 | |||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Sheikh 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
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.[5]
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 | ||||
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.[8]