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Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
1951-present

Elected Year
  
2014

Member of parliament
  
Moon Moon Sen

Male electors
  
775,893

Reservation
  
None

Total Electors
  
1,503,812

State
  
West Bengal

Female electors
  
727,919

Current MP
  
Srimati Dev Barma (Moon Moon Sen)

Assembly Constituencies
  
Raghunathpur (SC) Saltora (SC) Chhatna Ranibandh (ST) Raipur (ST) Taldangra Bankura

Party
  
All India Trinamool Congress

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Chhatna, Ranibandh, Raipur, Saltora, Raghunathpur, Taldangra, Bankura

Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বাঁকুড়া লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) 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.

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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:

  • Raghunathpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 246)
  • Saltora (SC) (assembly constituency no. 247)
  • Chhatna (assembly constituency no. 248)
  • Ranibandh (ST) (assembly constituency no. 249)
  • Raipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 250)
  • Taldangra (assembly constituency no. 251)
  • Bankura (assembly constituency no. 252)
  • 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)

    Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
    General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

    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

    References

    Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia