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Bankura, West Bengal — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bankura (West Bengal) was won by Dr. Subhas Sarkar (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 174,333 votes over Subrata Mukherjee. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bankura, West Bengal, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1951 Jagannath Koley Indian National Congress 108,885 19.3% Pashupati Mandal (Indian National Congress) 12,619 (2.2 pts)
1957 Pashupati Mandal Indian National Congress 152,687 25.1% Ramgati Banerjee (Indian National Congress) 1,686 (0.3 pts)
1962 Ramgati Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress 74,674 51.1% Kanai Lal De (Praja Socialist Party) 27,444 (18.8 pts)
1967 J. M. Biswas Communist Party of India 120,590 46.5% A. Ghose (Indian National Congress) 29,770 (11.5 pts)
1971 Sankar Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress 81,144 33.0% Mahadeb Mukherjee (CPI (Marxist)) 25,498 (10.4 pts)
1977 Mondal Bijoy Bharatiya Lok Dal 175,664 57.0% Shankar Narayan Singh Deo (Indian National Congress) 80,077 (26.0 pts)
1980 Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 199,557 45.0% Singh Deo Sahankar Narayan (Congress (I)) 43,911 (9.9 pts)
1984 Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 268,136 48.6% Arun Kumar Bhattacharya (Indian National Congress) 24,216 (4.4 pts)
1989 Basudeb Acharia CPI (Marxist) 381,087 55.9% Ashis Chakrabarty (Indian National Congress) 124,398 (18.2 pts)
1991 Basudev Acharia CPI (Marxist) 374,058 56.3% Brajabasi Biswas (Indian National Congress) 182,623 (27.5 pts)
1996 Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 420,402 56.2% Gouri Sankar Dey (Indian National Congress) 228,987 (30.6 pts)
1998 Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 369,695 49.4% Sukumar Banerjee (Bharatiya Janata Party) 111,583 (14.9 pts)
1999 Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 381,720 52.7% Natabar Bagdi (Independent) 106,998 (14.8 pts)
2004 Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 417,798 60.1% Deb Prasad Kundu ( Tara) (All India Trinamool Congress) 230,329 (33.1 pts)
2009 Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 469,223 47.7% Subrata Mukherjee (Indian National Congress) 107,802 (10.9 pts)
2014 Sreemati Dev Varma (Moon Moon Sen) All India Trinamool Congress 483,455 39.1% Acharia Basudeb (CPI (Marxist)) 98,506 (8.0 pts)
2019 Dr. Subhas Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party 675,319 49.7% Subrata Mukherjee (All India Trinamool Congress) 174,333 (12.8 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagannath Koley Indian National Congress 108,885 19.3%
Pashupati Mandal Indian National Congress 96,266 17.0%
Atul Patra Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 90,112 15.9%
Bireswar Ghose Independent 58,122 10.3%
Jugal Kishore Mandal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 48,135 8.5%
Gurusaday Haldar KMPP 35,998 6.4%
Babulal Sareng Independent 33,418 5.9%
Jadu Mudi Independent 27,309 4.8%
Binode Maji Independent 26,680 4.7%
Ramrabi Mukherjee Independent 25,281 4.5%
Kedar Nath Chatterjee Independent 7,904 1.4%
Rishindranath Sarkar Independent 7,257 1.3%

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pashupati Mandal Indian National Congress 152,687 25.1%
Ramgati Banerjee Indian National Congress 151,001 24.8%
Biswa Nath Bauri Independent 83,271 13.7%
Bagala Mandal Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 82,576 13.5%
Bireswar Ghose Independent 74,591 12.2%
Ashutosh Lahiri Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 65,328 10.7%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramgati Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress 74,674 51.1%
Kanai Lal De Praja Socialist Party 47,230 32.3%
Manoranjan Roy FB 24,156 16.5%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
J. M. Biswas Communist Party of India 120,590 46.5%
A. Ghose Indian National Congress 90,820 35.0%
P. Banerjee Independent 16,566 6.4%
P. R. Mahato Bharatiya Jana Sangh 16,213 6.3%
P. C. Kundu Independent 14,981 5.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sankar Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress 81,144 33.0%
Mahadeb Mukherjee CPI (Marxist) 55,646 22.6%
J . M . Biswas Communist Party of India 46,723 19.0%
Haridas Mistra BAC 29,576 12.0%
Bose Jyoti Prosad Congress (O) 14,662 6.0%
Bhutnath Mahanta Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 9,755 4.0%
Chitta Bhusan Dasgupta LSS 8,306 3.4%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mondal Bijoy Bharatiya Lok Dal 175,664 57.0%
Shankar Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress 95,587 31.0%
Ashutosh Banerjee SUC 27,343 8.9%
Mukherjee Saktipada Independent 5,662 1.8%
Bhutnath Ghosh Independent 2,461 0.8%
Sharma Matulal Independent 1,223 0.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 199,557 45.0%
Singh Deo Sahankar Narayan Congress (I) 155,646 35.1%
Ashutosh Banerjee SUC 36,149 8.2%
Majhi Shyampada Independent 16,732 3.8%
Gunamoy Chatopadhyay Janata Party 16,523 3.7%
Basudeb Dutta Janata Party (Secular) 6,636 1.5%
A.C. Patra Independent 5,425 1.2%
Bhagbat Mahata Independent 3,059 0.7%
Mahant Swamy Rudranand Giri Independent 1,953 0.4%
Saktipada Mukherjee Independent 1,337 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 268,136 48.6%
Arun Kumar Bhattacharya Indian National Congress 243,920 44.2%
Manju Chakroborti SUC 17,202 3.1%
Nandalal Majhi Independent 11,019 2.0%
Tapan Chakravarty Independent 2,977 0.5%
Saktipada Mukherjee Independent 2,705 0.5%
Shallen Mishra Independent 2,665 0.5%
Bhagbat Mahata Independent 1,529 0.3%
Saktipada Kumbhakar Independent 946 0.2%
Sagar Chandra Mahata Independent 401 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Basudeb Acharia CPI (Marxist) 381,087 55.9%
Ashis Chakrabarty Indian National Congress 256,689 37.7%
Bhaskar Bhadra Independent 22,268 3.3%
Nanda Lal Kisku Independent 9,394 1.4%
Saktipada Mukhopadhyay Independent 3,035 0.4%
Asok Mahata JKD 2,689 0.4%
Asim Goswami Independent 2,269 0.3%
Laxmikanta Mahata Independent 2,211 0.3%
Nand Lal Gupta DDP 1,419 0.2%
Anil Kumar Thakur Independent 607 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Basudev Acharia CPI (Marxist) 374,058 56.3%
Brajabasi Biswas Indian National Congress 191,435 28.8%
Gunamoy Chatterjee Bharatiya Janata Party 58,978 8.9%
Bhaskar Bhadra Independent 22,353 3.4%
Nandalal Kisku Independent 11,767 1.8%
Santiram Bag DDP 2,559 0.4%
Sagar Chandra Mahato Independent 1,422 0.2%
Sakti Pada Mukhopadhyay Independent 879 0.1%
Ashim Goswami BKUS 694 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 420,402 56.2%
Gouri Sankar Dey Indian National Congress 191,415 25.6%
Bilam Murmu JMM 59,372 7.9%
Gunamoy Chattopadhyay Bharatiya Janata Party 40,213 5.4%
Bhaskar Bhadra Independent 19,191 2.6%
Asim Goswami Independent 5,803 0.8%
Budhan Ram Independent 4,458 0.6%
Kalyan Mukherjee Shiv Sena 2,668 0.4%
Kisku Nandalal JMM(M) 2,039 0.3%
Achintasagar Mahato Independent 783 0.1%
Ramlal Jadav Independent 634 0.1%
Mukhopadhyay Saktipada Independent 525 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 369,695 49.4%
Sukumar Banerjee Bharatiya Janata Party 258,112 34.5%
Kashinath Misra Indian National Congress 74,145 9.9%
Baghambar Mahato JMM 35,676 4.8%
Bhaskar Bhadra Independent 7,749 1.0%
Laxmi Kanta Mahata AMB 2,623 0.4%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 381,720 52.7%
Natabar Bagdi Independent 274,722 37.9%
Bula Chatterjee Indian National Congress 35,512 4.9%
Joydev Pal Independent 13,069 1.8%
Mahesh Shah Shiv Sena 7,444 1.0%
Balaram Mahato Independent 4,697 0.6%
Laxmi Kanta Mahata AMB 4,569 0.6%
Achintya Sagar Mahato Independent 2,196 0.3%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 417,798 60.1%
Deb Prasad Kundu ( Tara) All India Trinamool Congress 187,469 27.0%
Bhaskar Chandra Bhadra Independent 23,553 3.4%
Natabar Bagdi PDS 21,306 3.1%
Balaram Mahato JMM 18,508 2.7%
Rahul Sen Samajwadi Party 8,568 1.2%
Motilal Murmu Bahujan Samaj Party 7,892 1.1%
Abhiram Besra JDP 6,411 0.9%
Gopinath Mandi AMB 3,982 0.6%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 469,223 47.7%
Subrata Mukherjee Indian National Congress 361,421 36.7%
Rahul (Biswajit) Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party 42,660 4.3%
Lakshmi Sarkar Independent 27,469 2.8%
Prabir Banerjee Independent 22,645 2.3%
Paresh Marandi JMM 19,440 2.0%
Aswini Duley JKP(N) 13,132 1.3%
Ganesh Ray Bahujan Samaj Party 11,083 1.1%
Sudhir Kumar Murmu CPI (ML) Liberation 8,007 0.8%
Byasdeb Chakrabortty Janata Dal (United) 5,554 0.6%
Tapan Kumar Pathak RDMP 3,970 0.4%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sreemati Dev Varma (Moon Moon Sen) All India Trinamool Congress 483,455 39.1%
Acharia Basudeb CPI (Marxist) 384,949 31.1%
Subhas Kumar Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party 251,183 20.3%
None Of The Above Independent 23,682 1.9%
Nilmadhab Gupta Indian National Congress 22,021 1.8%
Paresh Marandi JMM 10,229 0.8%
Kabita Singhababu SUCI(C) 9,125 0.7%
Shyamal Sikdar Independent 9,045 0.7%
Sudhir Kumar Murmu CPI (ML) Liberation 7,579 0.6%
Hulu Khetrapal BMP 7,564 0.6%
Binoy Chowdhury Bahujan Samaj Party 7,388 0.6%
Banerjee Prabir JAP 6,209 0.5%
Panmani Besra JDP 5,909 0.5%
Gour Chandra Hembram Independent 4,876 0.4%
Shib Sankar Ghosh JVM(P) 3,105 0.3%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Subhas Sarkar Bharatiya Janata Party 675,319 49.7%
Subrata Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress 500,986 36.9%
Amiya Patra CPI (Marxist) 100,282 7.4%
Milan Mandi Independent 14,942 1.1%
Bibhuti Sardar Independent 12,372 0.9%
Animesh Mal BNARP 9,123 0.7%
Subhash Sarkar Shiv Sena 9,072 0.7%
Mahadeb Bauri Bahujan Samaj Party 6,707 0.5%
Abdul Rahim Mallik Independent 5,819 0.4%
Dr. Tanmay Mandal SUCI(C) 5,679 0.4%
Shyamal Kumar Palit Independent 5,034 0.4%
Prabir Banerjee JAP 4,164 0.3%
Ananda Kumar Saren RJSP 3,228 0.2%
Sukchand Saren CPI(ML)RS 2,889 0.2%
Gour Chandra (Akhan) Hembram JPP 2,220 0.2%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1951: Indian National Congress margin 2.2 pts 1957: Indian National Congress margin 0.3 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 18.8 pts 1967: Communist Party of India margin 11.5 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 10.4 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 26.0 pts 1980: CPI (Marxist) margin 9.9 pts 1984: CPI (Marxist) margin 4.4 pts 1989: CPI (Marxist) margin 18.2 pts 1991: CPI (Marxist) margin 27.5 pts 1996: CPI (Marxist) margin 30.6 pts 1998: CPI (Marxist) margin 14.9 pts 1999: CPI (Marxist) margin 14.8 pts 2004: CPI (Marxist) margin 33.1 pts 2009: CPI (Marxist) margin 10.9 pts 2014: All India Trinamool Congress margin 8.0 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 12.8 pts 1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Bankura has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bankura in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Dr. Subhas Sarkar (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Bankura, West Bengal, in 2019 with 675,319 votes (49.7%), a margin of 174,333 votes over Subrata Mukherjee.

Which parties have won Bankura since 1951?

Since 1951, Bankura has been won by: All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Bankura?

The closest result on record for Bankura was 1957, when Indian National Congress beat Indian National Congress by just 1,686 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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