Bankura Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543

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constituencies in

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. While six assembly segments of No. 36 Bankura Lok Sabha constituency are in

Bankura district Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman distri ...

, one assembly segment is in

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Assembly segments

As per order of the

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in 2006 in respect of the

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in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 36 Bankura is composed of the following

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segments: Prior to delimitation, Bankura Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following

segments: Para (SC) (assembly constituency no. 240), Raghunathpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 241), Kashipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 242),

Hura Hura, or Houra ( he, חוּרָה, ar, حورة) is a Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel. It is located near Beersheba and beside the town Meitar. The town was established in 1989 as a part of solution offered by the state for the ...

(assembly constituency no. 243),

Chhatna Chhatna is a village and a gram panchayat in the Chhatna CD block in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India. History According to the historian Binoy Ghosh, three places claimed to be the hom ...

(assembly constituency no. 248),

Bankura Bankura () is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura district. Etymology In the Mahabharata, Bankura was described as Suhmobhumi. The word or (in Nagari: rāḍh) was introduced af ...

(assembly constituency no. 251) and Onda (assembly constituency no. 252)

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2019

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General election 2014

General election 2009

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

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References

External links

Bankura lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details
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