| Panskura Paschim | |
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Panskura Paschim
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Medinipur |
| Constituency No. | 205 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Electorate (year) | 211,399 (2011) |
Panskura Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier called Panskura West) (Bengali: পাঁসকুড়া পশ্চিম বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 205 Panskura Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Panskura I community development block.[1]
Panskura Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 32 Ghatal (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]It was earlier part of Panskura (Lok Sabha constituency).
| West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Panskura Paschim [2][3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Trinamool Congress | Dr. Omar Ali | 93,349 | 49.97 | +9.40# | |
| CPI | Nirmal Kumar Bera | 84,209 | 45.08 | -12.17 | |
| BJP | Narayan Kinkar Mishra | 5,994 | 3.21 | ||
| Independent | Nisith Kumar Maiti | 3,249 | |||
| Turnout | 163,577 | 87.85 | |||
| Trinamool Congress gain from CPI | Swing | 21.57# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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| Trinamool Congress | 16 | 12 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 6 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 3 |
| WBSP/SP | 0 | 3 |
In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections Chittaranjan Das Thakur of CPI won the Panskura West assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Jaidul Khan of Trinamool Congress in 2006, and Jakiur Rahman Khan of Trinamool Congress/ Congress in 2001 and 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Omar Ali of CPI defeated Sk. Golam Murshed of Congress in 1991, Asit Baran Samanta of Congress in 1987, Jyoti Kumar Roy of Congress in 1982, and Jyoti Kumar Roy of Janata Party in 1977. [5]
Sk. Omar Ali of CPI won in 1972 and 1971. Ahindra Mishra of Bangla Congress won in 1969. R.K.Pramanik of Bangla Congress won in 1967. Shymadas Bhattacharya of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent India’s first election in 1951, the two seats at Panskura were named Panskura North and Panskura South. While Shyamadas Bhattacharya of Congress won the Panskura South seat, Rajanikanta Pramanik won the Panskura North seat. [6]
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