Constituency
537. Bankura
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-BANKURA
CPM 47.7%won by 10.9%INC 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.1% to 10.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.4% to 77.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,68,563
Turnout
77.6%
Valid votes
9,84,604
Margin
1,07,802
10.95%
Candidates
11 contested · winner CPM- 1ACHARIA BASUDEBCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,69,22347.7%
- 2SUBRATA MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC3,61,42136.7%
- 3RAHUL (BISWAJIT) SINHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,6604.3%
- 4LAKSHMI SARKARIndependent · IND27,4692.8%
- 5PRABIR BANERJEEIndependent · IND22,6452.3%
- 6PARESH MARANDIJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM19,4402.0%
- 7ASWINI DULEYJKPN · JKPN13,1321.3%
- 8GANESH RAYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP11,0831.1%
- 9SUDHIR KUMAR MURMUCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL8,0070.8%
- 10BYASDEB CHAKRABORTTYJanata Dal (United) · JDU5,5540.6%
- 11TAPAN KUMAR PATHAKRDMP · RDMP3,9700.4%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −49.1%
- CPM share
- 60.1% → 47.7%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- 68.2% → 77.6%