| Panskura Purba | |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Biplab Roy Chowdhury |
| Party: | Trinamool Congress |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| State: | West Bengal |
| District: | Purba Medinipur |
| Loksabha Cons: | Tamluk |
| Constituency No: | 204 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Electors: | 186,193 |
| Reservation: | None |
Panskura Purba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 204 Panskura Purba Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kolaghat CD Block.[1]
Panskura Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Panskura (North) | Rajani Kanta Pramanick | Indian National Congress[2] |
| Panskura (South) | Shyama Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Panskura East | Rajani Kanta Pramanik | Indian National Congress[3] |
| 1962 | Rajani Kanta Pramanik | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| 1967 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[5] | |
| 1969 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[6] | |
| 1971 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[7] | |
| 1972 | Geeta Mukherjee | Communist Party of India[8] | |
| 1977 | Swades Ranjan Maji | Janata Party[9] | |
| 1982 | Swades Ranjan Maji | Janata Party/Independent(politician) | Independent[10] |
| 1987 | Sibram Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 1991 | Sisir Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1996 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Indian National Congress[13] | |
| 2001 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Trinamool Congress[14] | |
| 2006 | Amiya Kumar Sahoo | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[15] | |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Panskura Purba | |||
| 2011 | Panskura Purba | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Trinamool Congress[16] |
| 2016 | Sk. Ibrahim Ali | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[17] | |
| 2021 | Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Trinamool Congress |
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
In the 2006 state assembly elections Amiya Kumar Sahoo of CPI(M) won the Panskura East assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Biplab Ray Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Biplab Roychowdhury representing Trinamool Congress in 2001 and representing Congress in 1996, defeated Sisir Sarkar of CPI(M). Sisir Sarkar of CPI(M) defeated Biplab Roy Choudhury of Congress in 1991. Sibram Basu of CPI(M) defeated Rabindra Bag of Congress in 1987. Swades Ranjan Maji, Independent/ Janata Party, defeated Biplab Roy Choudhury representing ICS in 1982, and Adhir Kumar Chatterjee of Forward Bloc in 1977.[18]
Geeta Mukherjee of CPI won the Panskura East seat in 1972, 1971, 1969 and 1967 defeating Amar Prasad Chakravarty of Forward Bloc, Birbhadra Gouri of Bangla Congress, Shyamdas Bhattacharya of Congress and Saradindu Samanta of Congress. Rajani Kanta Pramanik of Congress won in 1962 and 1957. In independent first election in 1951, the two Panskura seats were named Panskura North and Panskura South. While Rajanikanta Pramanik of Congress won the Panskura North seat, Shyama Bhattacharya of Congress won the Panskura South seat.[19]