Elections 98

State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Panskura
Total Votes Polled:	831273
Winner: CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	450092
Runner Up: WBTC	Dr Saumen Mahapatra	270549
Margin: 179543 (40%)

Elections 96

State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Panskura
Total Votes Polled:	845529
Winner: CPI	Geeta Mukherjee	455414
Runner Up: INC	Padma Khastgir	344026
Margin: 111388 (13.41%)

Geeta Mukherjee -- the formidable campaigner for women's reservations in the legislatures -- has won this seat for the CPI from 1980. In 1996 she defeated Padma Khastgir -- a former judge of the Calcutta high court -- of the Congress by 111,000 votes.