The constituency centred on Panskura in West Bengal.
[2] For Members of Parliament from the area during the period 1951-1977 and 2009 onwards, see Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency Most of the contests were multi-cornered.
However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below: Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency functioned from 1951 to 1971.
In the Panskura seat, the by-election was held due to the death of the sitting CPI-MP Geeta Mukherjee on 4 March 2000.
Bikram Sarkar of Trinamool Congress defeated Gurudas Dasgupta of the CPI by 41,491 votes.