Bardhaman–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency

Bardhaman–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is spread across Paschim Bardhaman district and Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal. While five of the assembly seats of Bardhaman–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Bardhaman district, two assembly segment is in Paschim Bardhaman district.

Bardhaman–Durgapur
WB-39
Lok Sabha constituency
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Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Bardhaman & Pashim Bardhaman
Assembly constituenciesBardhaman Dakshin
Manteshwar
Bardhaman Uttar
Bhatar
Galsi
Durgapur Purba
Durgapur Paschim
Established2009-present
Total electors18,51,780 (2024)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyTrinamool Congress
Elected year2024

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency, Katwa Lok Sabha constituency and Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist from 2009 and new constituencies came into being: Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency and Bardhaman–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.[2]

Overview

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Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hoghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

Bardhaman–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency is a new constituency that includes both the Bardhaman and Durgapur cities and the intermediate villages. In a pre-poll feature about the constituency, The Statesman wrote, "Shivnath Ghosh, a 55-year-old farmer of Belkash village, says, ‘I want the Left Front to be removed from power at the earliest as their sons and family members grab every facility, employment and trade all across the region.’ ... Shivnath's locality has witnessed a change in the guard after the Assembly and the panchayat polls, after the storm of ‘parivartan’ but still remains gasping for a ‘real wind of change’... 'Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, we have new zamindars in the villages, especially the ‘Red Trinamul’ cadres and they dictate the terms leaving us in absolute jeopardy.'[3]

"The Lok Sabha constituency has 15.81 lakh voters, 72 per cent of which comprise rural voters and 7.61 lakh female voters - the highest in the district…The state’s rice bowl also houses uncountable ailing industries…Nearly 1.5 lakh persons have lost their jobs due to retrenchment caused by the collapse of industries."[3]

Assembly segments

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Bardhaman–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 39) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number Name District Party
(2021 Assembly Election Winner)
Party
(2024 Lok Sabha Lead)
260 Bardhaman Dakshin Purba Bardhaman TMC TMC
263 Monteswar TMC TMC
266 Bardhaman Uttar (SC) TMC TMC
267 Bhatar TMC TMC
274 Galsi (SC) TMC TMC
276 Durgapur Purba TMC TMC
277 Durgapur Paschim BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

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Year Member Party
2009 Saidul Haque[4] Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014 Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita[5] Trinamool Congress
2019 S. S. Ahluwalia[6] Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Kirti Azad Jha Trinamool Congress

For Members of Parliament from this area in previous years see Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency, Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency and Katwa Lok Sabha constituency.

Election results

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2024

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2024 Indian general elections: Bardhaman–Durgapur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Kirti Azad 720,667 47.99   6.41
BJP Dilip Ghosh 582,686 38.80   2.95
CPI(M) Sukriti Ghoshal 153,829 10.24  1.02
NOTA None of the above 21,595 1.44  0.15
Majority 1,37,981 9.19  9.02
Turnout 15,01,773 81.10  1.56
Registered electors 18,51,780
AITC gain from BJP Swing 4.68

2019

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2019 Indian general election: Bardhaman-Durgapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP S. S. Ahluwalia 598,376 41.75 +23.95
AITC Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita 595,937 41.58 −4.06
CPI(M) Abhas Roy Chowdhury 161,329 11.26 −22.33
INC Ranajit Mukherjee 38,516 2.69 −0.64
BSP Ramkrishna Malik (Dev) 13,766 0.96 +0.07
SUCI(C) Sucheta Kundu (Banerjee) 6,543 0.46 −0.10
NOTA None of the above 18,540 1.29
Majority 2,439 0.17
Turnout 14,33,007 82.66 −1.40
Registered electors 17,33,578
BJP gain from AITC Swing +12.01

General election 2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Bardhaman-Durgapur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita 5,54,521 41.65 N/A
CPI(M) Saidul Haque 4,47,190 33.59 −16.92
BJP Debasree Chaudhuri 2,37,205 17.81 +13.40
INC Pradip Agasthi 44,355 3.33 −37.65
BSP Md. Harun 11,862 0.89 +0.05
SUCI(C) Sunil Kumar Purkait 7,574 0.56 N/A
BMP Dr. Dhanapati Das 6,665 0.50 N/A
Independent Saradamoni Samanta 4,984 0.37 N/A
Majority 1,07,331 8.06 −1.47
Turnout 13,31,242 84.07 +0.20
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing +33.19

General election 2009

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2009 Indian general elections: Bardhaman-Durgapur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Saidul Haque 5,73,399 50.52
INC Nargis Begam 4,65,162 40.98
BJP Syed Ali Afzal Chand 50,081 4.41
Independent Shyamali Roy Chowdhury 13,316 1.17
AUDF Madhu Sudan Shet 13,018 1.14
BSP Shiba Pada Biswas 9,627 0.84
RDMP Suman Sarkar 5,826 0.46
SP Ashoke Taru Mallick 5,099 0.44
Majority 1,08,237 9.53
Turnout 11,35,028 83.87
CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ^ a b Sidiqui, Kanchan (29 April 2014). "People complain of ailing industries, retrenchments and closed CPSUs". The Statesman. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Bardhaman Durgapur". West Bengal. News 18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  7. ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2539.htm [bare URL]

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