Bardhaman–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency

Bardhaman–Durgapur
WB-39
Bardhaman–Durgapur ; WB-39
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Bardhaman & Pashim Bardhaman
Assembly constituencies	Bardhaman Dakshin; Manteshwar; Bardhaman Uttar; Bhatar; Galsi; Durgapur Purba; Durgapur Paschim
Established	2009-present
Total electors	18,51,780 (2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Kirti Azad
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2024

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.

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

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

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

Year	Member
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

2024

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

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

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

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)

References

^ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ "Bardhaman Durgapur". West Bengal. News 18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2539.htm ^{[bare URL]}

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[1] ttps://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[delimitation-2] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.

[statesman-3] 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.

[loksabha2009-4] "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

[loksabha2014-5] "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[loksabha2019-6] "Bardhaman Durgapur". West Bengal. News 18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[7] ttps://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS2539.htm ^{[bare URL]}

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