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 | |
 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)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AITC |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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
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 | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party (as of 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | Bardhaman Dakshin | None | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
| 263 | Monteswar | None | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
| 266 | Bardhaman Uttar | SC | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
| 267 | Bhatar | None | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
| 274 | Galsi | SC | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
| 276 | Durgapur Purba | None | Paschim Bardhaman | TMC |
| 277 | Durgapur Paschim | None | Paschim Bardhaman | BJP |
Members of Parliament
| 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
2024
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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) | |||||