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. All the seven assembly segments of No. 39 Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Paschim Bardhaman district and Purba Bardhaman district.
| Bardhaman–Durgapur | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
 S.S. Ahluwalia,
Present MP | |
| Incumbent | S.S. Ahluwalia |
| Parliamentary Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected Year | 2019 |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 2009-present |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,583,498[1] |
| Assembly Constituencies | Bardhaman Dakshin Bardhaman Uttar (SC) Monteswar Bhatar Galsi (SC) Durgapur Purba Durgapur Paschim |
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]
- Bardhaman Dakshin (assembly constituency no. 260)
- Bardhaman Uttar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 266)
- Monteswar (assembly constituency no. 263)
- Bhatar (assembly constituency no. 267)
- Galsi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 274)
- Durgapur Purba (assembly constituency no. 276)
- Durgapur Paschim (assembly constituency no. 277)
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Saidul Haque[4] | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2014 | Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita[5] | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2019 | S. S. Ahluwalia[6] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. S. S. Ahluwalia | 5,98,376 | 41.75 | +23.95 | |
| AITC | Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita | 5,95,937 | 41.58 | -4.06 | |
| CPI (M) | Abhas Roy Chowdhury | 1,61,329 | 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 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage | Vote change % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | 22 |  12 |
43.00 |  4 | |
| BJP | 18 | 16 |
40.00 | 23 | |
| INC | 2 | 2 |
6.29 | 4 | |
| Left | 0 | 2 |
7.57 | 24 | |
Source: Election Results 2019
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 | Deboshree Chowdhury | 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 | |||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 34 | 15 |
39.3 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | 7 |
22.7 |
| Communist Party of India | 0 | 2 |
2.3 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 0 | 2 |
2.4 |
| Forward Bloc | 0 | 2 |
2.1 |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 2 |
9.6 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
16.8 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 0 | 1 |
0.7 |
Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled
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) | |||||
References
- "Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- 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.
- "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- "Bardhaman Durgapur". West Bengal. News 18. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
See also
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha