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 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Bardhaman City South Manteshwar Bardhaman City North Bhatar Galsi Durgapur City West Durgapur City East |
| Established | 2009-present |
| Total electors | 1,583,498[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 17th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent Surinder Singh Ahluwalia | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 260 | Bardhaman Dakshin | None | Purba Bardhaman |
| 263 | Monteswar | None | Purba Bardhaman |
| 266 | Bardhaman Uttar | SC | Purba Bardhaman |
| 267 | Bhatar | None | Purba Bardhaman |
| 274 | Galsi | SC | Purba Bardhaman |
| 276 | Durgapur Purba | None | Paschim Bardhaman |
| 277 | Durgapur Paschim | None | Paschim Bardhaman |
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Saidul Haque[4] | Communist Party of India | |
| 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
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. S. S. Ahluwalia | 598,376 | 41.75 | +23.95 | |
| TMC | 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 TMC | Swing | +12.01 | |||
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC | 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 | ||
| TMC 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) | |||||
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.