Bardhaman Purba
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesRaina
Jamalpur
Kalna
Memari
Purbasthali Dakshin
Purbasthali Uttar
Katwa
Established2009
Total electors1,532,244[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyAll India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2019

Bardhaman Purba is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

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]

Assembly segments

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. Hooghly, 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 Purba Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 38) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
261 Raina SC Purba Bardhaman
262 Jamalpur SC Purba Bardhaman
264 Kalna SC Purba Bardhaman
265 Memari None Purba Bardhaman
268 Purbasthali Dakshin None Purba Bardhaman
269 Purbasthali Uttar None Purba Bardhaman
270 Katwa None Purba Bardhaman

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Fifteenth2009-14Anup Kumar Saha Communist Party of India[3]
Sixteenth[4]2014-2019Sunil Kumar Mandal All India Trinamool Congress
Seventeenth2019-incumbent

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

Election results

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sunil Kumar Mandal 640,834 44.52 +1.02
BJP Paresh Chandra Das 5,51,523 38.32 +25.39
CPI(M) Ishwar Chandra Das 1,75,920 12.22 -22.61
INC Sidhartha Majumdar 38,472 2.67 -3.54
None of the Above None of the above 10,747 0.75 N/A
Majority 89,311 8.66 +3.38
Turnout 14,39,603 84.78
AITC hold Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sunil Kumar Mandal 5,74,660 43.50 +1.48
CPI(M) Ishwar Chandra Das 4,60,181 34.83 -12.48
BJP Santosh Roy 1,70,828 12.93 +6.56
INC Chandana Majhi 68,884 5.21 N/A
JMM Swapan Malik 9,666 0.73 N/A
SUCI(C) Kalicharan Sardar 7,981 0.60 N/A
CPI(ML)L Pejush Kumar Sahana 5,919 0.44 -0.30
BSP Mukul Biswas 5,442 0.41 -0.39
JDP Prosanta Bag 3,410 0.25
Majority 1,14,479 8.66 +3.38
Turnout 13,20,922 86.21 -1.00
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing -4.76

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dr Anup Kumar Saha 5,31,987 47.31
AITC Ashoke Biswas 4,72,568 42.02
BJP Sankar Haldar 71,632 6.37
AUDF Rabindranath Bag 17,716 1.57
JDP Raju Malik 12,982 1.15
BSP Mukul Biswas 9,069 0.80
CPI(ML)L Pijush Kumar Sahana 8,419 0.74
Majority 59,419 5.28
Turnout 11,24,373 87.21
CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. "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.
  2. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. 1 2 "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  5. "General Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". West Bengal. Election commission of India. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

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