Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency

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Durgapur
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
Assembly constituenciesAs of 2004:
Gangajalghati (SC)
Barjora
Sonamukhi (SC)
Durgapur I
Durgapur II
Kanksa (SC)
Galsi
Established1977
Abolished2009
Reservation SC

Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Durgapur in West Bengal. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes.

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As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009; some of the assembly segments under this constituency will be part of a new Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency, others will be part of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency.

This page also includes results for Ausgram Lok Sabha constituency during the short period of its existence from 1962 to 1971.

Assembly segments

Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: [1]

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationConstituencyName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Third 1962-67Ausgram Mono Mohan Das Indian National Congress [2]
Fourth 1967-71B.Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) [3]
Fifth 1971-77 Krishna Chandra Halder Communist Party of India (Marxist) [4]
Sixth 1977-80DurgapurKrishna Chandra HalderCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [5]
Seventh 1980-84Krishna Chandra HalderCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
Eighth 1984-89 Purna Chandra Malik Communist Party of India (Marxist) [7]
Ninth 1989-91Purna Chandra MalikCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [8]
Tenth 1991-96Purna Chandra MalikCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [9]
Eleventh 1996-98 Sunil Khan Communist Party of India (Marxist) [10]
Twelfth 1998-99Sunil KhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [11]
Thirteenth 1999-04Sunil KhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [12]
Fourteenth 2004-09Sunil KhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist) [13]

For Members of Parliament from this area in subsequent years see Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency and Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.

Election results

2004

2004 Indian general election: Durgapur [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Sunil Khan 505,250 59.60
BJP Shib Narayan Saha277,74227.00
INCShova Dhibar72,4198.60
NCP Umakanta Bhakat15,0511.80
IndependentRabindranath Bauri12,3641.50
IndependentBanshi Lohar8,7791.00
IndependentMohan Chandra Bauri6,0110.70
Majority277,50832.80
Turnout 8,44,77773.4
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1999

General Election, 1999: Durgapur [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Sunil Khan 461,94052.20
BJP Anil Kumar Saha343,97738.90
INCHaradhan Mondal58,4076.60
Independent Tara Pada Mandal3,2220.40
IndependentRabindra Nath Saha1,5450.20
Majority117,96313.3
Turnout 8,85,33573.0
CPI(M) hold Swing

General election 1998

General Election, 1998: Durgapur [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) Sunil Khan 468,44952.20
BJP Suryya Ray326,42035.40
INCBhagbat Maji109,25311.90
Majority142,02915.40
Turnout 9,21,89777.4%
CPI(M) hold Swing

General elections 1962-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are generally mentioned below:

YearVotersVoter TurnoutWinnerRunners up
%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty
1962*233,06546.71 Mono Mohan Das 51.17 INC Krishna Chandra Halder40.61 CPI
1967*308,90858.81B. Das51.49 CPI(M) Mono Mohan Das48.51INC
1971*363,98157.86Krishna Chandra Halder46.40CPI(M)Mahadeb Saha20.05 Bangla Congress
19773,59,28053.03Krishna Chandra Haldar63.20 CPI (M) Manoranjan Pramanick36.80 INC
19805,13,17069.40Krishna Chandra Halder57.27CPI (M)Surya Kumar Roy38.17INC (I)
19846,45,27077.85Purna Chandra Malik53.07CPI (M)Gopal Mondal46.93INC
19897,32,79071.82Purna Chandra Malik65.68CPI (M)Gopal Mondal28.88INC
19917,67,87073.75Purna Chandra Malik55.35CPI (M)Bhagabat Maji30.73INC
19969.17,97080.56 Sunil Khan 55.68CPI (M)Chittaranjan Pramanik35.29INC
19989,21,90077.37Sunil Khan51.81CPI (M)Suryya Ray36.10 BJP
19998,85,34073.01Sunil Khan53.15CPI (M)Anil Kumar Saha39.58BJP
20048,47,77073.66Sunil Khan59.61CPI (M)Shib Narayan Saha26.87BJP
* Results for Ausgram constituency

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References

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  2. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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