Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bardhaman–Durgapur
Bardhaman–Durgapur
	Lok Sabha Constituency
	S.S. Ahluwalia, Present MP
Incumbent	S.S. Ahluwalia
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

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.

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

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. Hoghly, 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–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

	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

2019 Indian general election: Bardhaman-Durgapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Dr. S. S. Ahluwalia	5,98,376	41.76	+23.95
	AITC	Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita	4,66,282	35.59	-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			2,839	0.17
Turnout			14,33,189	82.67	-1.40
Registered electors			17,33,578
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+12.01

2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage	Vote change %
Trinamool Congress	22	12	43.00	4
Bharatiya Janata Party	18	16	40.00	23
Indian National Congress	2	2	6.29	4
Left Front	0	2	7.57	24

Source: Election Results 2019 Note: The vote share may change marginally once the final data is released by Election Commission.

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bardhaman–Durgapur[5]
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

2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
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

2009 Indian general elections: Bardhaman- Durgapur[4]
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.