Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency

Bardhaman Purba
WB-38
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 electors18,01,333 (2024)[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  NCPI
Alliance  NDA[2]
Elected year2024

Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency 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.[3]

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:[3]

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
261 Raina (SC) Purba Bardhaman Subhash Patra BJP AITC
262 Jamalpur (SC) Arun Halder
264 Kalna (SC) Siddhartha Majumdar
265 Memari Manab Guha
268 Purbasthali Dakshin Prankrishna Tapadar
269 Purbasthali Uttar Gopal Chattopadhyay
270 Katwa Krishna Ghosh

Members of Parliament

Year Member[4] Party
Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist
2009 Anup Kumar Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014 Sunil Kumar Mondal Trinamool Congress
2019
2024 Sharmila Sarkar
2026 Nationalist Citizens Party of India

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

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sharmila Sarkar 720,302 48.11 Increase3.59
BJP Ashim Kumar Sarkar 559,730 37.38 Decrease0.94
CPI(M) Nirab Khan 176,899 11.81 Decrease0.41
NOTA None of the above 12,697 0.85 Increase0.10
Majority 160,572 24.09 Increase15.43
Turnout 14,97,310 83.12 Decrease1.66
AITC hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sunil Kumar Mondal 640,834 44.52 +1.02
BJP Paresh Chandra Das 551,523 38.32 +25.39
CPI(M) Ishwar Chandra Das 175,920 12.22 −22.61
INC Siddharth Majumdar 38,472 2.67 −3.54
NOTA 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[8]
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[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dr Anup Kumar Saha 5,39,987 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 67,419 5.28
Turnout 11,24,373 87.21
CPI(M) win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024.
  2. ↑ Sanyal, Anindita, ed. (8 June 2026). "Trinamool's Kakoli Dastidar Says 20 MPs Will Support NDA: "Written To Speaker"". NDTV. Archived from the original on 13 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Bardhaman Purba (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Bardhaman Purba Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
  5. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bardhaman Purba". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bardhaman Purba Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

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