Durgapur Purba

Durgapur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It broadly covers the area earlier covered by Durgapur II assembly constituency.

Durgapur Purba
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Durgapur Purba
Location in West Bengal
Durgapur Purba
Durgapur Purba (India)
Coordinates: 23°33′N 87°19′E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.276
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency39. Bardhaman-Durgapur
Electorate (year)201,250 (2001)

Overview

In 1952 Ausgram constituency had two members. In 1957, there was the Ondal constituency with two members. In 1962 and 1967, there was a single Durgapur seat. Additionally, there was a Faridpur seat from 1967 to 1972.

From 1972, Durgapur had two assembly seats. As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Durgapur I and II have been renamed Durgapur Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Durgapur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) respectively. No. 276 Durgapur Purba assembly constituency covers ward nos. 1 – 10, 23 – 28 of Durgapur municipal corporation and Amlajora, Gopalpur and Molandighi gram panchayats of Kanksa community development block. No. 277 Durgapur Paschim assembly constituency covers ward nos. 11 – 22 and 29 – 43 of Durgapur municipal corporation.[1]

Durgapur I & II assembly segments were earlier part of Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency). As per orders of Delimitation Commission Durgapur Purba and Durgapur Paschim are part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

Durgapur Purba constituency 2016
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Durgapur Purba [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) Santosh Debray 84,200 44.21 -1.16#
AITC Pradip Mazumdar 75,069 39.42 -10.90#
BJP Lakshman Ghorui 23,302 12.23 +7.92#
Turnout 190,419
CPI (M) gain from AITC Swing +9.84#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2011 taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote for Durgapur II constituency.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2016
Bardhaman district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 16 1
Indian National Congress 2 1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7 1| style="text-align:left;" |Forward bloc 0 1
Marxist Forward Bloc 0
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Durgapur Purba constituency 2011
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Durgapur Purba [5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Nikhil Kumar Banerjee 87,050 50.32 +7.18#
CPI (M) Alpana Chowdhury 78,484 45.37 -4.46#
BJP Lakshman Ghorui 7449 4.31
Turnout 172,983 85.95
AITC gain from CPI (M) Swing +11.64#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote for Durgapur II constituency.

 
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Bardhaman district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 15 13
Indian National Congress 1 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 13
Forward bloc 1 0
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See template talk page for details)

Durgapur II constituency 1977-2006

In 2006 assembly elections, Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty of CPI (M) won the Durgapur II seat defeating his nearest rival Apurba Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Apurba Mukherjee won the seat in 2001 defeating Debabrata Banerjee of CPI (M). In 1996, Debabrata Banerjee had won the seat defeating Malay Kanti Dutta of Congress. In 1991, Tarun Chatterjee of CPI (M) had won the seat defeating Asit Chattaraj of Congress. Tarun Chatterjee won it in 1987 defeating Narayan Hazara Chowdhury of Congress. In 1982, Tarun Chaterjee defeated Baren Roy of Congress. Tarun Chatterjee defeated Ajit Banerjee of Congress in 1977.[8]

Durgapur constituency 1967-1972

Ananda Gopal Mukherjee of Congress won the Durgapur seat in 1972. Dilip Mazumdar of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Ananda Gopal Mukherjee of INC won the seat in 1962.[9]

Faridpur constituency 1967-1972

Ajit Kumar Bandopadhyay of Congress won the Faridpur seat in 1972. Sanat Kumar Banerjee of CPI(M) won in 1971. Manoranjan Bakshi of Bangla Congress won in 1969 and 1967.[9]

Ondal constituency 1957

Dhawajadhari Mondal and Ananda Gopal Mukherjee, both of Congress, jointly won the Ondal seat in 1957.[9]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. "Durgapur Purba". Assembly Elections May 2016 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2016". Durgapur Purba. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2016". Durgapur Purba. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  5. "Durgapur Purba". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  6. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Durgapur Purba. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  7. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Durgapur Purba. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  8. "265 - Durgapur II Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  9. "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
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