Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency

Durgapur Purba
Constituency No. 276 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Durgapur Purba Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Bardhaman
LS constituency Bardhaman–Durgapur
Established 1962
Total electors 201,250
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year 2021

Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 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.

As per orders of Delimitation Commission Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party Affiliation
Durgapur
1962 Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress
1967 Dilip Kumar Mazumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1969 Dilip Kumar Mazumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971 Dilip Kumar Mazumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1972 Ananda Gopal Mukhopdhyay Indian National Congress
Durgapur II
1977 Tarun Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982 Tarun Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1987 Tarun Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991 Tarun Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 Debabrata Banerjee Communist Party of India
2001 Apurba Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress
2006 Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Durgapur Purba
2011 Dr. Nikhil Kumar Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
2016 Santosh Debray Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2021 Pradip Mazumdar All India Trinamool Congress

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Durgapur Purba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Pradip Mazumdar 79,303 41.16 +5.65
BJP Col. Diptansu Chaudhury 75,557 39.21
CPI(M) Abhash Ray Chaudhuri 29,063 15.08 -64.48
NOTA None of the above 2,628 1.36
IND Dipak Dhali 1,884 0.98
Majority 3,746 1.97
Turnout 1,92,929 75.21
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Durgapur Purba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Santosh Debray 84,200 44.21 -1.16#
AITC Pradip Mazumdar 75,069 39.42 -10.90#
BJP Akhil Mondal 23,302 12.23 +7.92#
SUCI(C) Asit Baran Mondal 1,676 0.88
NOTA None of the above 3,680
Majority 9,131 4.80
Turnout 1,90,525 81.42
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing

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

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Durgapur Purba
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 7,449 4.31
Majority 8,566 4.95
Turnout 1,73,749 85.82
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.

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.

1962-1972

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.