Bardhaman Purba 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.
| Bardhaman Purba WB-38 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Raina Jamalpur Kalna Memari Purbasthali Dakshin Purbasthali Uttar Katwa |
| Established | 2009 |
| Total electors | 18,01,333 (2024)[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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]
Assembly segments
Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 38) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
| Constituency number | Name | District | Party (as of 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 261 | Raina (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | TMC |
| 262 | Jamalpur (SC) | TMC | |
| 264 | Kalna (SC) | TMC | |
| 265 | Memari | TMC | |
| 268 | Purbasthali Dakshin | TMC | |
| 269 | Purbasthali Uttar | TMC | |
| 270 | Katwa | TMC |
Members of Parliament
| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Anup Kumar Saha | Communist Party of India[3] | |
| Sixteenth[4] | 2014-2019 | Sunil Kumar Mandal | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | |||
| 2019 | 2024-incumbent | Sharmila Sarkar | ||
For Members of Parliament from this area in previous years see Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency and Katwa Lok Sabha constituency
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sharmila Sarkar | 730,302 | 48.11 |  3.59 | |
| BJP | Ashim Kumar Sarkar | 5,59,730 | 37.38 | 0.94 | |
| CPI(M) | Nirab Khan | 1,76,899 | 11.81 |  0.41 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 12,697 | 0.85 | 0.10 | |
| Majority | 1,60,572 | 10.72 | 2.06 | ||
| Turnout | 14,97,310 | 83.12 | 1.66 | ||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sunil Kumar Mandal | 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 | Sidhartha 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dr Anup Kumar Saha | 5,31,987 | 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 | 59,419 | 5.28 | |||
| Turnout | 11,24,373 | 87.21 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
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