Durgapur Paschim

Durgapur Paschim
Durgapur Paschim
	Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Durgapur Paschim Location in West Bengal Durgapur Paschim Durgapur Paschim (India)
	Coordinates: 23°33′N 87°17′E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.	277
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	39. Bardhaman-Durgapur
Electorate (year)	208,532 (2011)

Durgapur Paschim (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 I assembly constituency.

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 Paschim constituency 2016

Bishwanath Parial (INC) defeated his nearest rival Apurba Mukherjee (AITC).

Bishwanath Parial (INC) Won by 44824 votes

INC - Total Vote 108534 (56%)
AITC - Total Vote 63709 (33%)
BJP - Total Vote 18313 (9%)
SUCI(C) DO 1917 (1%)
BSP DO 1506 (1%)
INDEPENDENT 839 (0%)
BMP 679 (0%)

NOTA VOTE- 3875

Source - http://bardhaman.nic.in/election/bse2016/f20_2016/277_2016.html

Source - http://bardhaman.nic.in/election/bse2016/f20_2016/277_f20.pdf

Durgapur Paschim constituency 2011[edit]

Apurba Mukherjee emerged victorious by defeating his nearest rival Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Durgapur Paschim [2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Apurba Mukherjee	92,454	51.94	#
	CPI (M)	Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty	75,448	42.38	-17.52#
	BJP	Kalyan Dubey	5,434	3.05
	JD(U)	Sunil Yadab	2,859
	BSP	Sandip Sarkar	1,813
Turnout			178,008	85.36
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	#

.# Change for CPI(M) calculated on the basis of its vote percentage in 2006 in Durgapur I constituency. Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.


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 I constituency 1977-2010

In the by-election, caused by the death of sitting MLA, Mrinal Banerjee, held in July 2010, Archana Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Bansi Badan Karmakar of Congress.[5] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mrinal Banerjee of CPI (M) won the Durgapur I seat in 2006, 2001, and 1996 defeating Congress candidates Banshi Badan Karmakar, Chandra Sekhar Banerjee and Mrigendranath Pal respectively. Dilip Mazumdar of CPI (M) won the seat in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977.[6]

Durgapur constituency 1967-1972

Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Durgapur seat in 1972. Dilip Mazumdar of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay of INC won the seat in 1962.[7]

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.[7]

Ondal constituency 1957

Dhawajadhari Mondal and Ananda Gopal Mukherjee, both of Congress, won the Ondal seat in 1957.[7]

References

"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
"Durgapur Paschim". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Durgapur Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
"West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Durgapur Paschim. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
"Bye election 2010 for 264 Durgapur I assembly constituency" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2010.
"264 – Durgapur I Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
"Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

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[delimitation-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 Paschim". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.

[3] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Durgapur Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

[4] "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Durgapur Paschim. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

[5] "Bye election 2010 for 264 Durgapur I assembly constituency" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2010.

[6] "264 – Durgapur I Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

[archive-7] "Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections". General Election Results and Statistics. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.