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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| name = Bardhaman Purba {{Small|WB-38}}
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Bardhaman Purba.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha Constituency
| established = 2009
| reservation = SC
| assembly_cons = [[Raina Assembly constituency|Raina]] [[Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Jamalpur]] [[Kalna Assembly constituency|Kalna]] [[Memari Assembly constituency|Memari]] [[Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency|Purbasthali Dakshin]] [[Purbasthali Uttar Assembly constituency|Purbasthali Uttar]] [[Katwa Assembly constituency|Katwa]]
| mp = [[Sharmila Sarkar]]
| party = {{Party index link|Trinamool Congress}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| electors = 18,01,333 (2024)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf | title=EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526095942/https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf | archive-date=26 May 2024 }}</ref>
}}

'''Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|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 and scheduled tribes|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]].<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2009-05-27 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

==Assembly segments==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''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:<ref name =delimitation/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! Name
! District
! Member
! colspan="2" |[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026 Winner]]
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
|261
|[[Raina Assembly constituency|Raina]] (SC)
|rowspan="7" |[[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]]
|Subhash Patra
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=7}}
|{{party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=7}}
|-
| 262
|[[Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Jamalpur]] (SC)
|Arun Halder
|-
|264
|[[Kalna Assembly constituency|Kalna]] (SC)
|Siddharth Majumdar
|-
|265
|[[Memari Assembly constituency|Memari]]
|Manab Guha
|-
|268
|[[Purbasthali Dakshin Assembly constituency|Purbasthali Dakshin]]
|Prankrishna Tapadar
|-
|269
|[[Purbasthali Uttar Assembly constituency|Purbasthali Uttar]]
|Gopal Chattopadhyay
|-
|270
|[[Katwa Assembly constituency|Katwa]]
|Krishna Ghosh
|}

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Name of M.P.!!colspan=2|Party Affiliation
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||[[Anup Kumar Saha]]||{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result|work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 10 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 19 June 2016 }}</ref>||2014-2019||rowspan=2|[[Sunil Kumar Mandal]]||{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]||2019-2024
|-
||[[18th Lok Sabha |Eighteenth]]
|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===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general elections]]: [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman Purba]]<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bardhaman Purba">{{cite news |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bardhaman Purba |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2538.htm |access-date=27 March 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327163218/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2538.htm |archive-date=27 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bardhaman Purba Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024">{{cite news |title=Bardhaman Purba Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/bardhaman-purba |access-date=27 March 2025 |work= |publisher=The Times of India |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250327163243/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/west-bengal/bardhaman-purba |archive-date=27 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[Sharmila Sarkar]]|party=All India Trinamool Congress|votes=720,302|percentage=48.11|change={{increase}}3.59}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Ashim Kumar Sarkar]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes= 559,730 |percentage=37.38|change={{decrease}}0.94}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Nirab Khan|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=176,899|percentage=11.81|change={{decrease}}0.41}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=12,697|percentage=0.85|change={{increase}}0.10}}
{{Election box majority|votes=160,572|percentage=24.09|change={{increase}}15.43}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=14,97,310|percentage=83.12|change={{decrease}}1.66}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman Purba]]<ref name=loksabha2019>{{cite web |url = http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS2533.htm?ac=33 |title = General Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election commission of India |access-date = 24 June 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190622133802/http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS2533.htm?ac=33 |archive-date = 22 June 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sunil Kumar Mondal]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=6,40,834|percentage=44.52|change=+1.02}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Paresh Chandra Das|votes=551,523|percentage=38.32|change=+25.39}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ishwar Chandra Das|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=175,920|percentage=12.22|change=-22.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Siddharth Majumdar|party=Indian National Congress|votes=38,472|percentage=2.67|change=-3.54}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the above|party=None of the above|votes=10,747|percentage=0.75|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=89,311|percentage=8.66|change=+3.38}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=14,39,603|percentage=84.78|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman Purba]]<ref name=loksabha2014/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sunil Kumar Mandal]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 5,74,660
|percentage = 43.50
|change = +1.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ishwar Chandra Das
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 4,60,181
|percentage = 34.83
|change = -12.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Santosh Roy
|votes = 1,70,828
|percentage = 12.93
|change = +6.56
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Chandana Majhi
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 68,884
|percentage = 5.21
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Swapan Malik
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|votes = 9,666
|percentage = 0.73
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Kalicharan Sardar
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = 7,981
|percentage = 0.60
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Pejush Kumar Sahana
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|votes = 5,919
|percentage = 0.44
|change = -0.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Mukul Biswas
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 5,442
|percentage = 0.41
|change = -0.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Prosanta Bag
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|votes = 3,410
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,14,479
|percentage = 8.66
|change = +3.38
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,20,922
|percentage = 86.21
|change = -1.00
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = -4.76
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman Purba]]<ref name=loksabha2009/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Anup Kumar Saha|Dr Anup Kumar Saha]]
|votes = 5,39,987
|percentage = 47.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ashoke Biswas
|votes = 4,72,568
|percentage = 42.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Sankar Haldar
|votes = 71,632
|percentage = 6.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Assam United Democratic Front
|candidate = Rabindranath Bag
|votes = 17,716
|percentage = 1.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Raju Malik
|votes = 12,982
|percentage = 1.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mukul Biswas
|votes = 9,069
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Pijush Kumar Sahana
|votes = 8,419
|percentage = 0.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 67,419
|percentage = 5.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,24,373
|percentage = 87.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
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