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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|image =
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|Existence = 1951
|Abolished = 2009
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty =
|CurrentMP =
|ElectedByYear =
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = As of 2004: [[Bhatar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatar]] [[Bardhaman Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman North]] [[Bardhaman Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman South]] [[Khandaghosh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khandaghosh (SC)]] [[Raina (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raina]] [[Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Jamalpur (SC)]] [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Memari]]
|Electorate =
}}

'''Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency''' was one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centred on [[Bardhaman]] in [[West Bengal]], which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in 2006 in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist and assembly segments were part of either of the two new constituencies: [[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)]] or [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Only Khandaghosh assembly segment will be part of [[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2009-05-27 |work=Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

==Vidhan Sabha segments==
Prior to delimitation, Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments in 2004:<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf | title = Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha | access-date = 2010-10-01 | work = Volume III Details For Assembly Segments Of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>
* [[Bhatar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatar]] (assembly constituency no. 268)
* [[Bardhaman Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman North]] (assembly constituency no. 270)
* [[Bardhaman Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman South]] (assembly constituency no. 271)
* [[Khandaghosh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khandaghosh (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 272)
* [[Raina (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raina]] (assembly constituency no. 273)
* [[Jamalpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Jamalpur (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 274)
* [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Memari]] (assembly constituency no. 275)

==Members of Lok Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠč
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]]||1952-57||Bardhaman||[[Mono Mohan Das]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1952>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=8 October 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|||||||[[Atulya Ghosh]]||Indian National Congress <ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]||1957-62||||[[Subiman Ghosh]]||[[Forward Bloc (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-63||||Guru Gobinda Basu||Indian National Congress <ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1963-67||||[[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]] (bye-poll)||Independent
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||||[[Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee]]||Independent<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf | archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-77||||[[Somnath Chatterjee]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-80||||[[Raj Krishna Dawn]]||[[Janata Party]]<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title = General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-84||||[[Sushil Kumar Bhattacharya]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1980>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title = General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-89||||[[Sudhir Ray]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1984>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title = General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-91||||Sudhir Ray||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1989>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title = General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-96||||Sudhir Ray||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title = General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2 June 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |archive-date = 18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-98||||[[Balai Ray]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-99||||[[Nikhilananda Sar]]||Communist Party of India (Marxist) <ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-04||||Nikhilananda Sar||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-09||||Nikhilananda Sar||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|||After 2009||||Seat does not exist|| Read the line below.
|}
* For Members of Parliament from this area in subsequent years see [[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Results of elections==
===General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 2004]]: [[Burdwan]]<ref name=loksabha2004/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Nikhilananda Sar]]
|votes = 673,091
|percentage = 67.70%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Anindya Gopal Mitra
|votes = 201,740
|percentage = 20.30%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = INC
|candidate = Champak Garai
|votes = 88,217
|percentage = 8.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Shanti Murmu
|votes = 21,560
|percentage = 2.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = BSP
|candidate = Dinesh Chandra Sikdar
|votes = 12,416
|percentage = 1.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 471,351
|percentage = 47.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,94,003
|percentage = 81.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1977-2004===
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are generally mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Voters
!Voter Turnout
!Winner
|
|
!Runners up
|
|
|-
|
|
!%age
!Candidate
!%age
!Party
!Candidate
!%age
!Party
|-
|1951
|512,219
|35.45
|[[Atulya Ghosh]]
|23.42
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Subiman Ghosh
|17.62
|[[Forward Bloc (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|
|
|
|Mono Mohan Das
|20.02
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|
|
|
|-
|1957
|213,290
|50.15
|Subiman Ghosh
|50.48
|Forward Bloc (Marxist)
|Durgapade Chaudhuri
|49.52
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|1962
|287,685
|53.85
|Gurucobinda Basu
|55.83
|Indian National Congress
|Subiman Ghosh
|44.17
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1963
|
|
|N C Chaterjee (bye-poll)
|
|Independent
|N C Choudhry
|
|Congress
|-
|1967
|293,266
|59.30
|N.C.Chatterjee
|51.27
|Independent
|C.Chittaranjan
|38.34
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1971
|372,040
|64.42
|[[Somnath Chatterjee]]
|56.72
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Bholanath Sen
|38.87
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|363,200
|56.85
|Raj Krishna Dawn
|53.69
|[[Janata Party]]
|Shyama Prasad Kundu
|33.66
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|1980
|558,710
|74.03
|Sushil Kumar Bhattacharya
|58.97
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Narayan Choudhury
|36.98
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|1984
|697,710
|83.01
|Sudhir Ray
|53.50
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Prodyut Guha
|45.08
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|1989
|853,780
|83.31
|Sudhir Ray
|61.28
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Prodyut Guha
|38.02
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|855,130
|80.57
|Sudhir Ray
|57.01
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Asit Baran Patra
|30.64
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|983,520
|85.96
|Balai Ray
|59.92
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Ritesh Kumar Dutta
|32.70
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|997,280
|83.78
|[[Nikhilananda Sar]]
|58.88
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Prof (Smt) Santi Roy
|31.18
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|984,680
|80.93
|Nikhilananda Sar
|61.56
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Anup Mukherjee
|30.51
|Bharatiya Janata Party<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|998,350
|81.71
|Nikhilananda Sar
|67.51
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|Anindya Gopal Mitra
|20.23
|Bharatiya Janata Party<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|}

==See also==
*[[Bardhaman]], formerly known as Burdwan
*[[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha#West Bengal|List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
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{{West Bengal elections}}

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[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
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