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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency of West Bengal now obsolete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|image =
|caption =
|Existence = 1977-2009
|Reservation = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|CurrentMP =
|ElectedByYear =
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = As of 2004: [[Gangajalghati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangajalghati (SC)]] [[Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barjora]] [[Sonamukhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonamukhi (SC)]] [[Durgapur Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Durgapur I]] [[Durgapur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Durgapur II]] [[Kanksa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanksa (SC)]] [[Galsi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Galsi]]
|Electorate =
}}
'''Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)''' was one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centred on [[Durgapur, West Bengal|Durgapur]] in [[West Bengal]]. The seat was reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

As a consequence of the order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009; some of the assembly segments under this constituency will be part of a new [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]], others will be part of [[Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

This page also includes results for Ausgram (Lok Sabha constituency) during the short period of its existence from 1962 to 1971.

==Assembly segments==
Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments:<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>
* [[Gangajalghati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangajalghati (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 249)
* [[Barjora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barjora]] (assembly constituency no. 250)
* [[Sonamukhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonamukhi (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 256)
* [[Durgapur Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Durgapur I]] (assembly constituency no. 264)
* [[Durgapur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Durgapur II]] (assembly constituency no. 265)
* [[Kanksa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanksa (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 266)
* [[Galsi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Galsi]] (assembly constituency no. 269)

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠč
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-67||Ausgram||[[Mono Mohan Das]]||[[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>
|-
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||||B.Das||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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 }}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-77||||Krishna Chandra Halder||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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-80||Durgapur||Krishna Chandra Halder||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-84||||Krishna Chandra Halder||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 }}</ref>
|-
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-89||||[[Purna Chandra Malik]]||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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-91||||Purna Chandra Malik||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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-96||||Purna Chandra Malik||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 }}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-98||||[[Sunil Khan]]||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||||Sunil Khan||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||||Sunil Khan||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||||Sunil Khan||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>
|}
For Members of Parliament from this area in subsequent years see [[Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Election results==
===General election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election|General Election, 2004]]: [[Durgapur]]<ref name=loksabha2004/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Sunil Khan]]
|votes = 505,250
|percentage = 59.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shib Narayan Saha
|votes = 277,742
|percentage = 27.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = INC
|candidate = Shova Dhibar
|votes = 72,419
|percentage = 8.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Umakanta Bhakat
|votes = 15,051
|percentage = 1.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rabindranath Bauri
|votes = 12,364
|percentage = 1.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Banshi Lohar
|votes = 8,779
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mohan Chandra Bauri
|votes = 6,011
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 277,508
|percentage = 32.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,44,777
|percentage = 73.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1999]]: [[Durgapur]]<ref name=loksabha1999/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Sunil Khan]]
|votes = 461,940
|percentage = 52.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Anil Kumar Saha
|votes = 343,977
|percentage = 38.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = INC
|candidate = Haradhan Mondal
|votes = 58,407
|percentage = 6.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Tara Pada Mandal
|votes = 3,222
|percentage = 0.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rabindra Nath Saha
|votes = 1,545
|percentage = 0.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 117,963
|percentage = 13.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,85,335
|percentage = 73.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election|General Election, 1998]]: [[Durgapur]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Sunil Khan]]
|votes = 468,449
|percentage = 52.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link |
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Suryya Ray
|votes = 326,420
|percentage = 35.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = INC
|candidate = Bhagbat Maji
|votes = 109,253
|percentage = 11.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 142,029
|percentage = 15.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,21,897
|percentage = 77.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1962-2004===
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
|-
|1962*
|233,065
|46.71
|[[Mono Mohan Das]]
|51.17
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Krishna Chandra Halder
|40.61
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|-
|1967*
|308,908
|58.81
|B. Das
|51.49
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|Mono Mohan Das
|48.51
|INC
|-
|1971*
|363,981
|57.86
|Krishna Chandra Halder
|46.40
|CPI(M)
|Mahadeb Saha
|20.05
|[[Bangla Congress]]
|-
|1977
|3,59,280
|53.03
|Krishna Chandra Haldar
|63.20
|[[CPI (M)]]
|Manoranjan Pramanick
|36.80
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|1980
|5,13,170
|69.40
|Krishna Chandra Halder
|57.27
|CPI (M)
|Surya Kumar Roy
|38.17
|INC (I)
|-
|1984
|6,45,270
|77.85
|Purna Chandra Malik
|53.07
|CPI (M)
|Gopal Mondal
|46.93
|INC
|-
|1989
|7,32,790
|71.82
|Purna Chandra Malik
|65.68
|CPI (M)
|Gopal Mondal
|28.88
|INC
|-
|1991
|7,67,870
|73.75
|Purna Chandra Malik
|55.35
|CPI (M)
|Bhagabat Maji
|30.73
|INC
|-
|1996
|9.17,970
|80.56
|[[Sunil Khan]]
|55.68
|CPI (M)
|Chittaranjan Pramanik
|35.29
|INC
|-
|1998
|9,21,900
|77.37
|Sunil Khan
|51.81
|CPI (M)
|Suryya Ray
|36.10
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
|1999
|8,85,340
|73.01
|Sunil Khan
|53.15
|CPI (M)
|Anil Kumar Saha
|39.58
|BJP
|-
|2004
|8,47,770
|73.66
|Sunil Khan
|59.61
|CPI (M)
|Shib Narayan Saha
|26.87
|BJP
|}
* Results for Ausgram constituency

==See also==
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha#West Bengal|List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}
{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}
{{Purba Bardhaman topics}}
{{Bankura topics}}

{{coord missing|West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Politics of Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Politics of Bankura district]]
[[Category:Durgapur, West Bengal]]
[[Category:Defunct constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]

Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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