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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Durgapur Purba
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Durgapur Purva.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Durgapur Purba Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Pradip Mazumdar]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]
| constituency_no = 276
| established = 1962
| electors = 201,250
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, 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)|Kanksa]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |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>

As per orders of Delimitation Commission Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 39 [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name= delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==

=== Durgapur ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|rowspan="3"|Dilip Kumar Mazumdar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=3|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

=== Durgapur II ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan="4"|Tarun Chatterjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=4|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|Debabrata Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|Apurba Mukherjee
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|}

=== Durgapur Purba ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|Dr. Nikhil Kumar Banerjee
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|Santosh Debray
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|Pradip Mazumdar
|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Durgapur Purba}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Chandra Shekhar Banerjee]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:108888}}
|percentage = 50.7%
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Pradip Mazumdar
|party = Trinamool Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:77954}}
|percentage = 36.3%
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Simanta Chatterjee
|party = Left Front (West Bengal)
|votes = {{formatnum:18999}}
|percentage = 8.84%
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Debesh Chakraborty
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:2883}}
|percentage = 1.34%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rubiya Begum
|party = Janata Unnayan Party
|votes = {{formatnum:615}}
|percentage = 0.28%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Kiranmoyee Mondal
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = {{formatnum:606}}
|percentage = 0.28%
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
|votes = {{formatnum:2594}}
|percentage = 1.20%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:214748}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:}}
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Durgapur|Durgapur Purba]]<ref name="vidhansabha2021">{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/durgapur-purba-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = Durgapur Purba Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =13 May 2021 }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Pradip Mazumdar]]|votes=79,303|percentage=41.16|change=+5.65}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Col. Diptansu Chaudhury|votes=75,557|percentage=39.21|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Abhash Ray Chaudhuri|votes=29,063|percentage= 15.08|change=-64.48}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above |votes=2,628|percentage=1.36|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=[[Independent politician|IND]]|candidate=Dipak Dhali|votes=1,884|percentage=0.98|change=}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,746
|percentage = 1.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 1,92,929|percentage=75.21|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Durgapur|Durgapur Purba]]<ref name="vidhansabha2016">{{cite web | url = https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2016/west-bengal/asansol/ | title = Durgapur Purba| work = Election Results| publisher = India.com |access-date = 13 May 2021}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Santosh Debray|votes=84,200|percentage= 44.21|change=-1.16#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Pradip Mazumdar]]|votes=75,069|percentage=39.42|change=-10.90#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Akhil Mondal|votes=23,302|percentage=12.23|change=+7.92#}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate= Asit Baran Mondal |votes=1,676 |percentage= 0.88|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above |votes=3,680|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 9,131
|percentage = 4.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes= 1,90,525|percentage=81.42|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2011 taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote for Durgapur Purba constituency.

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Durgapur|Durgapur Purba]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25276.htm |title = Durgapur Purba |work = Assembly Elections May 2011 Results |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-05-28 |archive-date = 16 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516054802/http://www.eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS25276.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=276| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529223003/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=276| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Durgapur Purba| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Durgapur Purba |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Nikhil Kumar Banerjee]]
|votes = 87,050
|percentage = 50.32
|change = +7.18#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Alpana Chowdhury
|votes = 78,484
|percentage = 45.37
|change = -4.46#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Lakshman Ghorui
|votes = 7,449
|percentage = 4.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,566
|percentage = 4.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,73,749
|percentage = 85.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = +11.64
}}
{{Election box end}}

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote for Durgapur II constituency.</small>

===1977-2006===
In 2006 assembly elections, Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won the Durgapur II seat defeating his nearest rival Apurba Mukherjee of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Apurba Mukherjee won the seat in 2001 defeating Debabrata Banerjee of CPI (M). In 1996, Debabrata Banerjee had won the seat defeating Malay Kanti Dutta of Congress. In 1991, Tarun Chatterjee of CPI (M) had won the seat defeating Asit Chattaraj of Congress. Tarun Chatterjee won it in 1987 defeating Narayan Hazara Chowdhury of Congress. In 1982, Tarun Chaterjee defeated Baren Roy of Congress. Tarun Chatterjee defeated Ajit Banerjee of Congress in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp265.htm | title = 265 - Durgapur II Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2010-08-29 }}</ref>

===1962-1972===
[[Ananda Gopal Mukherjee]] of Congress won the Durgapur seat in 1972. Dilip Mazumdar of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Ananda Gopal Mukherjee of INC won the seat in 1962.<ref name=archive>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp| title = Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections| access-date = 2010-11-01| work = General Election Results and Statistics| publisher = Election Commission of India| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp| archive-date = 2010-10-05}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

[[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Durgapur]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in West Bengal]]

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