| Durgapur Purba | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 276 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Durgapur Purba Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman–Durgapur |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 201,250 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inPaschim Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
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 ofKanksa community development block.[1]
As per orders of Delimitation Commission Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 39Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Dilip Kumar Mazumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Tarun Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Debabrata Banerjee | Communist Party of India | |
| 2001 | Apurba Mukherjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2006 | Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dr. Nikhil Kumar Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Santosh Debray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2021 | Pradip Mazumdar | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Pradip Mazumdar | 79,303 | 41.16 | +5.65 | |
| BJP | Col. Diptansu Chaudhury | 75,557 | 39.21 | ||
| CPI(M) | Abhash Ray Chaudhuri | 29,063 | 15.08 | −64.48 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,628 | 1.36 | ||
| IND | Dipak Dhali | 1,884 | 0.98 | ||
| Majority | 3,746 | 1.97 | |||
| Turnout | 1,92,929 | 75.21 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Santosh Debray | 84,200 | 44.21 | −1.16# | |
| AITC | Pradip Mazumdar | 75,069 | 39.42 | −10.90# | |
| BJP | Akhil Mondal | 23,302 | 12.23 | +7.92# | |
| SUCI(C) | Asit Baran Mondal | 1,676 | 0.88 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,680 | |||
| Majority | 9,131 | 4.80 | |||
| Turnout | 1,90,525 | 81.42 | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromAITC | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2011 taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote for Durgapur Purba constituency.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Nikhil Kumar Banerjee | 87,050 | 50.32 | +7.18# | |
| CPI(M) | Alpana Chowdhury | 78,484 | 45.37 | −4.46# | |
| BJP | Lakshman Ghorui | 7,449 | 4.31 | ||
| Majority | 8,566 | 4.95 | |||
| Turnout | 1,73,749 | 85.82 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | +11.64 | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote for Durgapur II constituency.
In 2006 assembly elections, Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty ofCPI (M) won the Durgapur II seat defeating his nearest rival Apurba Mukherjee ofTrinamool 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.[7]
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.[8]
