Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
State:West Bengal
Bardhaman Purba
Established:2009
Reservation:SC
Assembly Cons:Raina
Jamalpur
Kalna
Memari
Purbasthali Dakshin
Purbasthali Uttar
Katwa
Mp:Sharmila Sarkar
Party:Trinamool Congress
Latest Election Year:2024
Electors:18,01,333 (2024)[1]

Bardhaman Purba is one of the 543 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.

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.[2]

Assembly segments

Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 38) is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Constituency numberNameDistrictParty
(as of 2021)
261Raina (SC)Purba BardhamanTMC
262Jamalpur (SC)TMC
264Kalna (SC)TMC
265MemariTMC
268Purbasthali DakshinTMC
269Purbasthali UttarTMC
270KatwaTMC

Members of Parliament

Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Fifteenth2009-14Anup Kumar Saha[3]
Sixteenth[4] 2014-2019Sunil Kumar Mandal
Seventeenth2019-2024
Eighteenth2024-IncumbentSharmila Sarkar

For Members of Parliament from this area in previous years see Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency and Katwa Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

General election 2009

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf
  2. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2009-05-27 . Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies . Government of West Bengal.
  3. Web site: General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result. West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 10 June 2014 .
  4. Web site: General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results . West Bengal . Election Commission of India. 19 June 2016 .