Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 2009-present |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| Current MP | Mamtaz Sanghamita |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected Year | 2014 |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 1,583,498 |
| Assembly Constituencies |
Bardhaman Dakshin Bardhaman Uttar (SC) Monteswar Bhatar Galsi (SC) Durgapur Purva Durgapur Paschim |
Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: বর্ধমান-দুর্গাপুর লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is located in Bardhaman district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Bardhaman district.
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) eased to exist from 2009 and new constituencies came into being: Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency) and Bardhaman Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) is a new constituency that includes both the Bardhaman and Durgapur cities and the intermediate villages. In a pre-poll feature about the constituency, The Statesman wrote, “Shivnath Ghosh, a 55-year-old farmer of Belkash village, says, ‘I want the Left Front to be removed from power at the earliest as their sons and family members grab every facility, employment and trade all across the region.’ … Shivnath’s locality has witnessed a change in the guard after the Assembly and the panchayat polls, after the storm of ‘parivartan’ but still remains gasping for a ‘real wind of change’… 'Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, we have new zamindars in the villages, especially the ‘Red Trinamul’ cadres and they dictate the terms leaving us in absolute jeopardy.'
“The Lok Sabha constituency has 15.81 lakh voters, 72 per cent of which comprise rural voters and 7.61 lakh female voters - the highest in the district…The state’s rice bowl also houses uncountable ailing industries…Nearly 1.5 lakh persons have lost their jobs due to retrenchment caused by the collapse of industries.”
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