Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Bardhaman in West Bengal, which was abolished following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.
Overview As per order of the Delimitation Commission in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist and assembly segments were part of either of the two new constituencies: Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency or Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency. Only Khandaghosh assembly segment will be part of Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency.
Assembly Segments Prior to delimitation, Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments in 2004: Bhatar (assembly constituency no. 268) Bardhaman North (assembly constituency no. 270) Bardhaman South (assembly constituency no. 271) Khandaghosh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 272) Raina (assembly constituency no. 273) Jamalpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 274) Memari (assembly constituency no. 275)
Members of Parliament M.PParty 1952Mono Mohan DasIndian National Congress1952Atulya GhoshIndian National Congress 1957Subiman GhoshForward Bloc (Marxist)1962Gobinda BasuIndian National Congress 1963^Nirmal Chandra ChatterjeeIndependent 1967Nirmal Chandra ChatterjeeIndependent1971Somnath ChatterjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1977Raj Krishna DawnJanata Party1980Sushil Kumar BhattacharyaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1984Sudhir RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1989Sudhir RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1991Sudhir RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1996Balai RayCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1998Nikhilananda SarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) 1999Nikhilananda SarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2004Nikhilananda SarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)After 2009Seat does not exist Read the line below. For Members of Parliament from this area in subsequent years see Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency and Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.
Election Results 2004
General elections 1977-2004 Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are generally mentioned below: YearVotersVoter turnoutWinnerRunners up%ageCandidate%agePartyCandidate%ageParty1951512,21935.45Atulya Ghosh23.42Indian National CongressSubiman Ghosh17.62Forward Bloc (Marxist)Mono Mohan Das20.02Indian National Congress1957213,29050.15Subiman Ghosh50.48Forward Bloc (Marxist)Durgapade Chaudhuri49.52Indian National Congress1962287,68553.85Gurucobinda Basu55.83Indian National CongressSubiman Ghosh44.17All India Forward Bloc1963N C Chaterjee (bye-poll)IndependentN C ChoudhryCongress1967293,26659.30N.C.Chatterjee51.27IndependentC.Chittaranjan38.34Indian National Congress1971372,04064.42Somnath Chatterjee56.72Communist Party of India (Marxist)Bholanath Sen38.87Indian National Congress1977 363,20056.85Raj Krishna Dawn53.69Janata PartyShyama Prasad Kundu33.66Indian National Congress1980558,71074.03Sushil Kumar Bhattacharya58.97Communist Party of India (Marxist)Narayan Choudhury36.98Indian National Congress (I)1984697,71083.01Sudhir Ray53.50Communist Party of India (Marxist)Prodyut Guha45.08Indian National Congress1989853,78083.31Sudhir Ray61.28Communist Party of India (Marxist)Prodyut Guha38.02Indian National Congress1991855,13080.57Sudhir Ray57.01Communist Party of India (Marxist)Asit Baran Patra30.64Indian National Congress1996983,52085.96Balai Ray59.92Communist Party of India (Marxist)Ritesh Kumar Dutta32.70Indian National Congress1998997,28083.78Nikhilananda Sar58.88Communist Party of India (Marxist)Prof (Smt) Santi Roy31.18Bharatiya Janata Party1999984,68080.93Nikhilananda Sar61.56Communist Party of India (Marxist)Anup Mukherjee30.51Bharatiya Janata Party2004998,35081.71Nikhilananda Sar67.51Communist Party of India (Marxist)Anindya Gopal Mitra20.23Bharatiya Janata Party
See also Bardhaman, formerly known as Burdwan List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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