Durgapur Paschim Assembly constituency

Durgapur Paschim Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Durgapur Paschim
Constituency No. 277 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Durgapur Paschim Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency	Bardhaman–Durgapur
Established	1962
Total electors	208,532
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Lakshman Chandra Ghorui
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 277 Durgapur Paschim assembly constituency covers ward nos. 11 – 22 and 29 – 43 of Durgapur municipal corporation.^[1]

As per orders of Delimitation Commission Durgapur Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
Durgapur I
1977	Dilip Mazumdar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)[2]
1982[3]
1987[4]
1991[5]
1996	Mrinal Banerjee[6]
2001[7]
2006[8][9]
Durgapur Paschim
2011	Apurba Mukherjee		Trinamool Congress[10]
2016	Biswanath Parial		Indian National Congress[11]
2021	Lakshman Chandra Ghorui		Bharatiya Janata Party[12]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Durgapur Paschim^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lakshman Chandra Ghorui	91,186	46.31	+37.31
	AITC	Biswanath Parial	76,522	38.86	+5.86
	INC	Debesh Chakraborty	18,030	9.16	−46.84
	Independent	Narayan Mondal	2,130	1.08
	Independent	Chadramallika Bandopadhyay	2038	1.04
	BSP	Prabhunath Sah	1228	0.62
	JD(U)	Sanjiban Hazra	915	0.16
	RPI(A)	Sandip Sikder	879	0.45
	SUCI(C)	Somnath Banerjee	691	0.35
Turnout			196,902
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Durgapur Paschim^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Biswanath Parial	108,533
	AITC	Apurba Mukherjee	63,709
	BJP	Kalyan Dubey	18313
	SUCI(C)	Shyamali Banerjee (Roy Choudhuri)	1917
	BSP	Sandip Sarkar	1,506
	Independent	Kanai Dutta	839
	Bahujan Mukti Party	Atul Chandra Bauri	679
	NOTA	None of the above	3, 879
Turnout
	INC gain from AITC		Swing

2011

Apurba Mukherjee emerged victorious by defeating his nearest rival Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Durgapur Paschim^[13][14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Apurba Mukherjee	92,454	51.94
	CPI(M)	Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty	75,448	42.38	−17.52#
	BJP	Kalyan Dubey	5,434	3.05
	JD(U)	Sunil Yadab	2,859
	BSP	Sandip Sarkar	1,813
Turnout			178,008	85.36
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	#

.# Change for CPI(M) calculated on the basis of its vote percentage in 2006 in Durgapur I constituency. Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2010

In the by-election, caused by the death of sitting MLA, Mrinal Banerjee, held in July 2010, Archana Bhattacharya of CPI(M) defeated Bansi Badan Karmakar of Congress.^[16] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Mrinal Banerjee of CPI (M) won the Durgapur I seat in 2006, 2001, and 1996 defeating Congress candidates Banshi Badan Karmakar, Chandra Sekhar Banerjee and Mrigendranath Pal respectively. Dilip Mazumdar of CPI (M) won the seat in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977.^[17]

1962–1972

Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay of Congress won the Durgapur seat in 1972. Dilip Mazumdar of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay of INC won the seat in 1962.^[18]