BURDWAN
Constituency no. 39 in West Bengal · Lok Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called BURDWAN. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 1 result.
Winner, 1999
Sar Nikhilananda
CPM
Elections held
12
1962–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 12
Margin, 1999
3,01,683
31.05% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
BJPAnup Mukherjee
- Votes
- 2,96,487
- Vote share
- 30.51%
- Behind by
- 3,01,683
Electors
12,16,764
Total votes polled
9,71,754
Valid votes
9,71,754
NOTA votes
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Turnout
79.9%
Full result, 1999
5 candidates · 9,71,754 valid votes
Sar NikhilanandaCPMwon
5,98,170
61.6%
Anup MukherjeeBJP
2,96,487
30.5%
Rajkrishna DawnINC
67,096
6.9%
Chamaru OramJMM
9,353
1.0%
Manab BandopadhyayNCP
648
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Nikhilananda Sar | CPM | 6,73,091 | 67.51% | Anindya Gopal Mitra | 4,71,351 |
| 1999 | Sar Nikhilananda | CPM | 5,98,170 | 61.56% | Anup Mukherjee | 3,01,683 |
| 1998 | SAR NIKHILANANDA | CPM | 5,78,825 | 58.88% | PROF (SMT) SANTI ROY | 2,72,253 |
| 1996 | BALAI RAY | CPM | 5,78,279 | 59.92% | RITESH KUMAR DUTTA | 2,62,714 |
| 1991 | SUDHIR RAY | CPM | 4,79,721 | 57.01% | ASIT BARAN PATRA | 2,21,892 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above