DURGAPUR
Constituency no. 37 in West Bengal · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 9 times since 1977.
West Bengal also has an assembly constituency called DURGAPUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 5 results.
Winner, 2004
Sunil Khan
CPM
Elections held
9
1977–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 9
Margin, 2004
2,77,508
32.74% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
BJPShib Narayan Saha
- Votes
- 2,27,742
- Vote share
- 26.87%
- Behind by
- 2,77,508
Electors
11,50,939
Total votes polled
8,47,616
Valid votes
8,47,616
NOTA votes
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Turnout
73.7%
Full result, 2004
7 candidates · 8,47,616 valid votes
Sunil KhanCPMwon
5,05,250
59.6%
Shib Narayan SahaBJP
2,27,742
26.9%
Dhibar ShovaINC
72,419
8.5%
Umakanta BhakatSJPR
15,051
1.8%
Rabindranath BouriIND
12,364
1.5%
Banshi LoharIND
8,779
1.0%
Mohan Ch. BouriBSP
6,011
0.7%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 9 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sunil Khan | CPM | 5,05,250 | 59.61% | Shib Narayan Saha | 2,77,508 |
| 1999 | Sunil Khan | CPM | 4,61,940 | 53.15% | Anil Kumar Saha | 1,17,963 |
| 1998 | KHAN SUNIL | CPM | 4,68,449 | 51.81% | RAY SURYYA | 1,42,029 |
| 1996 | SUNIL KHAN | CPM | 4,96,250 | 55.68% | CHITTARANJAN PRAMANIK | 1,81,713 |
| 1991 | PURNA CHANDRA MALIK | CPM | 4,15,011 | 55.35% | BHAGABAT MAJI | 1,84,616 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
- CPM9 wins