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, 1989
PURNA CHANDRA MALIK
CPM
Elections held
9
1977–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 9
Margin, 1989
2,62,624
36.80% of valid votes
Result, 1989
Runner-up
INCGOPAL MONDAL
- Votes
- 2,06,086
- Vote share
- 28.88%
- Behind by
- 2,62,624
Electors
10,20,338
Total votes polled
7,13,577
Valid votes
7,13,577
NOTA votes
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Turnout
69.9%
Full result, 1989
8 candidates · 7,13,577 valid votes
PURNA CHANDRA MALIKCPMwon
4,68,710
65.7%
GOPAL MONDALINC
2,06,086
28.9%
BYOM SANKAR RUIDASIND
12,771
1.8%
NIKHIL KUMAR MONDALJMM
9,247
1.3%
PARESH NATH DHIBARAMB
5,467
0.8%
BHAKTADAS MANDALBSP
5,354
0.8%
NIRMAL MANDALIND
4,462
0.6%
KAKA JOGINDER SINGH URF. DHARTI PAKADIND
1,480
0.2%
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
