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, 1991
PURNA CHANDRA MALIK
CPM
Elections held
9
1977–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 9
Margin, 1991
1,84,616
24.62% of valid votes
Result, 1991
Runner-up
INCBHAGABAT MAJI
- Votes
- 2,30,395
- Vote share
- 30.73%
- Behind by
- 1,84,616
Electors
10,41,160
Total votes polled
7,49,796
Valid votes
7,49,796
NOTA votes
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Turnout
72.0%
Full result, 1991
7 candidates · 7,49,796 valid votes
PURNA CHANDRA MALIKCPMwon
4,15,011
55.4%
BHAGABAT MAJIINC
2,30,395
30.7%
BYOM SNAKAR RUIDASBJP
85,806
11.4%
PRAFULLA KR. MONDALJMM
5,990
0.8%
ASIT MONDALIND
5,408
0.7%
BHAKTA DAS MONDALBSP
4,835
0.6%
DEBABRATA BAGDDP
2,351
0.3%
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
