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, 1999
Sunil Khan
CPM
Elections held
9
1977–2004
Most successful party
CPM
won 9 of 9
Margin, 1999
1,17,963
13.57% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
BJPAnil Kumar Saha
- Votes
- 3,43,977
- Vote share
- 39.58%
- Behind by
- 1,17,963
Electors
12,12,641
Total votes polled
8,69,091
Valid votes
8,69,091
NOTA votes
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Turnout
71.7%
Full result, 1999
5 candidates · 8,69,091 valid votes
Sunil KhanCPMwon
4,61,940
53.1%
Anil Kumar SahaBJP
3,43,977
39.6%
Haradhan MondalINC
58,407
6.7%
Tara Pada MandalIND
3,222
0.4%
Rabindra Nath SahaIND
1,545
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
