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Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
1951-2009

State
  
West Bengal

Reservation
  
None

Assembly Constituencies
  
As of 2004: Bhatar Bardhaman North Bardhaman South Khandaghosh (SC) Raina Jamalpur (SC) Memari

Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Burdwan in West Bengal.

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Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist and assembly segments were part of either of the two new constituencies: Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency) or Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency). Only Khandaghosh assembly segment will be part of Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Assembly segments

Prior to delimitation, Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments in 2004:

  • Bhatar (assembly constituency no. 268)
  • Bardhaman North (assembly constituency no. 270)
  • Bardhaman South (assembly constituency no. 271)
  • Khandaghosh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 272)
  • Raina (assembly constituency no. 273)
  • Jamalpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 274)
  • Memari (assembly constituency no. 275)

    • Members of Parliament

    For Members of Parliament from this area in subsequent years see Bardhaman Purba (Lok Sabha constituency) and Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

    General elections 1977-2004

    Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are generally mentioned below:

    References

    Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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