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Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
1977-2009

State
  
West Bengal

Reservation
  
Reserved for SC

Assembly Constituencies
  
As of 2004: Gangajalghati (SC) Barjora Sonamukhi (SC) Durgapur I Durgapur II Kanksa (SC) Galsi

Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centred on Durgapur in West Bengal. The seat was reserved for scheduled castes.

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As a consequence of the order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, this parliamentary constituency ceased to exist from 2009; some of the assembly segments under this constituency will be part of a new Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency), others will be part of Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency).

This page also includes results for Ausgram (Lok Sabha constituency) during the short period of its existence from 1962 to 1971.

Assembly segments

Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:

  • Gangajalghati (SC) (assembly constituency no. 249)
  • Barjora (assembly constituency no. 250)
  • Sonamukhi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 256)
  • Durgapur I (assembly constituency no. 264)
  • Durgapur II (assembly constituency no. 265)
  • Kanksa (SC) (assembly constituency no. 266)
  • Galsi (assembly constituency no. 269)

    • 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 1962-2004

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

    * Results for Ausgram constituency

    References

    Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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