Burdwan (Lok Sabha constituency)
Burdwan was one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Burdwan in West Bengal.
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 or Bardhaman-Durgapur. Only Khandaghosh assembly segment will be part of Bishnupur.Assembly segments
Prior to delimitation, Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments in 2004:- Bhatar
- Bardhaman North
- Bardhaman South
- Khandaghosh
- Raina
- Jamalpur
- Memari
Members of Parliament
Results of elections
General election 2004
General elections 1977-2004
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are generally mentioned below:| Year | Voters | Voter Turnout | Winner | Runners up | ||||
| %age | Candidate | %age | Party | Candidate | %age | Party | ||
| 1951 | 512,219 | 35.45 | Atulya Ghosh | 23.42 | Indian National Congress | Subiman Ghosh | 17.62 | Forward Bloc |
| Mono Mohan Das | 20.02 | Indian National Congress | ||||||
| 1957 | 213,290 | 50.15 | Subiman Ghosh | 50.48 | Forward Bloc | Durgapade Chaudhuri | 49.52 | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | 287,685 | 53.85 | Gurucobinda Basu | 55.83 | Indian National Congress | Subiman Ghosh | 44.17 | All India Forward Bloc |
| 1963 | N C Chaterjee | Independent | N C Choudhry | Congress | ||||
| 1967 | 293,266 | 59.30 | N.C.Chatterjee | 51.27 | Independent | C.Chittaranjan | 38.34 | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | 372,040 | 64.42 | Somnath Chatterjee | 56.72 | Communist Party of India | Bholanath Sen | 38.87 | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | 363,200 | 56.85 | Raj Krishna Dawn | 53.69 | Janata Party | Shyama Prasad Kundu | 33.66 | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | 558,710 | 74.03 | Sushil Kumar Bhattacharya | 58.97 | Communist Party of India | Narayan Choudhury | 36.98 | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | 697,710 | 83.01 | Sudhir Ray | 53.50 | Communist Party of India | Prodyut Guha | 45.08 | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | 853,780 | 83.31 | Sudhir Ray | 61.28 | Communist Party of India | Prodyut Guha | 38.02 | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | 855,130 | 80.57 | Sudhir Ray | 57.01 | Communist Party of India | Asit Baran Patra | 30.64 | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | 983,520 | 85.96 | Balai Ray | 59.92 | Communist Party of India | Ritesh Kumar Dutta | 32.70 | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | 997,280 | 83.78 | Nikhilananda Sar | 58.88 | Communist Party of India | Prof Santi Roy | 31.18 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | 984,680 | 80.93 | Nikhilananda Sar | 61.56 | Communist Party of India | Anup Mukherjee | 30.51 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | 998,350 | 81.71 | Nikhilananda Sar | 67.51 | Communist Party of India | Anindya Gopal Mitra | 20.23 | Bharatiya Janata Party |