# Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency

Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 276 Durgapur Purba assembly constituency covers ward nos. 1 – 10, 23 – 28 of Durgapur municipal corporation and Amlajora, Gopalpur and Molandighi gram panchayats of Kanksa community development block.
As per orders of Delimitation Commission Durgapur Purba Assembly constituency is part of No. 39 Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party Affiliation |
| Durgapur |||
| 1962 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Dilip Kumar Mazumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1969 | Dilip Kumar Mazumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1971 | Dilip Kumar Mazumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1972 | Ananda Gopal Mukhopdhyay | Indian National Congress |
| Durgapur II |||
| 1977 | Tarun Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1982 | Tarun Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1987 | Tarun Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1991 | Tarun Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1996 | Debabrata Banerjee | Communist Party of India |
| 2001 | Apurba Mukherjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2006 | Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Durgapur Purba |||
| 2011 | Dr. Nikhil Kumar Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Santosh Debray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 2021 | Pradip Mazumdar | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Durgapur Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Pradip Mazumdar | 79,303 | 41.16 | +5.65 |
| | BJP | Col. Diptansu Chaudhury | 75,557 | 39.21 | |
| | CPI(M) | Abhash Ray Chaudhuri | 29,063 | 15.08 | −64.48 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,628 | 1.36 | |
| | IND | Dipak Dhali | 1,884 | 0.98 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,746 | 1.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,92,929 | 75.21 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Durgapur Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Santosh Debray | 84,200 | 44.21 | −1.16# |
| | AITC | Pradip Mazumdar | 75,069 | 39.42 | −10.90# |
| | BJP | Akhil Mondal | 23,302 | 12.23 | +7.92# |
| | SUCI(C) | Asit Baran Mondal | 1,676 | 0.88 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,680 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,131 | 4.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,90,525 | 81.42 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from AITC | CPI(M) gain from AITC | Swing | | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2011 taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote for Durgapur Purba constituency.

### 2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Durgapur Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Nikhil Kumar Banerjee | 87,050 | 50.32 | +7.18# |
| | CPI(M) | Alpana Chowdhury | 78,484 | 45.37 | −4.46# |
| | BJP | Lakshman Ghorui | 7,449 | 4.31 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,566 | 4.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,749 | 85.82 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | +11.64 | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together, as well as the CPI(M) vote for Durgapur II constituency.

### 1977-2006

In 2006 assembly elections, Biprendu Kumar Chakraborty of CPI (M) won the Durgapur II seat defeating his nearest rival Apurba Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Apurba Mukherjee won the seat in 2001 defeating Debabrata Banerjee of CPI (M). In 1996, Debabrata Banerjee had won the seat defeating Malay Kanti Dutta of Congress. In 1991, Tarun Chatterjee of CPI (M) had won the seat defeating Asit Chattaraj of Congress. Tarun Chatterjee won it in 1987 defeating Narayan Hazara Chowdhury of Congress. In 1982, Tarun Chaterjee defeated Baren Roy of Congress. Tarun Chatterjee defeated Ajit Banerjee of Congress in 1977.

### 1962-1972

Ananda Gopal Mukherjee of Congress won the Durgapur seat in 1972. Dilip Mazumdar of CPI (M) won the seat in 1971, 1969 and 1967. Ananda Gopal Mukherjee of INC won the seat in 1962.