# Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency

Bardhaman Purba is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency is based on Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 38 Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Bardhaman district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency, Katwa Lok Sabha constituency and Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist from 2009 and new constituencies came into being: Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency and Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.

## Assembly segments

Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 38) is composed of the following assembly segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead |
| 261 | Raina (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Shampa Dhara | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 262 | Jamalpur (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Alok Kumar Majhi | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 264 | Kalna (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Deboprasad Bag | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 265 | Memari | Purba Bardhaman | Madhusudan Bhattacharya | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 268 | Purbasthali Dakshin | Purba Bardhaman | Swapan Debnath | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 269 | Purbasthali Uttar | Purba Bardhaman | Tapan Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |
| 270 | Katwa | Purba Bardhaman | Rabindranath Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress | Trinamool Congress |

## Members of Parliament

| Lok Sabha | Duration | Name of M.P. | Party Affiliation |
| Fifteenth | 2009-14 | Anup Kumar Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Sixteenth | 2014-2019 | Sunil Kumar Mandal | Trinamool Congress |
| Seventeenth | 2019-2024 | Sunil Kumar Mandal | Trinamool Congress |
| Eighteenth | 2024-Incumbent | Sharmila Sarkar | Trinamool Congress |
For Members of Parliament from this area in previous years see Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency and Katwa Lok Sabha constituency

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sharmila Sarkar | 730,302 | 48.11 | 3.59 |
| | BJP | Ashim Kumar Sarkar | 5,59,730 | 37.38 | 0.94 |
| | CPI(M) | Nirab Khan | 1,76,899 | 11.81 | 0.41 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 12,697 | 0.85 | 0.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,60,572 | 10.72 | 2.06 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,97,310 | 83.12 | 1.66 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sunil Kumar Mandal | 640,834 | 44.52 | +1.02 |
| | BJP | Paresh Chandra Das | 551,523 | 38.32 | +25.39 |
| | CPI(M) | Ishwar Chandra Das | 175,920 | 12.22 | −22.61 |
| | INC | Sidhartha Majumdar | 38,472 | 2.67 | −3.54 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 10,747 | 0.75 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89,311 | 8.66 | +3.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,39,603 | 84.78 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Sunil Kumar Mandal | 5,74,660 | 43.50 | +1.48 |
| | CPI(M) | Ishwar Chandra Das | 4,60,181 | 34.83 | −12.48 |
| | BJP | Santosh Roy | 1,70,828 | 12.93 | +6.56 |
| | INC | Chandana Majhi | 68,884 | 5.21 | N/A |
| | JMM | Swapan Malik | 9,666 | 0.73 | N/A |
| | SUCI(C) | Kalicharan Sardar | 7,981 | 0.60 | N/A |
| | CPI(ML)L | Pejush Kumar Sahana | 5,919 | 0.44 | −0.30 |
| | BSP | Mukul Biswas | 5,442 | 0.41 | −0.39 |
| | JDP | Prosanta Bag | 3,410 | 0.25 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,14,479 | 8.66 | +3.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,20,922 | 86.21 | −1.00 |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -4.76 | |

### General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Bardhaman Purba :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | Dr Anup Kumar Saha | 5,31,987 | 47.31 | |
| | AITC | Ashoke Biswas | 4,72,568 | 42.02 | |
| | BJP | Sankar Haldar | 71,632 | 6.37 | |
| | AUDF | Rabindranath Bag | 17,716 | 1.57 | |
| | JDP | Raju Malik | 12,982 | 1.15 | |
| | BSP | Mukul Biswas | 9,069 | 0.80 | |
| | CPI(ML)L | Pijush Kumar Sahana | 8,419 | 0.74 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59,419 | 5.28 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,24,373 | 87.21 | |
| | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) | CPI(M) win (new seat) |