Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal
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Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency 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.
Jamalpur
Kalna
Memari
Purbasthali Dakshin
Purbasthali Uttar
Katwa
| Bardhaman Purba WB-38 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Interactive Map Outlining Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Assembly constituencies | Raina Jamalpur Kalna Memari Purbasthali Dakshin Purbasthali Uttar Katwa |
| Established | 2009 |
| Total electors | 18,01,333 (2024)[1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | NCPI |
| Alliance | NDA[2] |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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.[3]
Assembly segments

Bardhaman Purba Lok Sabha constituency (parliamentary constituency no. 38) is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 261 | Raina (SC) | Purba Bardhaman | Subhash Patra | BJP | AITC | ||
| 262 | Jamalpur (SC) | Arun Halder | |||||
| 264 | Kalna (SC) | Siddhartha Majumdar | |||||
| 265 | Memari | Manab Guha | |||||
| 268 | Purbasthali Dakshin | Prankrishna Tapadar | |||||
| 269 | Purbasthali Uttar | Gopal Chattopadhyay | |||||
| 270 | Katwa | Krishna Ghosh | |||||
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2009 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2009 | Anup Kumar Saha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| 2014 | Sunil Kumar Mondal | Trinamool Congress | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Sharmila Sarkar | ||
| 2026 | Nationalist Citizens Party of India | ||
For Members of Parliament from this area in previous years see Burdwan Lok Sabha constituency and Katwa Lok Sabha constituency
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sharmila Sarkar | 720,302 | 48.11 | ||
| BJP | Ashim Kumar Sarkar | 559,730 | 37.38 | ||
| CPI(M) | Nirab Khan | 176,899 | 11.81 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 12,697 | 0.85 | ||
| Majority | 160,572 | 24.09 | |||
| Turnout | 14,97,310 | 83.12 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sunil Kumar Mondal | 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 | Siddharth Majumdar | 38,472 | 2.67 | −3.54 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 10,747 | 0.75 | N/A | |
| Majority | 89,311 | 8.66 | +3.38 | ||
| Turnout | 14,39,603 | 84.78 | |||
| AITC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2014
| 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 | 1,14,479 | 8.66 | +3.38 | ||
| Turnout | 13,20,922 | 86.21 | −1.00 | ||
| AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | -4.76 | |||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dr Anup Kumar Saha | 5,39,987 | 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 | 67,419 | 5.28 | |||
| Turnout | 11,24,373 | 87.21 | |||
| CPI(M) win (new seat) | |||||
