The Durgapur Purba assembly constituency is currently held
by CPM leader Santosh Debray who defeated Pradip Mazumdar of the Trinamool
Congress in 2016. The seat is one of West Bengal‘s 294 assembly constituencies.
It comes under the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.
Since 1972, Durgapur has been divided into two assembly
seats – Durgapur Purba and Durgapur Paschim. Both these constituencies were
earlier part of the Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, but were later made a part of
Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency.
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The CPI(M) has had control of the seat since 1977.
Here are a few details about the Durgapur Purba assembly
seat
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Durgapur Purba,
Paschim Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency: Bardhaman-Durgapur
2015 candidates: Santosh Debray (CPM); Pradip Mazumdar (TMC)
2020 candidates: NA
Sitting MLA, party: Santosh Debray, CPM
Winning margin in 2016: 9,131
Runner up name, party: Pradip Mazumdar, TMC
Number of voters in 2016: 1,90,525
Percentage of votes polled in 2016: 81.42%
Number of polling booths in 2016: 277