Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: All about West Bengal’s Burdwan Durgapur seat
The Burdwan Durgapur Lok Sabha seat is currently held by the Trinamool Congress.
Trinamool Congress holds the Burdwan Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, which was formed after the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008.
Mamtaz Sanghamita wrested Burdwan Durgapur after defeating Saidul Haque of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. Haque had won the last general election held in 2009.
Read: All about West Bengal
The ruling party is the eastern state has fielded Mamtaz Sanghamita again for the Lok Sabha election 2019 in the parliamentary constituency number 39 in the state.
Voting will be held on April 29, the fourth phase of the seven-phase polls in the state, and counting on May 23.
State: West Bengal
Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Burdwan Durgapur
Sitting MP, Party: Mamtaz Sanghamita, Trinamool Congress
Winning margin in 2014: 107,331
Runner up name, party: Saidul Haque, CPI(M)
Number of voters in 2014: 1,331,242
Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 84.07%
Number of women voters in 2014: 762,121
Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,970
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