Bardhaman-durgapur election result 2024 live updates: tmc's azad kirti jha has won this lok sabha seat

The polling for Bardhaman-Durgapur was held in Phase 4 on 13 May. The key candidates for the 2024 General Elections in Bardhaman-Durgapur are Azad Kirti Jha (TMC), Dilip Ghosh(BJP) and

Sukriti Ghosal(CPIM). As per the latest trends of counting of votes for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, TMC's Azad kirti jha has won This Lok Sabha Seat in Bardhaman-Durgapur seat. Carved out

of the former constituencies of Durgapur, Bardhaman, and Katwa following delimitation in 2008, Bardhaman-Durgapur has seen political victories from three different parties: CPI(M) in 2009,

TMC in 2014, and BJP in 2019. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Bardhaman-Durgapur seat was won by BJP candidate S.S Ahluwalia, while TMC candidate DR. Mamtaz Sanghamita had come in

second place. In this year's Lok Sabha elections, BJP decided not to field their 2019 winner SS Ahluvalia, and gave the ticket to Dilip Ghosh instead: which is a transfer of seat for

Ghosh who won the 2019 polls from Medinipur. Pitted against Ghosh is TMC’s Kirti Azad, who was part of the 1983 World Cup-winning squad. Following the footsteps of his father, former Bihar

CM Bhagwat Jha Azad, Kirti Azad is no stranger to the political fray. Initially affiliated with BJP, he was elected as MP from Bihar’s Darbhanga constituency thrice: in 1999, 2009, and 2014.

However, following a suspension from the party, he contested the 2019 elections from Dhanbad seat on Congress ticket. He lost that election. Later, he joined TMC in 2021. In 2014's

General Elections, Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency was won by TMC candidate Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamita and CPM candidate Sk. Saidul Haque was the runner-up. Assembly seats that fall under

Bardhaman-Durgapur parliamentary constituency include Bardhaman Dakshin, Monteswar, Bardhaman Uttar, Bhatar, Galsi, Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim.