Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dunfermline East
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Dunfermline East in Scotland for the 2001 general election
Major settlements	Cowdenbeath
1983–2005
Seats	One
Created from	Central Fife Dunfermline
Replaced by	Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Dunfermline & West Fife Glenrothes

Dunfermline East was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election from parts of the seats of Central Fife and Dunfermline. It was abolished for the 2005 general election as part of a major revision in the composition of parliamentary constituencies in Scotland.

Most of Dunfermline East and its neighbouring constituency Kirkcaldy now make up the new seat of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. The remaining parts of the seat were moved to the new Dunfermline and West Fife and Glenrothes constituencies.

The constituency's name was something of a misnomer as it never actually included any part of the town of Dunfermline, all of which was located in the Dunfermline West seat. Cowdenbeath was the largest town in the constituency.