Balurghat Assembly constituency
| Balurghat | |
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| Constituency No. 39 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Dakshin Dinajpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Balurghat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 180,390 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Balurghat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 39 Balurghat Assembly constituency covers Balurghat municipality, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur gram panchayats of Balurghat community development block and Hilli community development block.[1]
Balurghat Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| Lakhsman Chandra Handa[2] | |||
| 1957 | Mardi Hakai[3] | ||
| Dhiren Banerjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party[3][4] | ||
| 1962 | Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress[5] | |
| 1967 | Mukul Basu | Independent[6] | |
| 1969 | Revolutionary Socialist Party[7] | ||
| 1971 | Bireshwar Roy | Indian National Congress[8] | |
| 1972[9] | |||
| 1977 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[10] | |
| 1982[11] | |||
| 1987[12] | |||
| 1991[13] | |||
| 1996[14] | |||
| 2001[15] | |||
| 2006[16] | |||
| 2011 | Sankar Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress[17] | |
| 2016 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[16] | |
| 2021 | Ashok Kumar Lahiri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2026 | Bidyut Kumar Roy | ||
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bidyut Kumar Roy | 95,697 | 60.45 | ||
| AITC | Arpita Ghosh | 48,121 | 30.4 | ||
| RSP | Arnab Chowdhury | 8,593 | 5.43 | ||
| INC | Pradip Kumar Mitra | 1,648 | 1.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,444 | 0.91 | ||
| Majority | 47,576 | 30.05 | |||
| Turnout | 158,296 | 94.61 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2021
In the 2021 election, Ashok Kumar Lahiri of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sekhar Dasgupta of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashok Lahiri | 72,129 | 47.42 | ||
| AITC | Sekhar Dasgupta | 58,693 | 38.59 | ||
| RSP | Sucheta Biswas | 16,153 | 10.62 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,830 | 1.20 | ||
| Majority | 13,436 | 8.83 | |||
| Turnout | 152,092 | 84.31 | |||
| BJP gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
2016
In the 2016 election, Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP defeated his nearest rival Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Biswanath Chowdhury | 60,590 | 42.82 | +3.26 | |
| AITC | Sankar Chakraborty | 59,140 | 41.79 | −12.48 | |
| BJP | Gautam Chakraborty | 15,258 | 10.78 | +7.26 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,357 | 2.37 | +2.37 | |
| BSP | Samar Kumar Mahato | 1,668 | 1.18 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Biren Mahanta | 1,490 | 1.05 | ||
| Turnout | 141,503 | 88.10 | −1.04 | ||
| RSP gain from AITC | Swing | # | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Chakraborty Shankar | 67,495 | 54.27 | ||
| RSP | Biswanath Choudhury | 49,204 | 39.56 | ||
| BJP | Ranjan Kumar Mondal | 4,378 | 3.52 | ||
| Independent | Keshab Ray | 1,862 | 1.50 | ||
| BSP | Nripendra Nath Hansda | 1,427 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 18,291 | 14.71 | |||
| Turnout | 124,366 | 88.95 | |||
| AITC gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Biswanath Choudhury | 56,512 | 45.65 | ||
| BJP | Debasree Chaudhuri | 48,644 | 39.30 | ||
| INC | Tapan Kanti Deb | 13,050 | 10.54 | ||
| Independent | Sagar Modak | 3,002 | 2.43 | ||
| BSP | Nripendra Nath Hasda | 1,663 | 1.34 | ||
| Majority | 7,868 | 6.35 | |||
| Turnout | 123,782 | ||||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Choudhury Biswanath | 53,945 | 47.40 | ||
| AITC | Shankar Chakravorti | 51,222 | 45.01 | ||
| BJP | Dilip Dey | 6,273 | 5.51 | ||
| Independent | Bhagirath Barman | 2,363 | 2.08 | ||
| Majority | 2,723 | 2.39 | |||
| Turnout | 113,960 | 80.73 | |||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Choudhury Biswanath | 55,183 | 47.93 | ||
| INC | Khan Biplab | 46,562 | 40.45 | ||
| BJP | Mahabir Prosad Saraogi | 11,964 | 10.39 | ||
| Independent | Sachin Mardi | 530 | 0.46 | ||
| Independent | Narayan Chandra Barman | 289 | 0.25 | ||
| Independent | Probodh Kumar Barman | 261 | 0.23 | ||
| Independent | Dhirendra Nath Singh | 238 | 0.21 | ||
| Independent | Ashwini Kumar Majumder | 94 | 0.08 | ||
| Majority | 8,621 | 7.48 | |||
| Turnout | 115,567 | 86.55 | |||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Biswanath Chowdhury | 46,597 | 44.60 | ||
| INC | Khan Biplab | 38,884 | 37.22 | ||
| BJP | Mahabir Prosad Saraogi | 17,806 | 17.04 | ||
| Independent | Probadh Talpatra | 510 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Narayan Chandra Barman | 370 | 0.35 | ||
| AMB | Jaharlal Mahata | 310 | 0.30 | ||
| Majority | 7,713 | 7.38 | |||
| Turnout | 106,273 | 83.15 | |||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1987
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Biswanath Choudhury | 48,066 | 55.41 | ||
| INC | Madhab Chandra Roy | 37,664 | 43.42 | ||
| Independent | Nitya Nanda Baraman | 671 | 0.77 | ||
| Independent | Joharlal Mahoto | 345 | 0.40 | ||
| Majority | 10,402 | 11.99 | |||
| Turnout | 87,775 | 81.75 | |||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1982
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Biswanath Choudhury | 41,197 | 54.58 | ||
| IC(S) | Ashish Roy | 32,324 | 42.83 | ||
| Independent | Jawharlal Mahata | 1,954 | 2.59 | ||
| Majority | 8,873 | 11.75 | |||
| Turnout | 76,605 | 82.95 | |||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Biswanath Choudhauri | 29,292 | 53.21 | ||
| INC | Jyotiswar Sarkar | 13,203 | 23.98 | ||
| JP | Biswa Ranjan Sengupta | 12,307 | 22.36 | ||
| Independent | Naresh Chandra Mahato | 248 | 0.45 | ||
| Majority | 16,089 | 29.23 | |||
| Turnout | 55,736 | 72.17 | |||
| RSP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1972
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bireswar Roy | 28,894 | 54.09 | ||
| RSP | Mukul Basu | 23,526 | 44.04 | ||
| Jharkhand Party | Nakul Singh | 395 | 0.74 | ||
| PBI | Birem Mahato | 370 | 0.69 | ||
| Independent | Asutosh Ghose | 238 | 0.45 | ||
| Majority | 5,368 | 10.05 | |||
| Turnout | 54,622 | 69.90 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bireswar Roy | 25,109 | 46.09 | ||
| RSP | Jatin Chakraborty | 22,941 | 42.11 | ||
| CPI | Chattopadhay Jyotirmoy | 3,960 | 7.27 | ||
| Bangla Congress | Chanduri Dilip Kumar | 1,427 | 2.62 | ||
| Independent | Chunilal Nedgi | 933 | 1.71 | ||
| Independent | Arun Banerjee | 113 | 0.21 | ||
| Majority | 2,168 | 3.98 | |||
| Turnout | 57,839 | 75.49 | |||
| INC gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
1969
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Mukul Basu | 27,389 | 56.74 | ||
| INC | Ranajit Basu | 17,478 | 36.21 | ||
| ABJS | Das Laha Bholanath | 2,256 | 4.67 | ||
| PSP | Das Sailendra | 691 | 1.43 | ||
| NDF | Birendra Lal Dey Sircar | 320 | 0.66 | ||
| PBI | Taraphdar Susanta | 138 | 0.29 | ||
| Majority | 9,911 | 20.53 | |||
| Turnout | 49,413 | 74.60 | |||
| RSP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | M. Basu | 23,583 | 50.63 | ||
| INC | G. L. Ghose | 19,322 | 41.48 | ||
| Independent | S. C. Sarkar | 2,743 | 5.89 | ||
| Independent | D. N. Mohanto | 676 | 1.45 | ||
| Independent | K. P. Das | 255 | 0.55 | ||
| Majority | 4,261 | 9.15 | |||
| Turnout | 48,985 | 75.94 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | 17,277 | 49.51 | ||
| RSP | Dhirendra Nath Banerjee | 15,262 | 43.73 | ||
| PSP | Anil Kumar Biswas | 2,358 | 6.76 | ||
| Majority | 2,015 | 5.78 | |||
| Turnout | 36,598 | 56.28 | |||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dhirendra Nath Banerjee | 24,387 | 23.22 | ||
| INC | Mardi Hakai | 22,296 | 21.23 | ||
| INC | Saroj Ranjan Chatterjee | 21,314 | 20.29 | ||
| Independent | Nathaniel Murmu | 20,434 | 19.45 | ||
| Independent | Pravash Chandra Laha | 5,070 | 4.83 | ||
| Independent | Abinash Chandra Basu | 3,977 | 3.79 | ||
| Independent | Sancha Nath Sarkar | 3,108 | 2.96 | ||
| Independent | Pramatha Nath Neogi | 2,734 | 2.60 | ||
| Independent | Baji Nath Baske | 1,721 | 1.64 | ||
| Majority | 2,091 | 1.99 | |||
| Turnout | 105,041 | 98.06 | |||
1951
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyaya | 26,075 | 31.23 | ||
| INC | Lakshman Chandra Hasda | 23,386 | 28.01 | ||
| RSP | Dhirendra Nath Bandopadhyay | 10,842 | 12.99 | ||
| RSP | Cornelius Murmu | 9,697 | 11.62 | ||
| Independent | Ramesh Chandra Dutta | 6,055 | 7.25 | ||
| FBL(RG) | Prafulla Kumar Neogi | 3,074 | 3.68 | ||
| MFB | Birendra Lal De Sarkar | 2,742 | 3.28 | ||
| MFB | Samuel Subhan | 1,610 | 1.93 | ||
| Majority | 2,689 | 3.22 | |||
| Turnout | 83,481 | 83.64 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
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