Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency

Balurghat
WB-6
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
Assembly constituenciesItahar
Kushmandi
Kumarganj
Balurghat
Tapan
Gangarampur
Harirampur
Established1962
Total electors15,61,966(2024)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024

Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Balurghat in West Bengal. While six of the assembly segments of No. 6 Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency are in Dakshin Dinajpur district, one assembly segment is in Uttar Dinajpur district. The seat was earlier reserved for scheduled castes but from 2009 it is an open seat.

Assembly segments

Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. Balurghat, 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 6 Balurghat is composed of the following assembly segments from 2009:[2]

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
36 Itahar Uttar Dinajpur Mosaraf Hussen AITC AITC
37 Kushmandi (SC) Dakshin Dinajpur Tapas Chandra Roy BJP
38 Kumarganj Toraf Hossain Mandal AITC
39 Balurghat Bidyut Roy BJP BJP
40 Tapan (ST) Budhrai Tudu
41 Gangarampur (SC) Satyendra Nath Ray
42 Harirampur Biplab Mitra AITC AITC

Members of Parliament

Year Name[3] Party
1952 Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay[a] Indian National Congress
1957 Selku Mardi
Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
1962 Sarkar Murmu Communist Party of India
1967 Jatindra Nath Pramanick Indian National Congress
1971 Rasendranath Barman
1977 Palash Barman Revolutionary Socialist Party
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996 Ranen Barman
1998
1999
2004
2009 Prasanta Kumar Majumdar
2014 Arpita Ghosh Trinamool Congress
2019 Sukanta Majumdar Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 46.47%
2019
 
 45.02%
2014
 
 38.52%
2009
 
 44.38%
2004
 
 44.87%
1999
 
 44.67%
1998
 
 48.90%
1996
 
 49.02%
1991
 
 45.33%
1989
 
 49.42%
1984
 
 51.44%
1980
 
 55.78%
1977
 
 57.63%
1971
 
 47.58%
1967
 
 46.15%
1962
 
 51.85%
1957
 
 29.12%
1957
 
 26.18%
1952
 
 59.45%

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sukanta Majumdar 574,996 46.47 Increase1.45
AITC Biplab Mitra 564,610 45.63 Increase3.39
RSP Joydeb Siddhanta 54,217 4.38 Decrease1.71
NOTA None of the above 7,437 0.6 Decrease0.52
Majority 10,386 0.84 Decrease1.94
Turnout 12,35,347[b] 79.09 Decrease4.6
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sukanta Majumdar 539,317 45.02
AITC Arpita Ghosh 506,024 42.24
RSP Ranen Barman 72,990 6.09
INC Abdus Sadek Sarkar 36,783 3.07
JMM Naran Tudu 6,387 0.53
NOTA None of the Above 13,414 1.12
Majority 33,293 2.78
Turnout
Swing to BJP from AITC Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Arpita Ghosh 409,641 38.52
RSP Bimalendu Sarkar 302,677 28.46
BJP Biswapriya Roy Choudhury 223,014 20.97
INC Om Prakas Mishra 80,715 7.59
AIUDF Abdus Sadek Sarkar 10,547 0.99
BSP Rajen Hansda 4,581 0.43
SUCI(C) Islam Nural 2,644 0.25
CPIM Manas Chakraborty 1,466 0.14
BMP Ranendranath Mali 1,687 0.16
RaJSP Sasti Chandra Sarkar 3,969 0.37
JDP Som Hemram 4,774 0.45
IND Siben Sarkar 5,647 0.53
NOTA None of the Above 11,691 1.10
Majority 106,964 10.06
Turnout 1,063,053 84.74
Swing to AITC from RSP Swing

2009

2009 Indian general election: Balurghat[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Prasanta Kumar Majumdar 388,444 44.38
AITC Biplab Mitra 383,339 43.79
BJP Subhash Chandra Barman 59,741 6.82
BSP Gobinda Hansda 13,977 1.60
AIUDF Ghosh Mridul 10,460 1.19
JMM Chamru Oram 5,722 0.65
IND Prahallad Barman 5,495 0.63
IND Samu Soren 8,182 0.93
Majority 5,105 0.58
Turnout 875,360 86.65
RSP hold Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Ranen Barman 415,298 44.87
BJP Manomohan Ray 344,152 37.18
INC Dipti Barman 119,104 12.87
IND Binoy Mallick 19,574 2.11
BSP Gobinda Sakar 17,230 1.86
IND Prahallad Barman 10,273 1.11
Majority 71,146 7.69
Turnout 925,631
RSP hold Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Ranen Barman 375,669 44.67
BJP Subhash Ch. Barman 312,748 37.19
INC Bikash Barman 143,034 17.01
IND Gour Barman 4,986 0.59
BSP Biswanath Barman 4,461 0.53
Majority 62,921 7.48
Turnout 851,433 76.88
RSP hold Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Ranen Barman 428,710 48.90
AITC Nani Gopal Roy 256,535 29.26
INC Mohini Mohan Roy 182,846 20.86
BSP Purna Chandra Sarkar 3,888 0.44
IND Dhirendra Nath Singh 2,753 0.31
IND Malin Chandra Barman 1,251 0.14
IND Niren Mondal 662 0.08
Majority 172,175 19.64
Turnout 892,146 81.97
RSP hold Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Ranen Barman 440,283 49.02
INC Satyendra Nath Roy 296,576 33.02
BJP Man Mohan Roy 145,257 16.17
IND Gour Barman 8,945 1.00
IND Nripen Barman 2,685 0.30
IND Jatindra Nath Barman 2,268 0.25
IND Chittaranjan Barman 2,193 0.24
Majority 143,707 16.00
Turnout 926,427 86.76
RSP hold Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Palas Barman 353,159 45.33
INC Rasendra Nath Barman 267,078 34.28
BJP Monomohan Roy 147,544 18.94
IND Gour Barman 5,343 0.69
JP Jaitindran Mohan Ray 4,087 0.52
IND Chattaranjan Barman 1,955 0.25
Majority 86,081 11.05
Turnout 794,795 82.08
RSP hold Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Palas Barman 388,103 49.42
INC Satyendra Nath Roy 354,577 45.15
BJP Nripendra Barman 39,412 5.02
AMB Bhagirath Barman 3,181 0.41
Majority 33,526 4.27
Turnout 795,507 83.85
RSP hold Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Palas Barman 317,141 51.44
INC Satyendra Nath Ray 294,924 47.84
IND Jayanta Saha 4,465 0.72
Majority 22,217 3.60
Turnout 626,120 81.43
RSP hold Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Palas Barman 284,766 55.78
INC(I) Ranajit Sarkar 204,438 40.05
JP Sudhir Chandra Roy 9,092 1.78
INC(U) Khagendra Nath Roy 8,664 1.70
IND Narayan Chandra Sarkar 3,546 0.69
Majority 80,328 15.73
Turnout 521,156 75.63
RSP hold Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Palas Barman 206,112 57.63
INC Rasendra Nath Burman 151,549 42.37
Majority 54,563 15.26
Turnout 369,396 66.21
Swing to RSP from INC Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rasendra Nath Barman 159,896 47.58
CPI(M) Pijush Kanti Das 74,618 22.20
RSP Palash Barman 54,612 16.25
CPI Biswas Jiabin Krishna 35,140 10.46
INC(O) Jatindra Nath Pramanik 11,784 3.51
Majority 85,278 25.38
Turnout 349,541 70.42
INC hold Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Balurghat (SC)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jatindra Nath Pramanick 130,379 46.15
CPI(M) D. P. Kanti 106,930 37.85
IND P. C. Sarkar 25,649 9.08
IND B. K. Barman 19,558 6.92
Majority 23,449 8.30
Turnout 297,118 65.21
Swing to INC from CPI Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Balurghat (ST)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Sarkar Murmu 137,290 51.85
INC Shelku Mardi 127,470 48.15
Majority 9,820 3.70
Turnout 275,027 57.75
CPI win (new seat)

1957

1957 Indian general election: West Dinajpur (Two-member Constituency)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Selku Mardi 177,194 29.12
INC Chaplalkanta Bhattacharjee 159,310 26.18
CPI Narendra Mohan Sen 127,067 20.88
PSP Samuel 114,731 18.86
IND Kishorilal Kundu 30,158 4.96
Majority 32,243 5.30
Turnout 608,460 41.28
INC hold Swing

1952

1952 Indian general election: West Dinajpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay 88,815 59.45
CPI Narendra Mohan Sen 60,583 40.55
Majority 28,232 18.90
Turnout 149,398 40.88
INC win (new seat)

Note: In 1951 and 1957 the contest was in the West Dinajpur constituency. From 1962, it was Balurghat constituency.

Notes

  1. ↑ West Dinajpur (1952-62)
  2. ↑ does not include postal ballots

References

  1. ↑ "Voter Turnout Data" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 25 May 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Balurghat Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
  4. ↑ "General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

See also

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