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Balurghat Assembly constituency

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Balurghat
Constituency No. 39 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictDakshin Dinajpur
Lok Sabha constituencyBalurghat
Established1951
Total electors180,390
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2026

Balurghat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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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

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ElectionMemberParty
1951Saroj Ranjan ChattopadhyayIndian National Congress[2]
Lakhsman Chandra Handa[2]
1957Mardi Hakai[3]
Dhiren BanerjeeRevolutionary Socialist Party[3][4]
1962Sushil Ranjan ChattopadhyayIndian National Congress[5]
1967Mukul BasuIndependent[6]
1969Revolutionary Socialist Party[7]
1971Bireshwar RoyIndian National Congress[8]
1972[9]
1977Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1982[11]
1987[12]
1991[13]
1996[14]
2001[15]
2006[16]
2011Sankar ChakrabortyTrinamool Congress[17]
2016Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[16]
2021Ashok Kumar LahiriBharatiya Janata Party
2026 Bidyut Kumar Roy

Election results

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Vote share of Winning candidates
2026
60.45%
2021
47.42%
2016
42.82%
2011
54.27%
2006
45.65%
2001
47.40%
1996
47.93%
1991
44.60%
1987
55.41%
1982
54.58%
1977
53.21%
1972
54.09%
1971
46.09%
1969
56.74%
1967
50.63%
1962
49.51%
1957
23.22%
1957
21.23%
1951
31.23%
1951
28.01%

2026

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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bidyut Kumar Roy 95,697 60.45 Increase13.03
AITC Arpita Ghosh 48,121 30.4 Decrease8.19
RSP Arnab Chowdhury 8,593 5.43 Decrease5.19
INC Pradip Kumar Mitra 1,648 1.04
NOTA None of the above 1,444 0.91 Decrease0.29
Majority 47,576 30.05 Increase21.22
Turnout 158,296 94.61 Increase10.3
BJP hold Swing

2021

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In the 2021 election, Ashok Kumar Lahiri of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sekhar Dasgupta of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Balurghat constituency[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashok Lahiri 72,129 47.42 Increase36.64
AITC Sekhar Dasgupta 58,693 38.59 Decrease3.20
RSP Sucheta Biswas 16,153 10.62 Decrease32.20
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

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In the 2016 election, Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP defeated his nearest rival Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Balurghat constituency[17][20]
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

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2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Chakraborty Shankar 67,495 54.27 New entry
RSP Biswanath Choudhury 49,204 39.56 Decrease6.09
BJP Ranjan Kumar Mondal 4,378 3.52 Decrease35.78
Independent Keshab Ray 1,862 1.50 Steady
BSP Nripendra Nath Hansda 1,427 1.15 Decrease 0.19
Majority 18,291 14.71 Increase 8.36
Turnout 124,366 88.95
AITC gain from RSP Swing

2006

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2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Biswanath Choudhury 56,512 45.65 Decrease 1.75
BJP Debasree Chaudhuri 48,644 39.30 Increase33.79
INC Tapan Kanti Deb 13,050 10.54 New entry
Independent Sagar Modak 3,002 2.43 Steady
BSP Nripendra Nath Hasda 1,663 1.34 New entry
Majority 7,868 6.35 Increase 3.96
Turnout 123,782
RSP hold Swing

2001

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2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Choudhury Biswanath 53,945 47.40 Decrease 0.53
AITC Shankar Chakravorti 51,222 45.01 New entry
BJP Dilip Dey 6,273 5.51 Decrease 4.88
Independent Bhagirath Barman 2,363 2.08 Steady
Majority 2,723 2.39 Decrease 5.09
Turnout 113,960 80.73 Decrease 5.82
RSP hold Swing

1996

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1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Choudhury Biswanath 55,183 47.93 Increase 3.33
INC Khan Biplab 46,562 40.45 Increase 3.23
BJP Mahabir Prosad Saraogi 11,964 10.39 Decrease 6.65
Independent Sachin Mardi 530 0.46 Steady
Independent Narayan Chandra Barman 289 0.25 Steady
Independent Probodh Kumar Barman 261 0.23 Steady
Independent Dhirendra Nath Singh 238 0.21 Steady
Independent Ashwini Kumar Majumder 94 0.08 Steady
Majority 8,621 7.48 Increase 0.10
Turnout 115,567 86.55 Increase 3.40
RSP hold Swing

1991

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1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Biswanath Chowdhury 46,597 44.60 Decrease 10.81
INC Khan Biplab 38,884 37.22 Decrease 6.20
BJP Mahabir Prosad Saraogi 17,806 17.04 New entry
Independent Probadh Talpatra 510 0.49 Steady
Independent Narayan Chandra Barman 370 0.35 Steady
AMB Jaharlal Mahata 310 0.30 New entry
Majority 7,713 7.38 Decrease 4.61
Turnout 106,273 83.15 Increase 1.40
RSP hold Swing

1987

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1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Biswanath Choudhury 48,066 55.41 Increase 0.83
INC Madhab Chandra Roy 37,664 43.42 New entry
Independent Nitya Nanda Baraman 671 0.77 Steady
Independent Joharlal Mahoto 345 0.40 Steady
Majority 10,402 11.99 Increase 0.24
Turnout 87,775 81.75 Decrease 1.20
RSP hold Swing

1982

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1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Biswanath Choudhury 41,197 54.58 Increase 1.37
IC(S) Ashish Roy 32,324 42.83 New entry
Independent Jawharlal Mahata 1,954 2.59 Steady
Majority 8,873 11.75 Decrease 17.48
Turnout 76,605 82.95 Increase 10.78
RSP hold Swing

1977

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1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Biswanath Choudhauri 29,292 53.21 Increase 9.17
INC Jyotiswar Sarkar 13,203 23.98 Decrease 30.11
JP Biswa Ranjan Sengupta 12,307 22.36 New entry
Independent Naresh Chandra Mahato 248 0.45 Steady
Majority 16,089 29.23 Increase 19.18
Turnout 55,736 72.17 Increase 2.27
RSP gain from INC Swing

1972

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1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bireswar Roy 28,894 54.09 Increase 8.00
RSP Mukul Basu 23,526 44.04 Increase 1.93
Jharkhand Party Nakul Singh 395 0.74 New entry
PBI Birem Mahato 370 0.69 New entry
Independent Asutosh Ghose 238 0.45 Steady
Majority 5,368 10.05 Increase 6.07
Turnout 54,622 69.90 Decrease 5.59
INC hold Swing

1971

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1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bireswar Roy 25,109 46.09 Increase 9.88
RSP Jatin Chakraborty 22,941 42.11 Decrease 14.63
CPI Chattopadhay Jyotirmoy 3,960 7.27 New entry
Bangla Congress Chanduri Dilip Kumar 1,427 2.62 New entry
Independent Chunilal Nedgi 933 1.71 Steady
Independent Arun Banerjee 113 0.21 Steady
Majority 2,168 3.98 Decrease 16.55
Turnout 57,839 75.49 Increase 0.89
INC gain from RSP Swing

1969

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1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Mukul Basu 27,389 56.74 New entry
INC Ranajit Basu 17,478 36.21 Decrease 5.27
ABJS Das Laha Bholanath 2,256 4.67 New entry
PSP Das Sailendra 691 1.43 New entry
NDF Birendra Lal Dey Sircar 320 0.66 New entry
PBI Taraphdar Susanta 138 0.29 New entry
Majority 9,911 20.53 Increase 11.38
Turnout 49,413 74.60 Decrease 1.34
RSP gain from Independent Swing

1967

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1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent M. Basu 23,583 50.63 Steady
INC G. L. Ghose 19,322 41.48 Decrease 8.03
Independent S. C. Sarkar 2,743 5.89 Steady
Independent D. N. Mohanto 676 1.45 Steady
Independent K. P. Das 255 0.55 Steady
Majority 4,261 9.15 Increase 3.37
Turnout 48,985 75.94 Increase 19.66
Independent gain from INC Swing

1962

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1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay 17,277 49.51 Steady
RSP Dhirendra Nath Banerjee 15,262 43.73 Steady
PSP Anil Kumar Biswas 2,358 6.76 Steady
Majority 2,015 5.78 Increase 3.79
Turnout 36,598 56.28 Decrease 41.78

1957

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1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat (ST)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dhirendra Nath Banerjee 24,387 23.22 Steady
INC Mardi Hakai 22,296 21.23 Steady
INC Saroj Ranjan Chatterjee 21,314 20.29 Steady
Independent Nathaniel Murmu 20,434 19.45 Steady
Independent Pravash Chandra Laha 5,070 4.83 Steady
Independent Abinash Chandra Basu 3,977 3.79 Steady
Independent Sancha Nath Sarkar 3,108 2.96 Steady
Independent Pramatha Nath Neogi 2,734 2.60 Steady
Independent Baji Nath Baske 1,721 1.64 Steady
Majority 2,091 1.99 Decrease 1.23
Turnout 105,041 98.06 Increase 14.42

1951

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1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Balurghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyaya 26,075 31.23 New entry
INC Lakshman Chandra Hasda 23,386 28.01 New entry
RSP Dhirendra Nath Bandopadhyay 10,842 12.99 New entry
RSP Cornelius Murmu 9,697 11.62 New entry
Independent Ramesh Chandra Dutta 6,055 7.25 Steady
FBL(RG) Prafulla Kumar Neogi 3,074 3.68 New entry
MFB Birendra Lal De Sarkar 2,742 3.28 New entry
MFB Samuel Subhan 1,610 1.93 New entry
Majority 2,689 3.22 New entry
Turnout 83,481 83.64 New entry
INC win (new seat)

References

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