Balurghat Assembly constituency
Appearance
| Balurghat | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]2026
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ Swapan Kumar Pain. "Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977]". Frontier Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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- 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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