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|name = Balagarh 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|total_type = 
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|pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
|map_caption = Location in West Bengal
|coordinates = {{coord|23|06|34|N|88|27|37|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = India
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
|subdivision_type3 = Headquarter
|subdivision_name3 = [[Jirat]]
|subdivision_type4 = [[List of constituencies of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name4 = 191
|subdivision_type5 = Type
|subdivision_name5 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name6 = [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|28. Hooghly]]
|subdivision_type7 = Electorate (year)
|subdivision_name7 = 207,702 (2011)

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'''Balagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency headquartered in [[Jirat]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. The seat is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 191 Balagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: [[Balagarh (community development block)|Balagarh]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and Chandrahati I, Chandrahati II, Digsui and Mogra I [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Chinsurah Mogra]] community development block.<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 26 July 2015|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Balagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 28 [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=delimitation/> It was earlier part of [[Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Balagarh||Brindaban Chattopadhyay||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Bejoy Krishna Modak||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Brindaban Chattopadhyay||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||H.K.Das||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Abinash Pramanick||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Abinash Pramanick||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No ?|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Biren Sarkar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Abinash Pramanick||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Abinash Pramanick||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Abinash Pramanick||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Abinash Pramanick||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Dibakanta Routh||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Dibakanta Routh||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Dibakanta Routh||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislativer Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2007 By election||||Bhuban Pramanick||Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=vidhansabha2007by>{{cite web | url = http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200801021422.htm | title = CPI(M) retains Balagarh assembly seat | access-date = 2 January 2008 | publisher = The Hindu News Update Service, 2 January 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080105105657/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200801021422.htm| archive-date= 5 January 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Ashim Kumar Majhi]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|
|[[Ashim Kumar Majhi]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/assembly-election-2016/west-bengal/balagarh/|title=Balagarh Assembly Election 2016 Latest News & Results|website=India.com|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2021
||||[[Manoranjan Byapari]]
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|}

==Election results==

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Balagarh (SC) constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=191|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Balagarh| publisher = Empowering India |access-date = 1 May 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ashim Maji
|votes = 96,254
|percentage = 52.35
|change = +8.42#
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Bhuban Pramanick
|votes = 74,671
|percentage = 40.61
|change = −5.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Banshi Raut
|votes = 6,223
|percentage = 3.38
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Monoj Mistri
|votes = 3,232
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Gautam Mondal
|votes = 2,493
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|candidate = Sanjib Malik
|votes = 994
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 183,867
|percentage = 88.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 8.42#
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2007 by-election.</small>

===1977–2007===
The Balagarh seat fell vacant because of the death of the sitting MLA, Dibakanta Routh. In 2007 by-elections, Bhuban Pramanick of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] polled 60,101 votes to win the seat. Ashim Majhi of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] secured 51,691 votes, Bangshi Raut of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] secured 8,833 votes, Biswanath Malik of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] secured 5,864 votes and Gautam Mandal of the CPI(ML) secured 4,530 votes.<ref name=vidhansabha2007by/>

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dibakanta Routh of CPI (M) won the Balagarh (SC) assembly seat in [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]],<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> defeating his nearest rivals, Asim Patra of Trinamool Congress, Lakshmi Parui of Trinamool Congress and Biswanath Malik of Congress, in the respective years. Abinash Pramanik of CPI (M) won the seat in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and 1977<ref name=vidhansabha1977/> defeating his nearest rivals Biswanath Malik, Gopal Krishna Dhar, Nilmoni Mandal and Gauranga Halder, all of Congress, in the respective years.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp188.htm |title =188 – Balagarh (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 1 December 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Biren Sarkar of Congress won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Abinash Pramanik of CPI(M) won in 1971<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> and 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> H.K.Das of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Brindaban Chattopdhyay of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Bejoy Krishna Modak of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] won in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952/> the Balagarh seat was won by Brindaban Chattopdhyay of Congress.

==References==
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Hooghly district]]

Balagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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