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'''Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Dakshin Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 39 Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Balurghat]] municipality, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Balurghat (Community development block)|Balurghat]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and [[Hili (Community development block)|Hilli]] 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 | access-date = 2 July 2014 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India}}</ref>

Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 6 [[Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Balurghat||Saroj Ranjan 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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||||Lakhsman Chandra Handa||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Mardi Hakai||Indian National Congress<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||[[Dhiren Banerjee]]||[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957/><ref name=f>''Frontier Weekly''. ''[http://www.frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-47/47-9/47-9-Leftism%20in%20Undivided%20Dinajpur.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318204935/http://frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-47/47-9/47-9-Leftism%20in%20Undivided%20Dinajpur.html |date=18 March 2015 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318204935/http://frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-47/47-9/47-9-Leftism%20in%20Undivided%20Dinajpur.html |date=2015-03-18 }} Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977]] ''</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Sushil Ranjan 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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||Mukul Basu||Independent<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Mukul Basu||[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]<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|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||Bireshwar Roy||Indian National Congress<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Bireshwar Roy||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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||[[Biswanath Chowdhury]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Biswanath Chowdhury||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Biswanath Chowdhury||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Biswanath Chowdhury||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Biswanath Chowdhury||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Biswanath Chowdhury||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Biswanath Chowdhury||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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 Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Sankar Chakraborty]]||[[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|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||Biswanath Chowdhury||Revolutionary Socialist Party<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 Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Ashok Lahiri|Ashok Kumar Lahiri]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Balurghat constituency}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ashok Kumar Lahiri]]
|votes = 72,129
|percentage = 47.42
|change = +36.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sekhar Dasgupta
|votes = 58,693
|percentage = 38.59
|change = -2.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Sucheta Biswas
|votes = 16,153
|percentage = 10.62
|change = -32.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,830
|percentage = 1.20
|change = -1.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Jogesh Chandra Murmu
|votes = 1,141
|percentage = 0.75
|change = -0.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Narottam Saha
|votes = 810
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Birendra Nath Mahanta
|votes = 604
|percentage = 0.40
|change = -0.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Dulal Barman
|votes = 379
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Kamtapur People's Party|KPPU]]
|candidate = Anup Barman
|votes = 353
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 152,092
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Balurghat constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=39 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Balurghat| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = [[Biswanath Chowdhury]]
|votes = 60,590
|percentage = 42.82
|change = +3.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sankar Chakraborty]]
|votes = 59,140
|percentage = 41.79
|change = -12.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Gautam Chakraborty
|votes = 15,258
|percentage = 10.78
|change = +7.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,357
|percentage = 2.37
|change = +2.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Samar Kumar Mahato
|votes = 1,668
|percentage = 1.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Biren Mahanta
|votes = 1,490
|percentage = 1.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 141,503
|percentage = 88.10
|change = -1.04
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Bishwanath Chowdhury of RSP.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Balurghat constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=39 |title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Balurghat| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 8 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sankar Chakraborty]]
|votes = 67,495
|percentage = 54.27
|change = #
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = [[Biswanath Chowdhury]]
|votes = 49,204
|percentage = 39.56
|change = -7.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ranjan Kumar Mondal
|votes = 4,378
|percentage = 3.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Keshab Roy
|votes = 1,862
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Nripen Hansda
|votes = 1,427
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 124,366
|percentage = 89.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.</small>

===1977–2006===
[[Biswanath Chowdhury]] of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] has made it seven in a row winning the Balurghat assembly seat in all years from 1977 to [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]].<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. He defeated Deboshree Choudhury of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in 2006, [[Sankar Chakraborty]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Biplab Khan of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Madhab Chandra Roy of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Asish Roy of [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|ICS]] in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Jyotiswar Sarkar of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp38.htm | title =38 - Balurghat Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Bireswar Roy of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Mukul Basu of RSP/Independent won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhya of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]] and [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]], Balurghat was joint seat. In 1957<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Mardi Hakai of Congress and Dhirendra Nath Banerjee, Independent, won. In independent India's first election, Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay and Lakshman Chandra Handa, both of Congress, won.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Dakshin Dinajpur district]]

Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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