Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Balurghat | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Coordinates: 25°13′N 88°46′E / 25.217°N 88.767°ECoordinates: 25°13′N 88°46′E / 25.217°N 88.767°E | |
Country | |
State | West Bengal |
District | Dakshin Dinajpur |
Constituency No | 39 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 6. Balurghat |
Electorate (year) | 139,816 (2011)[1] 160,609 (2016)[2] 180,390 (2021)[3] |
Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Balurghat municipality, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur gram panchayats of Balurghat community development block and Hilli community development block.[4]
Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
Election Year |
Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Balurghat | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress[5] |
1951 | Lakhsman Chandra Handa | Indian National Congress[5] | |
1957 | Mardi Hakai | Indian National Congress[6] | |
1957 | Dhiren Banerjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party[6][7] | |
1962 | Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress[8] | |
1967 | Mukul Basu | Independent[9] | |
1969 | Mukul Basu | Revolutionary Socialist Party[10] | |
1971 | Bireshwar Roy | Indian National Congress[11] | |
1972 | Bireshwar Roy | Indian National Congress[12] | |
1977 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[13] | |
1982 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[14] | |
1987 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[15] | |
1991 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[16] | |
1996 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[17] | |
2001 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[18] | |
2006 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[19] | |
2011 | Sankar Chakraborty | All India Trinamool Congress[20] | |
2016 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[19] | |
2021 | Ashok Kumar Lahiri | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election results[edit]
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 Kumar Lahiri | 72,129 | 47.42 | +36.64 | |
AITC | Sekhar Dasgupta | 58,693 | 38.59 | -2.20 | |
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | Sucheta Biswas | 16,153 | 10.62 | -32.20 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,830 | 1.20 | -1.17 | |
BSP | Jogesh Chandra Murmu | 1,141 | 0.75 | -0.43 | |
style="background-color: Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Amra Bangalee|Template:Amra Bangalee/meta/shortname]] | Narottam Saha | 810 | 0.53 | |
SUCI(C) | Birendra Nath Mahanta | 604 | 0.40 | -0.65 | |
BMP | Dulal Barman | 379 | 0.25 | ||
KPPU | Anup Barman | 353 | 0.23 | ||
Turnout | 152,092 | ||||
BJP gain from Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | Swing |
2016[edit]
In the 2016 election, Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP defeated his nearest rival Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | 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 | ||
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) gain from AITC | Swing | # |
2011[edit]
In the 2011 election, Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Bishwanath Chowdhury of RSP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AITC | Sankar Chakraborty | 67,495 | 54.27 | # | |
[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | Biswanath Chowdhury | 49,204 | 39.56 | -7.21 | |
BJP | Ranjan Kumar Mondal | 4,378 | 3.52 | ||
Independent | Keshab Roy | 1,862 | |||
BSP | Nripen Hansda | 1,427 | |||
Turnout | 124,366 | 89.14 | |||
AITC gain from Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | Swing | # |
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.
1977–2006[edit]
Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP has made it seven in a row winning the Balurghat assembly seat in all years from 1977 to 2006.[19] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. He defeated Deboshree Choudhury of BJP in 2006, Sankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[18] Biplab Khan of Congress in 1996[17] and 1991,[16] Madhab Chandra Roy of Congress in 1987,[15] Asish Roy of ICS in 1982[14] and Jyotiswar Sarkar of Congress in 1977.[13][23]
1951–1972[edit]
Bireswar Roy of Congress won in 1972[12] and 1971.[11] Mukul Basu of RSP/Independent won in 1969[10] and 1967.[9] Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhya of Congress won in 1962.[8] In 1957 and 1951, Balurghat was joint seat. In 1957[6] 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.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "West Bengal 2011". Election Commission of India. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ Frontier Weekly. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150318204935/http://frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-47/47-9/47-9-Leftism%20in%20Undivided%20Dinajpur.html Archived 18 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2015-03-18 at the Wayback Machine Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977]]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balurghat. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balurghat. Empowering India. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ↑ "38 - Balurghat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.