| Balurghat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 39 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| 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 | 2021 |
Balurghat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview[edit | edit source]
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 | edit source]
| 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 | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bidyut Roy | ||||
| AITC | Arpita Ghosh | ||||
| RSP | Arnab Choudhury | ||||
| INC | |||||
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
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 |  2.2
| |
| RSP | Sucheta Biswas | 16,153 | 10.62 | 32.2
| |
| None of the above (India) | None of the above | 1,830 | 1.20 | 1.17
| |
| BSP | Jogesh Chandra Murmu | 1,141 | 0.75 | 0.43
| |
| AMB | 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 | ||
| Majority | 13,436 | 8.83 | 7.8
| ||
| Turnout | 1,52,092 | ||||
| BJP gain from Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
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 | ||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) gain from AITC | Swing | # | |||
2011[edit | edit source]
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 |
| |
| RSP | 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 | edit source]
Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP has made it seven in a row winning the Balurghat assembly seat in all years from 1977 to 2006.[16] 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,[15] Biplab Khan of Congress in 1996[14] and 1991,[13] Madhab Chandra Roy of Congress in 1987,[12] Asish Roy of ICS in 1982[11] and Jyotiswar Sarkar of Congress in 1977.[10][20]
1951–1972[edit | edit source]
Bireswar Roy of Congress won in 1972[9] and 1971.[8] Mukul Basu of RSP/Independent won in 1969[7] and 1967.[6] Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhya of Congress won in 1962.[5] In 1957 and 1951, Balurghat was joint seat. In 1957[3] 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.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "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.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "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.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "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.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "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.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "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.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "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.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "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.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "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.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "General Elections, India, 2001, 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.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "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.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balurghat. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balurghat. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ↑ "38 - Balurghat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2010.