Balurghat
Constituency No. 39 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictDakshin Dinajpur
LS constituencyBalurghat
Established1952
Total electors180,390
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Balurghat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

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

ElectionMemberParty
1951Saroj Ranjan ChattopadhyayIndian National Congress[2]
1951Lakhsman Chandra HandaIndian National Congress[2]
1957Mardi HakaiIndian National Congress[3]
1957Dhiren BanerjeeRevolutionary Socialist Party[3][4]
1962Sushil Ranjan ChattopadhyayIndian National Congress[5]
1967Mukul BasuIndependent[6]
1969Mukul BasuRevolutionary Socialist Party[7]
1971Bireshwar RoyIndian National Congress[8]
1972Bireshwar RoyIndian National Congress[9]
1977Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1982Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[11]
1987Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[12]
1991Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[13]
1996Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2001Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[15]
2006Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[16]
2011Sankar ChakrabortyAll India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[16]
2021Ashok Kumar LahiriBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Balurghat constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashok Kumar Lahiri 72,129 47.42 +36.64
AITC Sekhar Dasgupta 58,693 38.59 -2.20
RSP 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
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
Turnout 152,092
BJP gain from RSP Swing

2016

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Balurghat constituency[17][18]
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

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

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Balurghat constituency[17][19]
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 RSP Swing #

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

1977–2006

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

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

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "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.
  4. ↑ Swapan Kumar Pain. "Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977]". Frontier Weekly. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 3 "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.
  18. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balurghat. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  19. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Balurghat. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  20. ↑ "38 - Balurghat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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