Balurghat Assembly constituency
| Balurghat | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 39 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Assembly Constituency | |
| 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 | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Balurghat Assembly 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 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]| 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 | |
| 2026 | Bidyut Kumar Roy | ||
Election results
[edit]2026
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bidyut Kumar Roy | 95,697 | 60.45 |  13.03 | |
| AITC | Arpita Ghosh | 48,121 | 30.4 |  8.19 | |
| RSP | Arnab Chowdhury | 8,593 | 5.43 | 5.19 | |
| INC | Pradip Kumar Mitra | 1,648 | 1.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,444 | 0.91 | 0.29 | |
| Majority | 47,576 | 30.05 | 21.22 | ||
| Turnout | 158,296 | 94.61 | 10.3 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
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 Lahiri | 72,129 | 47.42 | 36.64 | |
| AITC | Sekhar Dasgupta | 58,693 | 38.59 | 3.20 | |
| RSP | Sucheta Biswas | 16,153 | 10.62 | 32.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,830 | 1.20 | ||
| Majority | 13,436 | 8.83 | |||
| Turnout | 152,092 | 84.31 | |||
| BJP gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]In the 2016 election, Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP defeated his nearest rival Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress.