# Balurghat Assembly constituency

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.
Balurghat Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1951 | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1951 | Lakhsman Chandra Handa | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Mardi Hakai | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Dhiren Banerjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1962 | Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Mukul Basu | Independent |
| 1969 | Mukul Basu | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1971 | Bireshwar Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Bireshwar Roy | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1982 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1987 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1991 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 1996 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2001 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2006 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2011 | Sankar Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party |
| 2021 | 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.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Balurghat constituency :
| Party | 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 |
| | 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 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,436 | 8.83 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,52,092 | | |
| | BJP gain from RSP | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 141,503 | 88.10 | −1.04 |
| | RSP gain from AITC | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 124,366 | 89.14 | |
| | AITC gain from RSP | 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. 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, Biplab Khan of Congress in 1996 and 1991, Madhab Chandra Roy of Congress in 1987, Asish Roy of ICS in 1982 and Jyotiswar Sarkar of Congress in 1977.

### 1951–1972

Bireswar Roy of Congress won in 1972 and 1971. Mukul Basu of RSP/Independent won in 1969 and 1967. Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhya of Congress won in 1962. In 1957 and 1951, Balurghat was joint seat. In 1957 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.