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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Balurghat
| type = SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Balurghat.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Ashok Lahiri|Ashok Kumar Lahiri]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|Dakshin Dinajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency|Balurghat]]
| constituency_no = 39
| established = 1951
| electors = 180,390
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Balurghat Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Dakshin Dinajpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 39 Balurghat Assembly constituency covers [[Balurghat]] municipality, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Balurghat (Community development block)|Balurghat]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] and [[Hili (Community development block)|Hilli]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 2 July 2014 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-date = 18 September 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>

Balurghat Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 [[Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name =delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Election !! Member !! colspan=2|Party

|-
|rowspan=2|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014 | archive-date = 5 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153830/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|Lakhsman Chandra Handa<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Mardi Hakai<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014 | archive-date = 6 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006032945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Dhiren Banerjee]]||{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<ref name=vidhansabha1957/><ref name=f>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-47/47-9/47-9-Leftism%20in%20Undivided%20Dinajpur.html |title=Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977] |author=Swapan Kumar Pain |work=Frontier Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318204935/http://frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-47/47-9/47-9-Leftism%20in%20Undivided%20Dinajpur.html |archive-date=18 March 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhyay||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =9 July 2014 | archive-date =6 October 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf | url-status =live }}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||rowspan=2|Mukul Basu||{{Party name with color|Independent}}<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =9 July 2014 | archive-date =6 October 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf | url-status =live }}</ref>
|-
|1969||{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf| title =General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work =Constituency-wise Data| publisher =Election Commission| access-date =9 July 2014| archive-date =12 January 2012| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf| url-status =live}}</ref>
|-
|1971||rowspan=2|Bireshwar Roy||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf|title=General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date=9 July 2014 | archive-date =12 January 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf | url-status =live }}</ref>
|-
|1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal|work=Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =9 July 2014 | archive-date =7 October 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf | url-status =live }}</ref>
|-
|1977||rowspan=7|[[Biswanath Chowdhury]]||{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=7}}<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014 | archive-date = 7 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014 | archive-date = 6 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =9 July 2014 | archive-date =6 October 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf | url-status =live }}</ref>
|-
|1991<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf| title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work = Constituency-wise Data| publisher = Election Commission| access-date = 9 July 2014| archive-date = 6 October 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
|1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf | title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work = Constituency-wise Data | publisher = Election Commission | access-date = 9 July 2014 | archive-date = 7 October 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web | url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf | title =General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work =Constituency-wise Data | publisher =Election Commission | access-date =9 July 2014 | archive-date =7 October 2010 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf | url-status =live }}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<ref name="vidhansabha2006">{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |work=Constituency-wise Data |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=9 July 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006232430/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||[[Sankar Chakraborty]]||{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf| title =General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal| work =Constituency-wise Data| publisher =Election Commission| access-date =9 July 2014| archive-date =4 April 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140404205355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf| url-status =live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||[[Biswanath Chowdhury]]||{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<ref name="vidhansabha2006" />
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||[[Ashok Lahiri|Ashok Kumar Lahiri]]||{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Balurghat}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate= Bidyut Roy |party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Arpita Ghosh|party=Trinamool Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Arnab Choudhury|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) |votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
In the 2021 election, Ashok Kumar Lahiri of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sekhar Dasgupta of Trinamool Congress.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2021]]: Balurghat constituency}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ashok Kumar Lahiri]]
|votes = 72,129
|percentage = 47.42
|change = {{increase}}36.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Sekhar Dasgupta
|votes = 58,693
|percentage = 38.59
|change = {{decrease}}2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Sucheta Biswas
|votes = 16,153
|percentage = 10.62
|change = {{decrease}}32.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,830
|percentage = 1.20
|change = {{decrease}}1.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Jogesh Chandra Murmu
|votes = 1,141
|percentage = 0.75
|change = {{decrease}}0.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Amra Bangalee
|candidate = Narottam Saha
|votes = 810
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Birendra Nath Mahanta
|votes = 604
|percentage = 0.40
|change = {{decrease}}0.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Dulal Barman
|votes = 379
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Kamtapur People's Party|KPPU]]
|candidate = Anup Barman
|votes = 353
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,436
|percentage = 8.83
|change = {{increase}}7.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,52,092
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2016]]: Balurghat constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=39|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Balurghat|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 8 April 2011|archive-date = 5 June 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130605072325/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=39|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = [[Biswanath Chowdhury]]
|votes = 60,590
|percentage = 42.82
|change = +3.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sankar Chakraborty]]
|votes = 59,140
|percentage = 41.79
|change = -12.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Gautam Chakraborty
|votes = 15,258
|percentage = 10.78
|change = +7.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 3,357
|percentage = 2.37
|change = +2.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Samar Kumar Mahato
|votes = 1,668
|percentage = 1.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Biren Mahanta
|votes = 1,490
|percentage = 1.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 141,503
|percentage = 88.10
|change = -1.04
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Balurghat constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=39|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011|work = Balurghat|publisher = Empowering India|access-date = 8 April 2011|archive-date = 5 June 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130605072325/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=39|url-status = usurped}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Sankar Chakraborty]]
|votes = 67,495
|percentage = 54.27
|change = #
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = [[Biswanath Chowdhury]]
|votes = 49,204
|percentage = 39.56
|change = -7.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ranjan Kumar Mondal
|votes = 4,378
|percentage = 3.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Keshab Roy
|votes = 1,862
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Nripen Hansda
|votes = 1,427
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 124,366
|percentage = 89.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing = #
}}
{{Election box end}}
<small>.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.</small>

===1977–2006===
[[Biswanath Chowdhury]] of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] has made it seven in a row winning the Balurghat assembly seat in all years from 1977 to [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]].<ref name="vidhansabha2006" /> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. He defeated Deboshree Choudhury of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in 2006, [[Sankar Chakraborty]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Biplab Khan of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Madhab Chandra Roy of Congress in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Asish Roy of [[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|ICS]] in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Jyotiswar Sarkar of Congress in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp38.htm | title = 38 - Balurghat Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India | access-date = 26 September 2010 | archive-date = 27 September 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120927075501/http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp38.htm | url-status = live}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Bireswar Roy of Congress won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Mukul Basu of RSP/Independent won in 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhya of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> In [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]] and [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|1951]], Balurghat was joint seat. In 1957<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> 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.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Dakshin Dinajpur topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Dakshin Dinajpur district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]

Balurghat Assembly constituency - Revision history

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