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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Balurghat
|image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/West Bengal/Balurghat.map}}
|caption = Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Lok Sabha Constituency
|Existence = 1962-present
|Reservation = None
|CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|CurrentMP = [[Sukanta Majumdar|Dr. Sukanta Majumdar]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
|State = [[West Bengal]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Itahar]] [[Kushmandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kushmandi]] [[Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumarganj]] [[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]] [[Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tapan]] [[Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangarampur]] [[Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Harirampur]]
|Electorate = 1,254,497<ref name=turnout>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |title=Parliamentary Constituency Wise Turnout for General Elections 2014 |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=17 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606003137/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref>
}}
'''[[Balurghat]] (Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 543 [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] constituencies in [[India]]. The constituency centres on [[Balurghat]] in [[West Bengal]]. While six of the assembly segments of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency) are in [[South Dinajpur district|Dakshin Dinajpur district]] one assembly segment is in [[North Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur district]]. The seat was earlier reserved for scheduled castes but from 2009 it is an open seat.

==Assembly segments==
[[File:Westbengalen Wahlkreise Lok Sabha.svg|thumb|350 px|right|'''Parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal''' - 1. Cooch Behar, 2. Alipurduars, 3. Jalpaiguri, 4. Darjeeling, 5. Raiganj, 6. '''Balurghat''', 7. Maldaha Uttar, 8. Maldaha Dakshin, 9. Jangipur, 10. Baharampur, 11. Murshidabad, 12. Krishnanagar, 13. Ranaghat, 14. Bangaon, 15. Barrackpore, 16. Dum Dum, 17. Barasat, 18. Basirhat, 19. Jaynagar, 20. Mathurapur, 21. Diamond Harbour, 22. Jadavpur, 23. Kolkata Dakshin, 24. Kolkata Uttar, 25. Howrah, 26. Uluberia, 27. Serampore, 28. Hooghly, 29. Arambagh, 30. Tamluk, 31, Kanthi, 32. Ghatal, 33. Jhargram, 34. Medinipur, 35. Purulia, 36. Bankura, 37. Bishnupur, 38. Bardhaman Purba, 39. Bardhaman Durgapur, 40. Asansol, 41. Bolpur, 42. Birbhum]]

As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 6 Balurghat is composed of the following [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] segments from 2009:<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 = 2009-05-27 | work = Table B – Extent of Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher =Government of West Bengal}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="150px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
!width="150px"|Party
!width="150px"|MLA
|-
|36
|[[Itahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Itahar]]
|None
|[[Uttar Dinajpur]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|Mosaraf Hossain
|-
|37
|[[kushmandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kushmandi]]
|SC
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AlTC]]
|Rekha Roy
|-
|38
|[[Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumarganj]]
|None
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|Toraf Hossain Mondal
|-
|39
|[[Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balurghat]]
|None
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Ashok Kumar Lahiri
|-
|40
|[[Tapan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tapan]]
|ST
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Budhrai Tudu
|-
|41
|[[Gangarampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gangarampur]]
|SC
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Satyendra Nath Ray
|-
|42
|[[Harirampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Harirampur]]
|None
|[[Dakshin Dinajpur]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|Biplab Mitra
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠč
|-
! Lok Sabha!!Duration!!Constituency!!Name of M.P.!!Party Affiliation
|-
| [[1st Lok Sabha|First]]||1952-57||West Dinajpur||[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/651.htm Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1952>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=23 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120817/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]]||1957-62||||[[Selku Mardi]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 23 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
|||||||Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee||Indian National Congress
|-
| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]]||1962-67||Balurghat||[[Sarkar Murmu]]||Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 23 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]]||1967-71||||[[J.N.Pramanick]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] ||1971-77||||[[Rasendranath Barman]]|| Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |access-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]]||1977-80||||[[Palas Barman|Palash Barman]]||[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]]||1980-84||||Palash Barman||Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha1980>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title=General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]]||1984-89||||Palash Barman || Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha1984>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title=General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]]||1989-91||||Palash Barman|| Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha1989>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title=General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]]||1991-96||||Palash Barman|| Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha1991>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title=General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]]||1996-98||||[[Ranen Barman]]|| Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title = General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 22 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]]||1998-99||||Ranen Barman|| Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha1998>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]]||1999-04||||Ranen Barman|| Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha1999>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth]]||2004-09||||Ranen Barman|| Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha2004>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 22 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth]]||2009-14||||[[Prasanta Kumar Majumdar]]||Revolutionary Socialist Party<ref name=loksabha2009>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title = General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 22 May 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth]]||2014-19|| ||[[Arpita Ghosh]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha2014>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf |title = General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 21 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha|Seventeenth]]
|2019-incumbent
|
|[[Sukanta Majumdar]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election results==
===General election 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election]]: [[Balurghat]]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sukanta Majumdar|Dr. Sukanta Majumdar]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 5,39,317
|percentage = 45.02
|change = +25.04
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate= [[Arpita Ghosh]]
|party=All India Trinamool Congress
|votes=5,06,024
|percentage=42.24
|change=+3.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ranen Barman]]
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|votes = 72,990
|percentage = 6.09
|change = -22.38
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate=Abdus Sadeq Sarkar
|party=Indian National Congress
|votes=36,783
|percentage=3.07
|change=-4.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Naran Tudu
|votes = 6,387
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Muslima Khatun
|votes = 4,950
|percentage = 0.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bibhuti Tudu
|votes = 4,719
|percentage = 0.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Shiv Sena
|candidate = Ranjit Kumar Mohanta
|votes = 3,300
|percentage = 0.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Ranendra Nath Mali
|votes = 2,007
|percentage = 0.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Kamtapur People's Party (United)
|candidate = Nubash Chandra Barman
|votes = 1,763
|percentage = 0.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Biren Mahanta
|votes = 1,526
|percentage = 0.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
|candidate = Manas Chakraborty
|votes = 1,349
|percentage = 0.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 13,414
|percentage = 1.12
|change = +0.02
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 33,293
|percentage = 2.78
|change = -7.28
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 11,98,237
|percentage = 83.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 14,31,704
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = +10.67
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: Balurghat<ref name=loksabha2014/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Arpita Ghosh]]
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|votes = 4,09,641
|percentage = 38.53
|change = -5.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Bimalendu Sarkar
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|votes = 3,02,677
|percentage = 28.47
|change = -15.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bishwapriya Roychowdhury
|votes = 2,23,014
|percentage = 20.98
|change = +14.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Om Prakash Mishra
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 80,715
|percentage = 7.59
|change = +7.59
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Abdus Sadek Sarkar
|party = All India United Democratic Front
|votes = 10,547
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Shiben Sarkar
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 5,647
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Som Hemram
|party = Jharkhand Disom Party
|votes = 4,774
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Rajen Hansda
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 4,581
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sasti Chandra Sarkar
|party = Rashtriya Janadhikar Suraksha Party
|votes = 3,969
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Islam Nural
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|votes = 2,644
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ranendranath Mali
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|votes = 1,687
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 11,691
|percentage = 1.10
|change = ---
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,06,964
|percentage = 10.06
|change = -9.47
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 10,63,053
|percentage = 84.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections|General Election, 2009]]: [[Balurghat]]<ref name=loksabha2009/>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|candidate = Prasanta Kumar Majumdar
|votes = 388,444
|percentage = 44.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Biplab Mitra
|votes = 383,339
|percentage = 43.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Subhash Chandra Barman
|votes = 59,741
|percentage = 6.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Gobinda Hansda
|votes = 13,977
|percentage = 1.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Assam United Democratic Front
|candidate = Mridul Ghosh
|votes = 10,460
|percentage = 1.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Samu Soren
|votes = 8,182
|percentage = 0.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Chamru Oram
|votes = 5,722
|percentage = 0.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|candidate = Prahallad Barman
|votes = 5,495
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,005
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 875,360
|percentage = 86.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 1951-2004===
Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Winner
|
!Runner-up
|-
|
!Candidate
!Party
!Candidate
!Party
|-
|1951
|Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Narendra Mohan Sen
|[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=loksabha1952/>
|-
|1957
|Selku Mardi
|Indian National Congress
|
|
|-
|
|Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
|Indian National Congress
|Narendra Mohan Sen
|Communist Party of India<ref name=loksabha1957/>
|-
|1962
|Sarkar Murmu
|Communist Party of India
|Selku Mardi
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1962/>
|-
|1967
|J.N.Pramanick
|Indian National Congress
|D.P.Kanti
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=loksabha1967/>
|-
|1971
|Rasendranath Barman
|Indian National Congress
|Pijush Kanti Das
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)<ref name=loksabha1971/>
|-
|1977
|Palas Barman
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)]]
|Rasendra Nath Burman
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1977/>
|-
|1980
|Palas Barman
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|Ranajit Sarkar
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]<ref name =loksabha1980/>
|-
|1984
|Palas Barman
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|Satyendra Nath Ray
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1984/>
|-
|1989
|Palas Barman
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|Satyendra Nath Ray
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1989/>
|-
|1991
|Palas Barman
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|Rasendra Nath Burman
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1991/>
|-
|1996
|[[Ranen Barman]]
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|Satyendra Nath Ray
|Indian National Congress<ref name=loksabha1996/>
|-
|1998
|Ranen Barman
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|Nani Gopal Roy
|[[Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=loksabha1998/>
|-
|1999
|Ranen Barman
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|Subhash Chandra Barman
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name=loksabha1999/>
|-
|2004
|Ranen Barman
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|Manomohan Roy
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref name=loksabha2004/>
|-
|}
Note: In 1951 and 1957 the contest was in the West Dinajpur constituency. From 1962, it was Balurghat constituency.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
* [[Balurghat]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha#West Bengal|List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

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

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{{West Bengal elections}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Dakshin Dinajpur district]]

Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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