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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
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Template:Full party name with color[2] | |
| Lakhsman Chandra Handa[2] | |||
| 1957 | Mardi Hakai[3] | ||
| Dhiren Banerjee | Template:Full party name with color[3][4] | ||
| 1962 | Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Template:Full party name with color[5] | |
| 1967 | Mukul Basu | Template:Party name with color[6] | |
| 1969 | Template:Full party name with color[7] | ||
| 1971 | Bireshwar Roy | Template:Full party name with color[8] | |
| 1972[9] | |||
| 1977 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Template:Full party name with color[10] | |
| 1982[11] | |||
| 1987[12] | |||
| 1991[13] | |||
| 1996[14] | |||
| 2001[15] | |||
| 2006[16] | |||
| 2011 | Sankar Chakraborty | Template:Full party name with color[17] | |
| 2016 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Template:Full party name with color[16] | |
| 2021 | Ashok Kumar Lahiri | Template:Full party name with color | |
Election results
2026
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2021
In the 2021 election, Ashok Kumar Lahiri of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sekhar Dasgupta of Trinamool Congress. Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box gain with party link Template:Election box end
2016
In the 2016 election, Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP defeated his nearest rival Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress.
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2011
In the 2011 election, Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Bishwanath Chowdhury of RSP.
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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][18]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delimitation Commission Order No. 18. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977].
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ 38 - Balurghat Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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