Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Balurghat Location in West Bengal Balurghat Balurghat (India) | |
Coordinates: 25°13′N 88°46′E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Dakshin Dinajpur |
Constituency No | 39 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 6. Balurghat |
Electorate (year) | 139,511 (2011) |
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 39 Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Balurghat municipality, Amritakhand, Vatpara and Chingishpur gram panchayats of Balurghat community development block and Hilli community development block.[1]
Balurghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 6 Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
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1951 | Balurghat | Saroj Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress[2] |
1951 | Lakhsman Chandra Handa | Indian National Congress[2] | |
1957 | Mardi Hakai | Indian National Congress[3] | |
1957 | Dhiren Banerjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party[3][4] | |
1962 | Sushil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress[5] | |
1967 | Mukul Basu | Independent[6] | |
1969 | Mukul Basu | Revolutionary Socialist Party[7] | |
1971 | Bireshwar Roy | Indian National Congress[8] | |
1972 | Bireshwar Roy | Indian National Congress[9] | |
1977 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[10] | |
1982 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[11] | |
1987 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[12] | |
1991 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[13] | |
1996 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[14] | |
2001 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[15] | |
2006 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[16] | |
2011 | Sankar Chakraborty | All India Trinamool Congress[17] | |
2016 | Biswanath Chowdhury | Revolutionary Socialist Party[16] |
Election results
2016
In the 2016 election, Biswanath Chowdhury of RSP defeated his nearest rival Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | Biren Mahanta | 1,490 | 1.05 | ||
Turnout | 1,41,503 | 88.10 | -1.04 | ||
RSP gain from AITC | Swing | # | |||
2011
In the 2011 election, Shankar Chakraborty of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Bishwanath Chowdhury of RSP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 124,366 | 89.14 | |||
AITC gain from RSP | Swing | # | |||
.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.
Party | Seats won | Seat change |
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Trinamool Congress | 5 | 5 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 2 |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 2 |
Note: New constituency – 1 (See template talk page for details)
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][20]
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]
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