Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

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	Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Sukanta Majumdar
Parliamentary Party	BJP
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1962-present
Reservation	None
State	West Bengal
Total Electors	1,254,497[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Itahar; Kushmandi (SC); Kumarganj; Balurghat; Tapan (ST); Gangarampur (SC); Harirampur

Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 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 Dakshin Dinajpur district one assembly segment is in Uttar Dinajpur district. The seat was earlier reserved for scheduled castes but from 2009 it is an open seat.

Assembly segments

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 assembly segments from 2009:[2]

Itahar (assembly constituency no. 36)
Kushmandi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 37)
Kumarganj (assembly constituency no. 38)
Balurghat (assembly constituency no. 39)
Tapan (ST) (assembly constituency no. 40)
Gangarampur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 41)
Harirampur (assembly constituency no. 42)

In 2004 Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:[3]Kaliaganj (SC) (assembly constituency no. 32), Kushmandi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 33), Gangarampur (assembly constituency no. 35), Tapan (ST) (assembly constituency no. 36), Kumarganj (assembly constituency no. 37), Balurghat (assembly constituency no. 38), Gazole (ST) (assembly constituency no. 40)

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Constituency	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	West Dinajpur	Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay	Indian National Congress[4]
Second	1957-62		Selku Mardi	Indian National Congress[5]
			Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	Balurghat	Sarkar Murmu	Communist Party of India[6]
Fourth	1967-71		J.N.Pramanick	Indian National Congress[7]
Fifth	1971-77		Rasendranath Barman	Indian National Congress[8]
Sixth	1977-80		Palash Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[9]
Seventh	1980-84		Palash Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[10]
Eighth	1984-89		Palash Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[11]
Ninth	1989-91		Palash Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[12]
Tenth	1991-96		Palash Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[13]
Eleventh	1996-98		Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[14]
Twelfth	1998-99		Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[15]
Thirteenth	1999-04		Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[16]
Fourteenth	2004-09		Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party[17]
Fifteenth	2009-14		Prasanta Kumar Majumdar	Revolutionary Socialist Party[18]
Sixteenth	2014-19		Arpita Ghosh	Trinamool Congress[19]
Seventeenth	2019-incumbent		Sukanta Majumdar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Balurghat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Dr. Sukanta Majumdar	5,39,317	45.02	+25.04
	AITC	Arpita Ghosh	5,06,024	42.24	+3.71
	RSP	Ranen Barman	72,990	6.09	-22.38
	INC	Abdus Sadeq Sarkar	36,783	3.07	-4.52
	JMM	Naran Tudu	6,387	0.53
	Independent	Muslima Khatun	4,950	0.41
	Independent	Bibhuti Tudu	4,719	0.39
	SS	Ranjit Kumar Mohanta	3,300	0.28
	BMP	Ranendra Nath Mali	2,007	0.17
	Kamtapur People's Party (United)	Nubash Chandra Barman	1,763	0.15
	SUCI(C)	Biren Mahanta	1,526	0.13
	CPI(ML) Red Star	Manas Chakraborty	1,349	0.11
	NOTA	None of the above	13,414	1.12	+0.02
Majority			33,293	2.78	-7.28
Turnout			11,98,237	83.69
Registered electors			14,31,704
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+10.67

2019 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage	Vote change %
Trinamool Congress	22	12	43.00	4
Bharatiya Janata Party	18	16	40.00	23
Indian National Congress	2	2	6.29	4
Left Front	0	2	7.57	24

Source: Election Results 2019 Note: The vote share may change marginally once the final data is released by Election Commission.

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Balurghat[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	AITC	Arpita Ghosh	4,09,641	38.53	-5.26
	RSP	Bimalendu Sarkar	3,02,677	28.47	-15.91
	BJP	Bishwapriya Roychowdhury	2,23,014	20.98	+14.16
	INC	Om Prakash Mishra	80,715	7.59	+7.59
	AIUDF	Abdus Sadek Sarkar	10,547
	Independent	Shiben Sarkar	5,647
	JDP	Som Hemram	4,774
	BSP	Rajen Hansda	4,581
	RJSP	Sasti Chandra Sarkar	3,969
	SUCI(C)	Islam Nural	2,644
	BMP	Ranendranath Mali	1,687
	NOTA	None of the above	11,691	1.10	---
Majority			1,06,964	10.06	-9.47
Turnout			10,63,053	84.74
	AITC gain from RSP		Swing

2014 Indian general election
West Bengal summary
Party	Seats won	Seat change	Vote percentage
Trinamool Congress	34	15	39.3
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	7	22.7
Communist Party of India	0	2	2.3
Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	2	2.4
Forward Bloc	0	2	2.1
Indian National Congress	4	2	9.6
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1	16.8
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	0	1	0.7

Source: General Election to the Lok Sabha 2014 - State wise seats won & valid votes polled by political parties
General Elections 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha - Party wise seats won and votes polled

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Balurghat[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RSP	Prasanta Kumar Majumdar	388,444	44.38
	AITC	Biplab Mitra	383,339	43.79
	BJP	Subhash Chandra Barman	59,741	6.82
	BSP	Gobinda Hansda	13,977	1.60
	AUDF	Mridul Ghosh	10,460	1.19
	Independent	Samu Soren	8,182	0.93
	JMM	Chamru Oram	5,722	0.65
	Independent	Prahallad Barman	5,495	0.63
Turnout			875,360	86.65
	RSP hold		Swing

General elections 1951-2004

Most of the contests were multi-cornered. However, only winners and runners-up are mentioned below:

Year	Winner		Runner-up
	Candidate	Party	Candidate	Party
1951	Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay	Indian National Congress	Narendra Mohan Sen	Communist Party of India[4]
1957	Selku Mardi	Indian National Congress
	Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee	Indian National Congress	Narendra Mohan Sen	Communist Party of India[5]
1962	Sarkar Murmu	Communist Party of India	Selku Mardi	Indian National Congress[6]
1967	J.N.Pramanick	Indian National Congress	D.P.Kanti	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7]
1971	Rasendranath Barman	Indian National Congress	Pijush Kanti Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8]
1977	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Rasendra Nath Burman	Indian National Congress[9]
1980	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Ranajit Sarkar	Indian National Congress (I)[10]
1984	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	Indian National Congress[11]
1989	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	Indian National Congress[12]
1991	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Rasendra Nath Burman	Indian National Congress[13]
1996	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	Indian National Congress[14]
1998	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Nani Gopal Roy	Trinamool Congress[15]
1999	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Subhash Chandra Barman	Bharatiya Janata Party[16]
2004	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Manomohan Roy	Bharatiya Janata Party[17]

Note: In 1951 and 1957 the contest was in the West Dinajpur constituency. From 1962, it was Balurghat constituency.

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