Balurghat Assembly constituency explained

Balurghat
Type:SLA
Mla:Ashok Lahiri
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Latest Election Year:2021
State:West Bengal
District:Dakshin Dinajpur
Loksabha Cons:Balurghat
Constituency No:39
Established:1951
Electors:180,390
Reservation:None

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
1951Saroj Ranjan ChattopadhyayIndian National Congress[2]
1951Lakhsman Chandra HandaIndian National Congress
1957Mardi HakaiIndian National Congress[3]
1957Dhiren BanerjeeRevolutionary Socialist Party[4]
1962Sushil Ranjan ChattopadhyayIndian National Congress[5]
1967Mukul BasuIndependent[6]
1969Mukul BasuRevolutionary Socialist Party[7]
1971Bireshwar RoyIndian National Congress[8]
1972Bireshwar RoyIndian National Congress[9]
1977Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[10]
1982Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[11]
1987Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[12]
1991Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[13]
1996Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[14]
2001Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[15]
2006Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party[16]
2011Sankar ChakrabortyAll India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016Biswanath ChowdhuryRevolutionary Socialist Party
2021Ashok Kumar LahiriBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021

In the 2021 election, Ashok Kumar Lahiri of BJP defeated his nearest rival Sekhar Dasgupta of Trinamool Congress.

2016

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

2011

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

.# Trinamool Congress did not contest the seat in 2006.

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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 . 2 July 2014 . West Bengal . Election Commission of India . 18 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918130255/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf . live .
  2. Web site: General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153830/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf . live .
  3. Web site: General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 6 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006032945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf . live .
  4. Web site: Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977] . Swapan Kumar Pain . Frontier Weekly . https://web.archive.org/web/20150318204935/http://frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-47/47-9/47-9-Leftism%20in%20Undivided%20Dinajpur.html . 18 March 2015 .
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 6 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006192934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf . live .
  6. Web site: General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 6 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080357/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf . live .
  7. Web site: General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. 9 July 2014. 12 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120112051819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf. live.
  8. Web site: General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 12 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052412/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf . live .
  9. Web site: General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 7 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007094829/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf . live .
  10. Web site: General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 7 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062834/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf . live .
  11. Web site: General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 6 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006142613/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf . live .
  12. Web site: General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 6 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063052/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf . live .
  13. Web site: General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. 9 July 2014. 6 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101006200136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf. live.
  14. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 7 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007113156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf . live .
  15. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 7 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101007212034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf . live .
  16. Web site: General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data . Election Commission . 9 July 2014 . 6 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006232430/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf . live.
  17. Web site: General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. 9 July 2014. 4 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140404205355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf. live.
  18. Web site: 38 - Balurghat Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India . 26 September 2010 . 27 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927075501/http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp38.htm . live.

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