Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Balurghat WB-6
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
Assembly constituencies	Itahar Kushmandi Kumarganj Balurghat Tapan Gangarampur Harirampur
Established	1962
Total electors	15,61,966(2024)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Sukanta Majumdar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
36	Itahar	Uttar Dinajpur	Mosaraf Hussen		AITC		AITC
37	Kushmandi (SC)	Dakshin Dinajpur	Rekha Roy
38	Kumarganj		Toraf Hossain Mandal
39	Balurghat		Ashok Lahiri		BJP		BJP
40	Tapan (ST)		Budhrai Tudu
41	Gangarampur (SC)		Satyendra Nath Ray
42	Harirampur		Biplab Mitra		AITC		AITC

Members of Parliament

Year	Name[3]	Party
1952	Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay[a]		Indian National Congress
1957	Selku Mardi
	Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
1962	Sarkar Murmu		Communist Party of India
1967	J.N.Pramanick		Indian National Congress
1971	Rasendranath Barman
1977	Palash Barman		Revolutionary Socialist Party
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996	Ranen Barman
1998
1999
2004
2009	Prasanta Kumar Majumdar
2014	Arpita Ghosh		Trinamool Congress
2019	Sukanta Majumdar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Balurghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sukanta Majumdar	574,996	46.47	1.45
	AITC	Biplab Mitra	5,64,610	45.63	3.39
	RSP	Joydeb Siddhanta	54,217	4.38	1.71
	NOTA	None of the above	7,437	0.6	0.52
Majority			10,386	0.84	1.94
Turnout			12,35,347[b]	79.09	4.6
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Balurghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sukanta Majumdar	539,317	45.02	+25.04
	AITC	Arpita Ghosh	506,024	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			1,198,237	83.69
Registered electors			1,431,704
	BJP gain from AITC		Swing	+10.67

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Balurghat^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Arpita Ghosh	409,641	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

General election 2009

General Election, 2009: Balurghat^[5]

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
Majority			5,005
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[6]
1957	Selku Mardi	Indian National Congress
	Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee	Indian National Congress	Narendra Mohan Sen	Communist Party of India[7]
1962	Sarkar Murmu	Communist Party of India	Selku Mardi	Indian National Congress[8]
1967	J.N.Pramanick	Indian National Congress	D.P.Kanti	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[9]
1971	Rasendranath Barman	Indian National Congress	Pijush Kanti Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10]
1977	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Rasendra Nath Burman	Indian National Congress[11]
1980	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Ranajit Sarkar	Indian National Congress (I)[12]
1984	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	Indian National Congress[13]
1989	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	Indian National Congress[14]
1991	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Rasendra Nath Burman	Indian National Congress[15]
1996	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	Indian National Congress[16]
1998	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Nani Gopal Roy	Trinamool Congress[17]
1999	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Subhash Chandra Barman	Bharatiya Janata Party[18]
2004	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Manomohan Roy	Bharatiya Janata Party[19]

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

Notes

1. West Dinajpur (1952-62)
2. does not include postal ballots