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Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha Constituency in West Bengal

Field	Value
type	LS
name	Balurghat WB-6
map_image
map_caption	Interactive Map Outlining Balurghat Lok Sabha Constituency
established	1962
reservation	None
incumbent_image	Sukanta Majumdar - Kolkata 2022-08-04 0400.jpg
mp	Sukanta Majumdar
party
alliance
latest_election_year	2024
state	West Bengal
assembly_cons	Itahar
Kushmandi
Kumarganj
Balurghat
Tapan
Gangarampur
Harirampur
electors	15,61,966(2024)

Kushmandi Kumarganj Balurghat Tapan Gangarampur 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:

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

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay
1957	Selku Mardi
Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
1962	Sarkar Murmu
1967	J.N.Pramanick
1971	Rasendranath Barman
1977	Palash Barman
1980
1984
1989
1991
1996	Ranen Barman
1998
1999
2004
2009	Prasanta Kumar Majumdar
2014	Arpita Ghosh
2019	Sukanta Majumdar
2024

Election results

General election 2024

General election 2019

|reg. electors = 1,431,704

General election 2014

General election 2009

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	title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120817/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF	archive-date=March 4, 2016	access-date=23 May 2013	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission}}
1957	Selku Mardi	Indian National Congress
	Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee	Indian National Congress	Narendra Mohan Sen	title=General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf	access-date=23 May 2013	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission}}
1962	Sarkar Murmu	Communist Party of India	Selku Mardi	title=General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf	access-date=23 May 2013	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission}}
1967	J.N.Pramanick	Indian National Congress	D.P.Kanti	title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf	archive-date=18 July 2014	access-date=23 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission}}
1971	Rasendranath Barman	Indian National Congress	Pijush Kanti Das	title=General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf	archive-date=18 July 2014	access-date=23 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission}}
1977	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Rasendra Nath Burman	title=General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf	archive-date=18 July 2014	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}
1980	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Ranajit Sarkar	title=General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf	archive-date=18 July 2014	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}
1984	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	title=General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf	archive-date=18 July 2014	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}
1989	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	title=General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf	archive-date=18 July 2014	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}
1991	Palas Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Rasendra Nath Burman	title=General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf	archive-date=18 July 2014	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}
1996	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Satyendra Nath Ray	title=General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}
1998	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Nani Gopal Roy	title=General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf	archive-date=July 18, 2014	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}
1999	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Subhash Chandra Barman	title=General Elections, 1999 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf	archive-date=July 18, 2014	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}
2004	Ranen Barman	Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)	Manomohan Roy	title=General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results	url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf	access-date=22 May 2014	work=West Bengal	publisher=Election Commission of India}}

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

Notes

References

(2024-05-25). "Voter Turnout Data". Election Commission of India.
"Delimitation Commission Order No. 18". Government of West Bengal.
"Balurghat Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name".
"General Elections 2014 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
"General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
"General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
"General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
"General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
"General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
"General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission.
"General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
"General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
"General Elections, 1984 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
"General Elections, 1989 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
"General Elections, 1991 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
"General Elections, 1996 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
"General Elections, 1998 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.
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"General Elections, 2004 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India.

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