BALURGHAT
Assembly seat no. 39 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
West Bengal also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BALURGHAT. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2026
Bidyut Kumar Roy
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
RSP
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2026
47,576
30.05% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
AITCArpita Ghosh
- Votes
- 48,121
- Vote share
- 30.40%
- Behind by
- 47,576
Electors
1,67,310
Total votes polled
1,58,296
Valid votes
1,58,296
NOTA votes
1,444
0.91% of votes polled
Turnout
94.6%
Full result, 2026
13 candidates · 1,58,296 valid votes
Bidyut Kumar RoyBJPwon
95,697
60.5%
Arpita GhoshAITC
48,121
30.4%
Arnab ChowdhuryRSP
8,593
5.4%
Pradip Kumar MitraINC
1,648
1.0%
Jogesh Chandra MurmuBSP
629
0.4%
Mithun BarmanIND
512
0.3%
Sushil MardiIND
460
0.3%
Namita Mahanta (poli)SUCI
299
0.2%
Pradyut Kumar SahaIND
290
0.2%
Dipankar BarmanIND
194
0.1%
Dulal BarmanIND
175
0.1%
Masuma KhatunAJUP
122
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bidyut Kumar Roy | BJP | 95,697 | 60.45% | Arpita Ghosh | 47,576 |
| 2021 | Ashok Kumar Lahiri | BJP | 72,129 | 47.42% | Sekhar Dasgupta | 13,436 |
| 2016 | BISWANATH CHOUDHURY | RSP | 60,590 | 42.82% | CHAKRAVORTI SHANKAR | 1,450 |
| 2011 | CHAKRABORTY SHANKAR | AITC | 67,495 | 54.27% | BISWANATH CHOUDHURY | 18,291 |
| 2006 | BISWANATH CHOUDHURY | RSP | 57,150 | 46.17% | CHOUDHURI DEBASREE | 8,255 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above