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, 2001
CHOUDHURY BISWANATH
RSP
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
RSP
won 9 of 16
Margin, 2001
2,723
2.39% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
AITCSHANKAR CHAKRAVORTI
- Votes
- 51,222
- Vote share
- 45.01%
- Behind by
- 2,723
Electors
1,41,161
Total votes polled
1,13,803
Valid votes
1,13,803
NOTA votes
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Turnout
80.6%
Full result, 2001
4 candidates · 1,13,803 valid votes
CHOUDHURY BISWANATHRSPwon
53,945
47.4%
SHANKAR CHAKRAVORTIAITC
51,222
45.0%
DILIP DEYBJP
6,273
5.5%
BHAGIRATH BARMANIND
2,363
2.1%
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
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BALURGHAT assembly constituency in 2026?
Bidyut Kumar Roy (BJP) won BALURGHAT in 2026, by a margin of 47,576 votes.
Which party has won BALURGHAT the most times?
RSP, with 9 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BALURGHAT gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2026.
Who has won BALURGHAT the most times?
BISWANATH CHOUDHURY, with 4 wins between 1982 and 2016.
